Soft robots developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University can transition from walking to swimming or crawling to rolling…
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IEEE Spectrum's 2021 interactive rankings of the top programming languages lists Python as the platform of choice for new technologies. The continued dominance...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 30, 2021
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says the hackers it invited to try to hack the High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems all failed.
Air Force Magazine From ACM TechNews | August 26, 2021
University of Cincinnati engineers taught two robots to move a couch together without either robot directing the other.
UC News From ACM TechNews | August 25, 2021
A new survey shows the controversial systems are poised to play an even bigger role in federal business.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | August 25, 2021
As the company deals with government scrutiny of its driver-assistance technology, an add-on kit sold for up to $10,000 is also getting more attention.
The New York Times From ACM News | August 23, 2021
The pandemic has renewed interest in virtual reality. Facebook is trying to capitalize with a new virtual meeting room service.
The New York Times From ACM News | August 20, 2021
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to use artificial intelligence algorithms to determine a patient's race as a means of improving health...Bloomberg Law From ACM TechNews | August 12, 2021
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks Labs have identified five vulnerabilities in Mitsubishi's safety programmable logic controllers, centered on the...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | August 12, 2021
Democrats press executives to extend new U.K. 'Age Appropriate Design Code' regulations to children in the U.S.
The Verge From ACM News | August 11, 2021
Results from the company's AI bias competition reveals a preference for young, beautiful, and light-skinned faces
The Verge From ACM News | August 10, 2021
Google's Project Zero researcher Natalie Silvanovich found vulnerabilities in messaging apps that add eavesdropping bugs without requiring users to click a malicious...Wired From ACM TechNews | August 10, 2021
Microsoft security researchers are warning customers about the LemonDuck crypto-mining malware that attacks Windows and Linux systems.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | August 5, 2021
The Oregon state employee pension fund is one of the largest investors, if not the largest, in a private equity firm that has majority ownership of NSO Group, the...The Washington Post From ACM News | August 5, 2021
Programmer community Stack Overflow's 2021 survey of 83,439 software developers in 181 countries found the vast majority (86.69%) named Mozilla's Rust their "most...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | August 4, 2021
A new algorithm can extract an individual’s circadian rhythm from heart rate data collected by their smartwatch.
University of Michigan News From ACM TechNews | July 30, 2021
Robot swarms could cooperate more effectively if communication among some members of the swarm could be curtailed.
University of Sheffield (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | July 30, 2021