Researchers used computer graphics software to reproduce Leonardo da Vinci's painting Salvator Mundi in order to study how light refracts through glass orbs.
MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 9, 2020
Companies are dedicating increasing amounts of money to digital defenses in an effort to stop the spread of malware.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | January 9, 2020
Developments in the public and private sectors put the U.K. on the cusp of critical advances in helping people get healthier through digital tools.
Gregory Goth From ACM News | January 9, 2020
Artificial intelligence startups are marketing images of computer-generated faces created without the use of actual people.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 8, 2020
A glitch connected to the Y2K bug addressed two decades ago is crashing payment systems and computers, due to a poor fix.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 8, 2020
Facebook has banned doctored videos, or deepfakes, designed to spread misinformation as the 2020 U.S. presidential election approaches.
The Guardian From ACM TechNews | January 8, 2020
Columbia University researchers have built a robotic device to assist and train people with spinal cord injuries to sit with greater stability, which could help...Business Standard From ACM TechNews | January 8, 2020
The Trump administration is proposing new federal rules for regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the private sector.
Associated Press From ACM TechNews | January 8, 2020
Chinese technology company Baidu outperformed Microsoft and Google in the General Language Understanding Evaluation, a benchmark for artificial intelligence comprehension...MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 7, 2020
Users of 5G services say the first implementation of the next-generation network technology in South Korea has fallen short of expectations.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | January 7, 2020
Computer scientist Donald Knuth discusses Alan Turing, neural networks, machine learning, and other topics from ant colonies and human cognition.
From ACM News | January 6, 2020
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will soon have 20,000 workers in New York City, many in offices on the West Side.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 6, 2020
Netherlands-based location/transportation data supplier Here Technologies has pushed researchers to apply big-data techniques to films of traffic in Berlin, Istanbul...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2020
Researchers have found that people tend to share increasingly more with online agents because of their tendency to assign them personalities and physical features...University of Waterloo News From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2020
A fleet of cooler-shaped autonomous robots has started delivering snacks and meals at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Dallas Morning News From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2020
Wearable fitness trackers are helping make online physical education more popular for students by adding the dimension of accountability.
Associated Press From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2020