More than $44.75 million in bounties was awarded to hackers worldwide over the past year, up 86% year-on-year, according to HackerOne.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2020
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Cambridge have developed a method that builds automatic databases using natural language processing...Argonne National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2020
A free, open source software package enables real-time sound streaming, allowing musicians to perform together online in real time.
Stanford News From ACM TechNews | September 23, 2020
Frances E. Allen was the first woman recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award.
Simson Garfinkel, Eugene H. Spafford From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2020
Security researchers found that Apple inadvertently passed a well-known form of malware for use on Mac systems through its notarization process.
TechCrunch From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2020
A survey by freelance hiring platform Upwork found that freelance software developers who work with old, relatively unpopular coding languages command the highest...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2020
Machine learning artificial intelligence found 50 new planets by mining old data from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
CNN From ACM TechNews | September 2, 2020
In 53 years of marriage, Goldman never reveals being a member of Alan Turing and Gordon Welchsman's team that built and perfected the machine called the Bombe that...The Jerusalem Post From ACM News | September 2, 2020
Microsoft Windows and Android security evaluator AV Test's 2019/2020 Security Report found malware targeting Windows computers constituted 83.45% of all malware...PC Magazine From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2020
U.K. ocean-research nonprofit Promare will launch an autonomous boat next spring to retrace the trans-Atlantic journey of the Mayflower.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2020
University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed microscopic robots that move by themselves, using an actuator fashioned from a thin layer of platinum.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2020
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently hosted virtual "AlphaDogFight Trials," in which an artificial intelligence program easily beat a U.S. Air...Fortune From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2020
Missing documentation and obsolete environments force participants in the Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge to get creative.
Nature From ACM News | August 26, 2020
Researchers have developed a "smart ear" to help prevent fatal collisions involving elephants and trains in India.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | August 26, 2020
Videoconferencing apps took off during the COVID-19 lockdowns, but more efficient ways to collaborate virtually are waiting in the wings.
Paul Marks From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2020
Microsoft has awarded $13.7 million to security researchers since July 2019 for reporting bugs in its software, which is triple the $4.4 million from the same period...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | August 20, 2020
Cornell University researchers have developed an algorithm to improve the fairness of online search rankings while retaining their utility and relevance.
Cornell Chronicle From ACM TechNews | August 19, 2020
The British government has changed its strategy of using an algorithm to estimate how students would have performed on A-level college admissions exams after results...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | August 19, 2020