Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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ENIAC Turns 75
The first programmable electronic general-purpose digital computer was introduced to the world on Valentine’s Day in 1946.
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Apple Fixes Another 3 iOS Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild
Apple has released patches for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities.
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F-35's Buggy Software Prompts Pentagon to Call in Universities
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...
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Tracking Down DOPE, the First Computer Language for Normal Humans
DOPE has remained hidden because it was successful.
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Google Says It's Too Easy for Hackers to Find New Security Flaws
Attackers are exploiting the same types of software vulnerabilities over and over again, because companies often miss the forest for the trees
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Battle of the Robots Still Favors Japan, Europe--For Now
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...
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LAMBDA: The Ultimate Excel Worksheet Function
Lambda allows users to define new functions written in Excel's own formula language.
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Ethical-source Movement Opens New Open-source Organization
Ethical-source leaders are trying to find more support for their open-source approach by creating the Organization for Ethical Source.
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Technological Responses to COVID-19
Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
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Autonomous Racing Is Coming to Indianapolis With the Indy Autonomous Challenge
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...
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CISQ Publishes the Cost of Poor Software Quality in the U.S.: A 2020 Report
Software quality is crucial to delivering value to organizations, U.S. economy.
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Programming Languages: Python Rules While Java Dips
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...
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Finally, Apps to Sink Your Teeth Into
Developers are beginning to incorporate teeth into new technologies.
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Scientists Paint Multicolor Atlas of the Brain
A novel technique developed by Columbia University researchers helped to map neural network dynamics in the C. elegans worm.
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Neural Networks Playing Video Games Teach Us About Our Own Brains
Researchers found artificial intelligence's “neurons” behaved similarly to neurons in the human brain when playing classic Atari video games.
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The Tech That Will Invade Our Lives in 2021
Spoiler: We're looking at another year of Internet services dominating many aspects of our lives.
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Autonomous Shipping Charts Its Course
The maritime industry wades into digitalization; will it float?
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Apple Loses Copyright Battle Against Security Startup Corellium
Apple's lawsuit against security research firm Corellium has failed, with a federal judge rejecting claims that Corellium's software breached copyright law.
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