Communications of the ACM
Cyberlaw: Where We Are and What's On the Horizon
Legislating for cyberspace means establishing new legal frameworks and rethinking existing ones. The global picture is mixed.
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Academy Student's Math Project Wins National STEM Competition
A ninth grader at Albuquerque Academy in New Mexico won the $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize at the Broadcom MASTERS science and engineering contest.
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For Black Women, Online Prediction Tool Could Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths
A risk prediction model tailored to Black women has been developed for use in primary care settings to identify those at higher-than-average risk of breast cancer...
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Can Seeds Planted by Drones Spawn New Forests?
Spanish startup CO2 Revolution aims to use big data analytics and drones to drop millions of enhanced seeds for trees native to Spain's forests over inaccessible...
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Eight Ways Quantum Computing Is Going to Change the World
Businesses are already exploring the future potential of quantum computers, and some industries anticipate big changes ahead.
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Brain Implants Could Be the Next Computer Mouse
What the world's fastest brain-typist is telling us about the future of computer interfaces.
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Google Introduces Pathways, a 'New Generation of AI'
A new artificial intelligence architecture that will handle many tasks at once.
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Quantum Computing: IBM Just Created This New Way to Measure the Speed of Quantum Processors
Big Blue has released a new metric, CLOPS, which puts a number on the speed of a quantum computer.
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Companies Are Rushing to Use AI—But Few See a Payoff
A study finds that only 11% of firms that have deployed artificial intelligence are reaping a "sizable" return on their investments.
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Big Teacher Is Watching: How AI Spyware Took Over Schools
The pandemic caused schools to embrace laptops, tablets, Zoom, and an app called GoGuardian that tracks everything students (and, sometimes, parents) do online....
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Facebook is Shutting Down its Facial Recognition System, Affecting Over a Billion People
The company will delete all of its face scan data, citing societal concerns and regulatory uncertainty.
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ML Algorithms Can Be Improved Significantly for Medical Purposes
Researchers at South Africa's University of Johannesburg have demonstrated that machine learning algorithms can be enhanced significantly for medical purposes. ...
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State Department to Form New Cyber Office to Face Proliferating Global Challenges
The U.S. State Department will establish a new bureau of cyberspace and digital policy as part of a reorganization intended to address international cybersecurity...
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Quantum Crypto Crams into System-on-a-Chip
Toshiba researchers have developed a secure quantum communication system.
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Sexual Harassment, Bias Against Women Persist in STEM Professions
More than half of women in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) professions surveyed said they have been sexually harassed in the workplace. ...
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Human Creativity in the Age of Smart Machines
The story of how one organization helped the chronically homeless demonstrates the inherent value of observation, empathy, and perseverance.
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'PodoSighter' Uses AI to Identify Kidney Disease Indicator
The PodoSighter tool identifies early indicators of kidney disease by detecting podocytes, a specialized kidney cell damaged during early-stage kidney disease. ...
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Coding Bug Helped Researchers Build Secret BlackMatter Ransomware Decryption Tool
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Emsisoft helped recover encrypted files of victims of the BlackMatter ransomware operation.
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Data-Driven Animations of Marine Mammals Combine Biology, Art, Computation
University of California, Santa Cruz researchers have created tools and procedures for generating realistic, data-driven animations of marine mammals.
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