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From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Over the past few years, banks have made significant strides in trader surveillance, embracing communication monitoring tools that look for obvious flash phrases...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2019
The International Longshore & Warehouse Union is fighting a Danish firm's plan to use unmanned vehicles to move shipping containers around the Los Angeles port...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | March 28, 2019
Apple and U.S. insurance firm Aetna have partnered on a new Apple Watch application, through which users can access detailed health records.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | January 31, 2019
Last week's CES 2019 in Las Vegas showcased efforts by Google, Amazon, and Apple to advance connected home technology platforms.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2019
Taiwanese rice growers are using big data as a part of a pilot project to ensure the resilience of crop production in the face of climate change.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | December 17, 2018
The Raspberry Pi startup will train 40,000 U.K. teachers to teach computer science, with the ultimate goal of teaching computer science to all U.K. schoolchildren...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2018
Researchers analyzing about 33% of the Android apps in the Google Play Store found almost nine out of 10 track smartphone data and transmit it back to Google.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | October 24, 2018
The ESMT Berlin business school is using virtual reality to teach leadership in a digital world to executives from some of Germany’s biggest companies.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | March 5, 2018
Stanford University professor Michal Kosinski is using deep neural networks to illustrate the use of facial-recognition technology for invasive monitoring
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | February 5, 2018
Artificial intelligence programs from China and the U.S. last week outperformed humans in a global reading comprehension test
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | January 17, 2018
Stall Catchers is an online computer game in which players use to analyze movies of blood flow to the brain as part of Alzheimer's disease research.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2017
Researchers are trying to teach intelligent machines to explain, in human terms, how their minds work.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | July 11, 2017
A hackathon inspired by the influence of fake news on the U.S. presidential election seeks to incentivize the prioritization of truth.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2016
When historians come to write about technological innovation in the first half of this century, they are likely to pay special attention to a US Navy drone called...Financial Times From ACM News | February 10, 2016
Several universities are experimenting with wearable technologies as a way to improve classroom instruction. Financial Times From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2015
A trio of Indonesians working for international tech companies have used crowdsourcing to calculate a result for Indonesia's contested presidential election. Financial Times From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2014
Social roboticist Heather Knight's research focuses on making robots socially expressive so they can interact with people on a more personable level.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | June 6, 2014
Additions to the Wassenaar Arrangement will require technology companies to get permission from governments to sell a range of security and surveillance software...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2013