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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World Cup to Use Drones to Help Protect Stadiums
This year's World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar will employ autonomous radar-guided interceptor drones for stadium security.
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Ministry of Defence Acquires U.K. Government's First Quantum Computer
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has acquired that government's first quantum computer from London-based Orca Computing.
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Why You May Have a Thinking Digital Twin Within a Decade
Artificial intelligence combined with the Internet of Things allows the digital construction of digital twins that constantly learn from and help improve their...
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Chameleon-Like Camouflage Made for Soft Robot
Researchers at Seoul National University in South Korea have developed a soft robot with skin that can change color to match its background.
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Microsoft-led Team Retracts Quantum 'Breakthrough'
Microsoft's 2018 paper claimed to have observed evidence supporting Majorana particles' existence.
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'Farms Are Going to Need Different Kinds of Robots'
Farmers worldwide are using new precision-farming technologies to address agricultural issues.
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Nuro to Be California's First Driverless Delivery Service
California has approved the operation of R2 driverless delivery vehicles from robotics startup Nuro.
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Robots Use Light Beams to Zap Hospital Viruses
A robotic system uses eight UV-C ultraviolet-light-emitting bulbs to destroy bacteria, viruses, and other harmful microbes.
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The Robo Racing Cars Accelerating Driverless Tech
The Roborace motorsport competition is a testbed for autonomous vehicle technology, as international teams pit driverless electric racing cars against each other...
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Facial Recognition: School ID Checks Lead to GDPR Fine
The Swedish Data Protection Authority fined the municipality of Skelleftea for using facial recognition to track students in violation of the European Union's General...
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How Quantum Sensing Is Changing the Way We See the World
Imagine a world where you can find out exactly what lies under your feet, get advanced warning of volcanic eruptions, look around corners or into rooms, and detect...
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The S Cannot Crush s, Says Huawei Founder
The founder of Huawei has said there is "no way the US can crush" the company, in an exclusive interview with the BBC.
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The Key to Cracking Long-Dead Languages
Broken and scorched black by fire, the dense, wedge-shaped marks etched into the ancient clay tablets are only just visible under the soft light at the British...
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The Chef That Can Make a Gourmet Burger Every 30 Seconds
A restaurant in San Francisco employs two robots to prepare gourmet burgers for diners.
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Inside Sellafield's Death Zone With the Nuclear Clean-p Robots
The defunct Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield, Cumbria in the U.K. is a toxic environment that must be cleaned up by robots.
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Hologram Phone Calls; Sci-Fi or Serious Possibility?
High-speed 5G networks could lead to big changes in how we use our mobile phones, allowing us to enjoy virtual reality on-the-go, interactive live broadcasts, and...
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The Cameras that Know If You're Happy, or a Threat
Facial recognition tech has been around for decades, but it has been progressing in leaps and bounds in recent years due to advances in computing vision and artificial...
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'We Can Build a Real Time Machine'
Travelling in time might sound like a flight of fancy, but some physicists think it might really be possible.
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Are You Scared Yet? Meet Norman, the Psychopathic AI
Norman is an algorithm trained to understand pictures but, like its namesake Hitchcock's Norman Bates, it does not have an optimistic view of the world.
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