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From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Oxford High School in Michigan has been testing artificial intelligence-based gun detection software that can flag a firearm carried in plain sight in seconds.
...The Detroit News From ACM TechNews | June 2, 2022
The Texas law enables users of leading social media platforms to sue the platforms if they think they have been censored because of their political views.
NPR From ACM News | June 1, 2022
A study of 164 government-endorsed education technology products found 146 endangered children's privacy by collecting and selling their data to ad tech companies...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2022
Clearview AI said it is expanding sales of its facial recognition software to companies outside of law enforcement.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 31, 2022
The SmartCityPHL project in Philadelphia is a partnership of the city, Comcast, and US Ignite to help collect real-time data on air quality, weather, transportation...Government Technology From ACM News | May 26, 2022
Uber has rolled out pilot food delivery services that use autonomous vehicles in Santa Monica and West Hollywood, CA.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2022
A new U.S. National Science Foundation program aims to help communities outside innovation hubs create companies and well-paying jobs from local research.
Science From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2022
Security researchers have found that the supposedly hard-to-counterfeit digital driver's licenses in use in New South Wales, Australia, actually can be altered...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | May 25, 2022
Real-time bidding is a process that runs in the background on websites and apps and tracks what you look at, no matter how private or sensitive it is.
atlasVPN From ACM News | May 25, 2022
The U.S. software company brands itself as "the world's largest facial network" holding billions of face photographs from the Internet.
Euronews From ACM News | May 24, 2022
The U.S. government has warned employers that artificial intelligence technology for screening new job candidates or tracking productivity could violate civil rights...Associated Press From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2022
Researchers found that a bug in Zyxel firewalls that could enable unauthenticated remote attackers to execute code.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2022
Nations are accelerating efforts to control data produced within their perimeters, disrupting the flow of what has become a kind of digital currency.
The New York Times From ACM News | May 24, 2022
Researchers have developed a technique for automatically detecting and neutralizing cyberattacks in under a second.
Cardiff University News (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | May 23, 2022
The campaign detailed by a cybersecurity firm highlights Beijing's increasingly sophisticated tactics to spy on an array of targets, including countries it considers...The New York Times From ACM News | May 20, 2022
Labor shortages have many companies turning to automation technology, but with mixed outcomes.
Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2022
Cornell University researchers uncovered discrepancies in the skin tones of models as depicted in online retail images.
Cornell Chronicle From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2022