Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Stealthy, Destructive Malware Infects Half a Million Routers
Home routers have become the rats to hackers' bubonic plague: An easily infected, untreated and ubiquitous population in which dangerous digital attacks can spread...
From Communications of the ACM
3D Sensors Provide Security, Better Games
A variety of techniques allow sensors to locate and recognize objects in space.
From Communications of the ACM
Getting Hooked on Tech
Are technology companies maximizing profits by making users addicted to their products?
From ACM TechNews
Google, Microsoft Find Another Spectre, Meltdown Flaw
Intel and Microsoft on Monday reported a new variant of the Spectre and Meltdown security bugs.
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How China Acquires 'the Crown Jewels' of U.S. Technology
The U.S. government was well aware of China's aggressive strategy of leveraging private investors to buy up the latest American technology when, early last year...
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What Is GDPR and How Will It Affect You?
You could be forgiven for thinking that Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a law created to fill your inbox with identikit warnings from every...
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Interpol's New Software Will Recognize Criminals by Their Voices
The International Criminal Police Organization is assessing software that matches samples of speech in phone calls or social media to voice recordings in a law...
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Alphabet's Jigsaw Offers Political Campaigns Free DDoS Protection
Jigsaw, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, is offering U.S. political organizations a free tool to defend against distributed denial-of-device attacks...
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The Surprising Return of the Repo Man
The computer in the spotter car shouted "Hide!," and repo agent Derek Lewis knew that meant to keep driving like nothing had happened.
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Gilles Brassard to Receive the Wolf Prize in Physics
Brassard, a cryptologist, is the co-winner of the 2018 Wolf Prize in Physics, which he is sharing with Charles Bennett of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center...
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In Silicon Valley, Chinese 'Accelerators' Aim to Bring Startups Home
Beijing's unslakeable thirst for the latest technology has spurred a proliferation of "accelerators" in Silicon Valley that aim to identify promising startups and...
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Silicon Valley Faces Regulatory Fight on Its Home Turf
The staging ground for one of the biggest regulatory fights facing the technology industry is far removed from Washington or Brussels, tucked into an alley next...
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Email Encryption Standards Hacked
A team of researchers successfully hacked the popular Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions and OpenPGP email encryption standards.
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During Disasters, Active Twitter Users Likely to Spread Falsehoods
Researchers examining more than 20,000 tweets sent during Hurricane Sandy and the Boston Marathon bombing found up to 91% of users spread falsehoods.
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Hiding Information in Plain Text
Computer scientists have now invented a way to hide secret messages in ordinary text by imperceptibly changing the shapes of letters.
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Inside Google, a Debate Rages: Should It Sell Artificial Intelligence to the Military?
Last July, 13 U.S. military commanders and technology executives met at the Pentagon's Silicon Valley outpost, two miles from Google headquarters.
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House Democrats Release 3,500 Russia-Linked Facebook Ads
On Thursday, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee published more than 3,500 Facebook and Instagram ads linked to the Russian propaganda group Internet...
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Critical PGP and S/MIME Bugs can Reveal Encrypted Emails—Uninstall Now
The flaws can expose emails sent in the past and "pose an immediate threat."
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Senate Intel: Russia Waged 'Unprecedented' Cyber Campaign on U.S. Voting Systems
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released the unclassified version of its investigation into Russian cyberattacks on digital U.S. voting systems ahead...
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