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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.
In a typical month, David Lawee meets two dozen founders of new companies. He grills them on their businesses, their ambitions, their funding, and their clever...Slate From ACM News | March 30, 2012
Scientific data is expanding at an unprecedented rate. While new tools are helping preserve this data, funding must be increased and policy coordination needs improvement...Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2012
Voice recognition programs like Siri are now capable of understanding spoken commands, recognizing a conversation's context, and answering questions in a personable...Tom Geller From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2012
Google Inc. is giving its tried-and-true Web-search formula a makeover as it tries to fix the shortcomings of today's technology and maintain its dominant market...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 15, 2012
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt told a crowd of journalists Wednesday night that there are some things about technology and the Internet that scare him,...Politico From ACM News | March 9, 2012
Did Google Maps almost cause a war in 2010? On Nov. 3 of that year, Edén Pastora, the Nicaraguan official tasked with dredging the Rio San Juan, justified his country's...The New York Times From ACM News | March 8, 2012
DARPA has launched a contest to gain a better understanding of how social media can spread the word during a crisis. Government Computer News From ACM TechNews | March 2, 2012
Google Inc. has dramatically expanded its presence in Manhattan in the past year, adding roughly 750 people to its outpost in 2011 in the most prominent example...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | February 29, 2012
Alongside the news that the White House will announce voluntary privacy guidelines for Web companies comes the announcement from major online advertisers that they...The Washington Post From ACM News | February 23, 2012
Online games are harnessing humans' skills to solve scientific problems that are currently beyond the ability of computers.Neil Savage From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2012
Computer programs and new mathematical algorithms are helping law enforcement agencies better predict when and where crimes will occur.Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2012
Google's very first employee, Craig Silverstein, is leaving the company to join the high-profile online learning phenom, Khan Academy.AllThingsD From ACM Careers | February 10, 2012
Stephen Wolfram, a 52-year-old scientist, software designer and entrepreneur, tends to go his own way—often with noteworthy results.The New York Times From ACM News | February 7, 2012
When you read this sentence to yourself, it's likely that you hear the words in your head. Now, in what amounts to technological telepathy, others are on the verge...New Scientist From ACM News | February 1, 2012
Google is planning to rewrite its privacy policy to grant it explicit rights to "combine personal information" across multiple products and services, the company...CNET From ACM News | January 25, 2012
Researchers are trying to build robots capable of working together with minimal human supervision. But will they ever learn to get along?Alex Wright From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2012
Researchers are exploring networked computational analysis, formal classification, and topic modeling to better identify relevant scientists, ideas, and trends.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2012