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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
The government said a group linked to Russia's intelligence service carried out sustained operations to undermine trust in Britain's political system.
The New York Times From ACM News | December 8, 2023
A study found that water use by bitcoin miners hit 591 billion gallons so far this year, up from 415 billion gallons in 2021.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2023
Tianfu Wu at North Carolina State University and colleagues developed the QuadAttacK software to test deep neural networks for adversarial vulnerabilities.
NC State University News From ACM TechNews | December 7, 2023
Arkose Labs reported malicious attacks by bots and human fraud farms accounted for 73% of all Web and app traffic in the third quarter of 2023.
Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | December 7, 2023
Alarmed by the power of artificial intelligence, Europe, the U.S. and others are trying to respond, but the technology is evolving more rapidly than their policies...THE New York Times From ACM News | December 6, 2023
The ongoing conflict between the U.S. and China over semiconductor chip production is expected to ramp up as the U.S. seeks a competitive edge in advanced packaging...Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2023
Researchers found drones with automated external defibrillators arrived at the scene of a suspected cardiac arrest more than 3 minutes before ambulances in 67%...Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2023
Researchers found vulnerabilities in several laptop makers’ implementations of Windows Hello, the biometric login feature built into Windows.
SiliconANGLE From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2023
Meta said in a statement the complaint misrepresents its work over the past decade to make the online experience safe for teens, noting it has "over 30 tools to...CBS Bay Area From ACM News | November 28, 2023
OpenAI's leadership drama is the latest flare-up in the raging debate between AI's safety-first technocrats and its libertarian techno-optimists.
Fast Company From ACM News | November 22, 2023
Citrix Bleed, a critical flaw in Citrix Systems software, is being exploited by government-backed hackers and critical groups.
Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2023
A study of job advertisements on Meta's Facebook identified potentially discriminatory employment ads with images of people that overrepresented or excluded certain...Princeton School of Public and International Affairs From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2023
Web browsing data is being collected and sold in greater detail than previously thought, according to a report by the non-profit Irish Council for Civil Liberties...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2023
The two men jostling to be the country's next president are using artificial intelligence to create images and videos to promote themselves and attack each other...The New York Times From ACM News | November 15, 2023