The first programmable electronic general-purpose digital computer was introduced to the world on Valentine’s Day in 1946.
Samuel Greengard Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | February 11, 2021
The Pentagon is consulting with U.S. universities to evaluate software on aerospace company Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet in the hope of correcting the buggy...Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | February 3, 2021
Attackers are exploiting the same types of software vulnerabilities over and over again, because companies often miss the forest for the trees
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | February 3, 2021
China continues to be the biggest market for industrial robots, even though the market’s growth had been slowing prior to the pandemic, due to the U.S.-China trade...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | January 27, 2021
Ethical-source leaders are trying to find more support for their open-source approach by creating the Organization for Ethical Source.
From ACM News | January 26, 2021
Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2021
The Indy Autonomous Challenge, announced during the 2021 CES show, will be a spec race with mechanically identical cars, and software that each team hopes will...CNet From ACM TechNews | January 21, 2021
Software-quality tracking company Tiobe named Python 2020's top programming language because its popularity outgrew that of all other languages in its index last...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 13, 2021
A novel technique developed by Columbia University researchers helped to map neural network dynamics in the C. elegans worm.
Columbia News From ACM TechNews | January 11, 2021
Researchers found artificial intelligence's “neurons” behaved similarly to neurons in the human brain when playing classic Atari video games.
California Institute of Technology From ACM TechNews | January 11, 2021
Apple's lawsuit against security research firm Corellium has failed, with a federal judge rejecting claims that Corellium's software breached copyright law.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 4, 2021
Economics and machine learning researchers have found artificial intelligence is making companies change how they communicate.
VentureBeat From ACM TechNews | December 30, 2020