Communications of the ACM
World’s Largest Quantum Computer Doubles Down
D-Wave unveils an upgraded quantum computer featuring more than twice the qubits.
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If Your Image Is Online, It Might Be Training Facial-Recognition AI
The photo is undeniably cute: a mom and a dad—he with a stubbly beard and rimless glasses, she with choppy brown hair and a wide grin—goofing around and eating...
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Algorithms Spot Millions of California's Tiniest Quakes in Historical Data
When it comes to earthquakes, large, destructive ones dominate the headlines.
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How 5G Drove Moves by Apple, Qualcomm and Intel
Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday settled an acrimonious two-year legal dispute. Shortly afterward, Intel Corp said it will exit the smartphone modem chip business...
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UT Students Develop Software to Help Satellites Seek Objects
Researchers have developed navigation software for a satellite launched Tuesday with a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Can a Computer Write a Script? Machine Learning Goes Hollywood
The idea of using machine learning programs to help write scripts and other tasks is becoming increasingly popular in Hollywood.
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YouTube's Notre Dame-9/11 Flub Highlights AI's Blind Spots
YouTube might need a few more humans. The machines whose job is to tamp down conspiracy theories are not cutting it just yet.
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Craftsmen Built Notre Dame Eight Centuries Ago. Now It May Be Up to Robots to Save It.
As the first images of charred wreckage inside the Notre Dame cathedral appeared online Tuesday, engineers around the world said one observation was already clear...
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NASA's Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes
On its final flyby of Saturn's largest moon in 2017, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data revealing that the small liquid lakes in Titan's northern hemisphere...
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Algorithms to Enhance Forest Inventories
A researcher at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland has developed algorithms capable of determining inventory parameters of trees over large...
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Spy on Your Smart Home With This Open Source Research Tool
Princeton University researchers have built an open source Web app that allows homeowners to monitor their smart home devices.
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Big Brother at the Mall
The U.S. Congress is investigating the use of advanced technology to track consumers around brick-and-mortar retailers.
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The Images That Could Help Rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral
Before the tragedy seen all around the world, flames leaping from the top of Notre-Dame Cathedral, there was a smaller one, thousands of miles away in upstate New...
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Curiosity Tastes First Sample in 'Clay-Bearing Unit'
Scientists working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have been excited to explore a region called "the clay-bearing unit" since before the spacecraft launched.
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MTA's Initial Foray Into Facial Recognition at High Speed Is a Bust
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority program to identify high-speed drivers at the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge via facial-recognition technology is a failure...
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Robotic Heads Powered by AI to Help Passengers at Major German Airport
Frankfurt Airport in Germany is the site of a six-week trial of a robotic head powered by artificial intelligence as an information resource for travelers.
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Wormhole Travel Could Be Real, but Would also Be Really Slow
The first Avengers flick hit its dramatic peak when an alien army descended upon New York via a wormhole in the sky.
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Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa
Amazon employs thousands of people around the world to listen to voice recordings captured in Echo owners' homes and offices.
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3D Facial Analysis Could Help Identify Children with Rare Conditions
A new tool can identify subtle but important differences in facial geometry, allowing medical professionals to more quickly diagnose rare medical conditions in...
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