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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The Road to 6G
Looking past 5G to sixth-generation wireless technology.
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Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health
How AI can be used to improve diagnosis of mental health conditions.
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Monetizing Your Personal Data
What is your private data worth, to you and to the companies willing to pay you for it?
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The Road Ahead for Augmented Reality
A heads-up look at augmented reality head-up displays.
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A Traffic Cop for Low Earth Orbit
Who will be the space traffic controller for orbiting objects?
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Helping NASA Return to the Moon
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is the first woman to serve as launch director for the U.S. space agency.
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Technological Responses to COVID-19
Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
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Keeping Students Educated and Engaged
The use of distance learning has grown quickly in primary education, in response to school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Across the Language Barrier
Translation devices are getting better at making speech and text understandable in different languages.
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Tracking Shoppers
Retailers of all stripes are using technology to follow consumers through their brick-and-mortar stores in order to develop detailed profiles of their shopping...
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Regulating Information Technology
Why isn't IT regulated, when it can have such substantial impacts on people's lives?
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Ethics in Technology Jobs
Employees are increasingly challenging technology companies on their ethical choices.
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Electronics Need Rare Earths
Demand is expected to spike over the next few years, leading to higher prices and international trade issues.
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Technologizing Agriculture
An array of technologies are making farms more efficient, safer, and profitable.
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Technology for the Deaf
Why aren't better assistive technologies available for those communicating using ASL?
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The Construction Industry in the 21st Century
Three-dimensional printing and other new technologies are revitalizing the business of building buildings.
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Parallel Computational Thinking
Applications must be programmed to process instructions in parallel to take full advantage of the new multicore processors.
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3D-Printing Human Body Parts
Bioprinting has generated bones, cartilage, and some muscles; hearts and livers are still years away.
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The Effectiveness of Coding Camps
Do coding schools really get you working faster, with better pay, than college computer science courses?
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Teaching Computational Thinking Sooner
Are there benefits to teaching computational thinking to preschoolers?12