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From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Major League Baseball is extending its automated strike zone test to Triple-A, the highest minor-league level, for 2022.
Associated Press From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2022
IBM researchers doubled the size of quantum simulations while halving the number of quantum bits required, via a method called entanglement forging.
Silicon Republic From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2022
Twist is an MIT-developed programming language that can describe and verify which pieces of data are entangled to prevent bugs in a quantum program.
MIT News From ACM News | January 25, 2022
The driver of a Tesla on Autopilot that ran a red light and killed two people in another car in 2019 faces two counts of vehicular manslaughter.
Associated Press From ACM TechNews | January 24, 2022
Advancements in AI, machine learning, and next-gen technologies are transforming the fight against world hunger.
Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2022
The 2022 State of Healthcare IoT Device Security Report estimates 53% of medical devices in hospitals connected to the Internet of Things have critical flaws.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 21, 2022
For years, intermediate measurements made it hard to quantify the complexity of quantum algorithms. New work establishes that those measurements aren't necessary...Quanta Magazine From ACM News | January 21, 2022
The European Union is working hard to keep pace with quantum computing efforts worldwide.
R. Colin Johnson Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | January 18, 2022
Generating truly random numbers for cryptographic algorithms could become possible through Nisa Bostanci and colleagues at Turkey's TOBB University of Economics...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 13, 2022
The updates cause Windows domain controllers enter a boot loop, with servers getting into an endless cycle of Windows starting and then rebooting after a few minutes...BleepingComputer From ACM News | January 13, 2022
A computer model developed by Tufts University researchers can mimic the real-life spread of misinformation to expose its mechanisms and help in the development...Tufts Now From ACM TechNews | January 12, 2022
Experts envision quantum advantage as the next step in the race toward practical quantum computing applications.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | January 12, 2022
After years of research and development, at least two major smart gun makers claim they are on track to release a commercial product this year.
Gizmodo From ACM News | January 11, 2022
The French government has launched a program to make quantum computers and supercomputers available to researchers and French and EU startup companies.
EURACTIV From ACM TechNews | January 10, 2022
By adjusting vacancies and substitutions in a material through a process called doping, researchers can enable previously impossible applications.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory From ACM News | January 11, 2022
Self-driving racecars sped around an oval track at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas during the high-speed Indy Autonomous Challenge.
Yahoo! News From ACM TechNews | January 10, 2022
Around 100 people on the team developing Microsoft's HoloLens augmented-reality headsets have left, mostly to Facebook parent Meta.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | January 10, 2022
Rigetti Computing has announced a new development in quantum computing, unlocking a third quantum state, called qutrits.
Tom's Hardware From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2022
Autonomous technology developer TuSimple said its self-driving unmanned semitruck completed an 80-mile trip in Arizona on public roads without human intervention...Associated Press From ACM TechNews | January 5, 2022