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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Amazon Launches Cloud Service to Help Non-Coders Build Apps
Amazon Web Services has launched a service that enables non-coders to write applications, which could broaden the cloud service's audience beyond programmers.
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Microsoft Releases Emergency Security Update to Fix Two Bugs in Windows Codecs
Security updates have been silently deployed to customers on Tuesday through the Windows Store app.
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Amazon Launches Cloud Service to Help Non-coders Build Apps
Amazon already leads the cloud infrastructure market, and now it's expanding its cloud product lineup with a tool for people who don't code.
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AI Researchers Condemn Predictive Crime Software, Citing Racial Bias, Flawed Methods
A coalition of more than 1,000 researchers, academics, and experts in artificial intelligence condemned soon-to-be-published research claims of predictive crime...
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Windows 10 Critical Process Failure: Microsoft Admits June Updates are Triggering Reboots
Forced reboots are affecting some machines running Windows 10 version 1809 and above.
From Communications of the ACM
Your Wish Is My CMD
Artificial intelligence could automate software coding.
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U.S. HHS Battles DDoS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services networks were hit by a Distributed Denial of Service attack just as the coronavirus pandemic was ramping up.
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The First Intuitive Programming Language for Quantum Computers
Computer scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have created the first intuitive high-level quantum programming language.
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Silq is a High-level Programming Language for Quantum Computers
Silq is a research project that does not yet run on any of the existing quantum hardware platforms.
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Facebook's TransCoder AI Converts Code From One Programming Language Into Another
Facebook says its TransCoder can convert code from one high-level programming language into another.
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Microsoft Bans Police Face Recognition Sales as Big Tech Reacts to Protests
The announcement came a day after rival Amazon.com declared it was pausing police use of its "Rekognition" service for a year.
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Interactive Model Simulates Keeping House on Mars
The Arizona State University (ASU) School of Earth and Space Exploration Interplanetary Initiative is running a pilot program to assess simulated Mars habitats....
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'Artificial Chemist' Combines AI, Robotics to Conduct Autonomous R&D
A new technology combines artificial intelligence with robotics for conducting chemical reactions, to expedite R&D and synthesis of materials.
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To Disinfect Police Car in a Pandemic, Software Cranks Up the Heat
Police departments in several U.S. cities are using updated software from Ford Motor that the automaker claims can kill the coronavirus.
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Programming Languages: Developers Reveal What They Love, Loathe, and What Pays Best
A survey of developers found that that TypeScript has overtaken Python as the second most-preferred programming language.
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Microsoft to Adapt Its Cloud Software for Healthcare Industry
Microsoft plans to launch a version of its cloud-based software to meet the needs of healthcare organizations.
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Microsoft: We Were Wrong about Open Source
Microsoft has embraced open source and even Linux in recent years.
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Rust Marks 5 Years Since its 1.0 Release: The Long and Winding Road Actually Works
Programming language ready to leave the wilderness for mass adulation.
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ALGOL 60 at 60: The Greatest Computer Language You've Never Used and Grandaddy of the Programming Family Tree
Back to the time when tape was king.
From ACM TechNews