Communications of the ACM
Data in the Wild Might be Key to Better Public Health
"Social determinants of health have really come to the forefront in terms of who has been most greatly impacted."
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Finding Common Ground
Self-driving vehicles start to understand pedestrians, cyclists.
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Cisco Challenge Winners Use AI, IoT to Tackle Global Problems
Cisco awarded the top prize in its Global Problem Solver Challenge to an Internet of Things-enabled system for transporting dairy products.
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Quantum Machines Learn 'Quantum Data'
Scientists at Russia's Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology have demonstrated that quantum-enhanced machine learning can be applied to quantum data, surmounting...
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Privacy Problems Are Widespread for Alexa, Google Assistant Voice Apps
Researchers have found that privacy policies for Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa often violate baseline requirements.
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Deep Learning Moves Cancer Vaccines Toward Reality
Researchers have designed a deep learning method to help develop personalized cancer vaccines by better understanding the biological mechanisms of interaction between...
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Instant Videos: Just Add Text
Artificial intelligence software can create a video montage from a few typed words.
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Programming Language, Tool Ensure Code Will Compute as Intended
A multi-institutional team of researchers has published Armada, a coding language and tool for high-performance concurrent programs that ensure code is mathematically...
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Top Programming Languages 2020
Python's dominance as the most popular programming language is holding steady in 2020, according to IEEE Spectrum's latest rankings of top languages.
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A Tool for Hardening Java Crypto
A new tool identifies cryptographic vulnerabilities in Java (and soon, in Python) automatically.
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AI Seeks ET: Machine Learning Powers Hunt for Life in the Solar System
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is testing a pilot artificial intelligence system for use on a future Mars mission.
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Virtual Try-Ons Replacing Fitting Rooms During the Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred consumers to substitute fitting rooms with augmented reality using their smartphones and computers.
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Windows 10 2004 Update Block Confusion: 'Your PC Settings Aren't Supported'
Hardware drivers still appear to be causing havoc for users trying to upgrade to Windows 10 version 2004.
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Lyft Releases Self-Driving Vehicle Data Set, Launches $30,000 Challenge
Lyft has released a Prediction Dataset, which contains the logs of movements of cars, pedestrians, and other obstacles encountered by its 23 autonomous vehicles...
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Amazon Launches Cloud Service to Help Non-Coders Build Apps
Amazon Web Services has launched a service that enables non-coders to write applications, which could broaden the cloud service's audience beyond programmers.
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Microsoft Releases Emergency Security Update to Fix Two Bugs in Windows Codecs
Security updates have been silently deployed to customers on Tuesday through the Windows Store app.
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Amazon Launches Cloud Service to Help Non-coders Build Apps
Amazon already leads the cloud infrastructure market, and now it's expanding its cloud product lineup with a tool for people who don't code.
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AI Researchers Condemn Predictive Crime Software, Citing Racial Bias, Flawed Methods
A coalition of more than 1,000 researchers, academics, and experts in artificial intelligence condemned soon-to-be-published research claims of predictive crime...
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Windows 10 Critical Process Failure: Microsoft Admits June Updates are Triggering Reboots
Forced reboots are affecting some machines running Windows 10 version 1809 and above.
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