Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Brain Implants Get Real
Universities, and a growing number of companies, are producing brain-computer interfaces.
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I Am Not a Robot: iOS Verification Update Marks End of 'Captchas'
Tests where you are asked to spot traffic lights or type out wobbly letters may be a thing of the past.
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Engineers Build LEGO-Like AI Chip
An international team of researchers has developed an artificial intelligence chip that is stackable and reconfigurable, similar to LEGO bricks.
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Linux Malware Has a Sneaky Way of Staying Hidden
Researchers discovered the Syslogk Linux rootkit delivers a backdoor trojan hides on a targeted machine until triggered.
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Quantum Computer Programming for Dummies
Scientists have formulated a new beginner-level guide for quantum computer programmers.
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Ethereum Mining Is Going Away
Ethereum mining could end soon due to "the Merge," leaving as many as 1 million miners out of a source of income.
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Engineers Create Single-Step 3D Printing Method to Make Robotic Materials
University of California, Los Angeles engineers and colleagues designed a one-step three-dimensional printing process for manufacturing robots.
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Stronger Security for Smart Devices
Two new security techniques block power and electromagnetic side-channel attacks targeting analog-to-digital converters in smart devices.
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Celebrated AI Learned a New Trick: How To Do Chemistry
Just as the order and spacing of the letters in this article give it sense and message, so the order of the amino acids determines the protein's identity and shape...
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Stanford University Professor Receives ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award
Mark Horowitz was first to identify the Processor-Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) Interface.
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Ministry of Defence Acquires U.K. Government's First Quantum Computer
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has acquired that government's first quantum computer from London-based Orca Computing.
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Robot Can Find Keys in a Bag by Listening as It Rummages
Stanford University researchers trained a microphone-outfitted robotic arm to locate objects like keys in a handbag by listening for telltale sounds while searching...
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Why You May Have a Thinking Digital Twin Within a Decade
Artificial intelligence combined with the Internet of Things allows the digital construction of digital twins that constantly learn from and help improve their...
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Alberta Investing C$23 Million Toward U of C's Quantum City
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has announced that the Canadian province is investing C$23 million (US$17.9 million) in the University of Calgary Quantum City hub....
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FDA Warns DNA Sequencing Machines Could Be Hacked
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned that certain Illumina DNA-sequencing machines have a software vulnerability that could jeopardize patient data.
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Simulating a Faster Path to Quantum
Fujitsu aims to increase the pace of quantum application development by using the same microprocessors used in the Fugaku supercomputer.
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MIT Researchers Discover New Flaw in Apple M1 CPUs That Can't Be Patched
The vulnerability is rooted in pointer authentication codes.
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Ukrainians Use 3D Technology to Preserve Cultural Artifacts
Civilians in Ukraine are recording three-dimensional models of artifacts in a permanent digital archive as part of Backup Ukraine, a project to save the country's...
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