Experts fear the Taliban could exploit expansive databases built by the U.S. and its allies during the Afghanistan occupation as tools for surveillance and repression...The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2021
Internet-connected devices and systems are making buildings more efficient but also vulnerable to cyberattacks.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2021
A computer model developed by researchers at New York’s University of Albany can determine whether an image of a face is a deepfake by examining its pupils.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 15, 2021
Researchers at the data research company Mathematica have created an interactive website to help school officials consider their options for coronavirus testing...Government Technology From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2021
Old Dominion University's Michael Nelson and colleagues have found that supposedly permanent digital Web archives could be lost.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 1, 2021
A new device simultaneously stores and visually transmits data with a single semiconductor.
Kyushu University (Japan) From ACM TechNews | August 26, 2021
Highly efficient light-based processors can overcome the bottlenecks of today's electronics.
Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2021
A new blockchain-based technology is changing how the art world works, and changing how we think about asset ownership in the process.
Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2021
A team led by researchers from Newcastle University created new dynamic DNA data structures that can store and retrieve information in an ordered manner from DNA...Newcastle University From ACM TechNews | August 13, 2021
New machine-learning approach helps scientists understand increased frequency of extreme precipitation days in the MidwestStanford University From ACM TechNews | August 13, 2021
Mathematicians are implementing algorithms designed to halt gerrymandering—the partisan manipulation of U.S. Census data to redraw electoral maps for one political...MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 13, 2021
Researchers at Japan's Tohoku University developed an neural network model that can help explain the difficulty people with autism spectrum disorder have in interpreting...News-Medical.net From ACM TechNews | August 11, 2021
Chip efficiently implements post-quantum cryptography to better protect against future hacker attacks using quantum computers
Electronics Weekly From ACM TechNews | August 9, 2021
Charles M. Geschke helped create the modern world of computing, where beautiful typography and expressive, artistic graphics are as integral to most users' experience...Simson Garfinkel, Eugene H. Spafford From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2021
Disease surveillance schemes to catch the next rising virus already exist—they're just not communicating with each other.
Wired From ACM News | June 3, 2021
2020 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman helped develop formal language theory, invented efficient algorithms to drive the tasks of a...Neil Savage From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2021