Communications of the ACM
Building a Practical Quantum Computer
Quantum computation has a long road ahead.
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12 European Companies, Research Labs Join Forces to Boost Industrial Quantum Computing Applications
The NExt ApplicationS of Quantum Computing project hopes to demonstrate practical use cases for the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices that soon will be available...
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Japan Post Delivery Robot Debuts in Tokyo
Japan Post Co. is testing in Tokyo a self-driving mail delivery robot that can maneuver around obstacles and cross intersections with traffic lights.
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AI Could Help Find Cheaper, Smarter Ways to Raise Fish
Artificial intelligence researchers at Norwegian telecommunications carrier Telenor's Norwegian Open AI Lab are testing AI models to reduce costs and increase efficiency...
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What If Underwater Robots Could Autonomously Dock Mid-Mission to Recharge, Transfer Data?
A new mobile docking system for autonomous underwater vehicles extends their performance without human intervention.
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The Future of the Supply Chain
Experts agree supplies increasingly will be near-sourced.
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Critical Flaws Discovered in Popular Industrial Remote Access Systems
Researchers found critical defects in two popular industrial remote access systems that attackers could exploit.
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AI Can Detect Covid-19 in the Lungs Like a Virtual Physician, Study Shows
Researchers developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that is almost as accurate as a physician in diagnosing Covid-19 in the lungs and distinguishing Covid...
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In Facial Recognition Challenge, Top-Ranking Algorithms Show Bias Against Black Women
Facial recognition algorithms have higher false-positive and lower false-negative rates for Black women, eyeglass wearers, and young children.
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Login Glitch Behind Tokyo Stock Exchange Snafu
High-frequency trader connecting via Merrill Lynch apparently unleashed data flood.
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Drone Carries Human Kidney Over Las Vegas Desert
Researchers last week announced successful test flights of drones carrying a human organ and tissue in Las Vegas.
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AI Camera Can Tell What Surfaces Feel Like with Just a Glance
Rutgers University researchers have trained a camera-linked artificial intelligence to read the tactile properties of an object when presented with a photograph...
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These 'Smart' Home Devices Could Be the Biggest Security Threat to Your Entire Company
Experts warn that smart Internet of Things devices could threaten entire businesses, with a Palo Alto Networks survey finding more devices connecting to business...
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Error Discovered on Georgia Touchscreens in U.S. Senate Race
Georgia election officials say they found a programming error on the state's voting touchscreens that caused a column of candidates in the U.S. Senate special election...
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Method Auto-Generates Databases for Materials Science
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Cambridge have developed a method that builds automatic databases using natural language processing...
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Windows Exploit Lets You Instantly Become Admin. Have You Patched?
Zerologon lets anyone with a network toehold obtain the domain-controller password.
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Bouncing Balls and Quantum Computing
A lighthearted method for calculating π is analogous to a fundamental algorithm for quantum computing.
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Who Has Access to Your Smartphone Data?
ISPs, app developers, and even the government may know more about you than you think.
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