Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Walmart has launched a new augmented reality feature that allows shoppers to virtually try on clothes.
Fast Company From ACM TechNews | September 19, 2022
South Korean's Naver is opening the new world headquarters of its research and development subsidiary in what the company calls "the world's first robot-friendly...Fast Company From ACM TechNews | June 3, 2022
The McAfee Enterprise Advanced Threat Research team found a bug in the Netop Vision Pro Education software used by about 3 million teachers and students worldwide...Fast Company From ACM TechNews | October 21, 2021
From the obvious (Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone) to the obscure (AT&T stops charging an hourly rate for internet access), these events were landmarks.
Fast Company From ACM News | October 23, 2020
Marine scientists and architects created three-dimensionally-printed terra-cotta tiles to function as artificial coral reefs, in order to help restore devastated...Fast Company From ACM TechNews | August 5, 2020
The Grant for the Web program will give roughly $20 million per year for five years to content sites, open source infrastructure developers, and others.
Fast Company From ACM News | September 20, 2019
Scientists at three Israeli institutions are collaborating to restore dying coral reefs via three-dimensional printing.
Fast Company From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2019
Microsoft is testing an educational programming kit for visually impaired children that uses differently-shaped blocks or "pods" that each embody a line of code...Fast Company From ACM TechNews | January 23, 2019
Students at 11 schools in the Chinese province of Guizhou are wearing "smart uniforms" incorporating computer chips to ensure they attend classes and behave properly...Fast Company From ACM TechNews | January 2, 2019
A standard Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Apollo 4000-series business computer is being used to conduct science experiments on the International Space Station.
Fast Company From ACM TechNews | November 2, 2018
Google researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that generates incredibly realistic fake images.
Fast Company From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2018
We've all heard about the promise of augmented reality coming to the iPhone. With iOS 11 due later this year, Apple is releasing ARKit–a software that allows developers...Fast Company From ACM News | July 13, 2017
In a large university full of lecture classes, it can be hard to pinpoint the students who are falling through the cracks.Fast Company From ACM News | October 17, 2013
Rice University scientists, working with Microsoft Research, have created something rather surprising—a long-term-mood detecting device that can ascertain a user's...Fast Company From ACM News | August 7, 2013
NASA is responsible for more Earth-bound technologies than just space ice cream; the organization's research has led to everything from new kinds of artificial ...Fast Company From ACM News | March 20, 2013
Jinha Lee from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab's Tangible Media Group has been experimenting with developing a tactile user interface in which...Fast Company From ACM TechNews | May 21, 2012