Biometric markers are increasingly popular targets of data theft, potentially endangering far more than your locally stored information…
From ACM NewsDavid Geer Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 23, 2022
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A treatment now pending approval in Europe will be the first commercial gene therapy to provide an outright cure for a deadly disease.Technology Review From ACM News | May 10, 2016
All kinds of things are hooked up to the Internet these days, but Jerry Chow's computer stands out. Chilled by liquid helium, his superconducting processor uses...Technology Review From ACM News | May 4, 2016
When social-media users upload photographs and caption them, they don't just label their contents. They tell a story, which gives the photos context and additional...Technology Review From ACM News | April 27, 2016
It is easy to take for granted the advancements in our mobile phones, wearable electronics, and other gadgets. But advances in computing rely on processes that...Technology Review From ACM News | April 14, 2016
The ability to reproduce scent artificially is surprisingly complex, and the work of the Weizmann Institute of Science's David Harel sheds light on the issue. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2016
The field of artificial intelligence has experienced a striking spurt of progress in recent years, with software becoming much better at understanding images, speech...Technology Review From ACM News | April 6, 2016
The history of mathematics is in some ways a study of the human mind and how it has understood the world.Technology Review From ACM News | April 4, 2016
University College London lecturer David Silver suggests software similar to Google DeepMind's AlphaGo could be crafted to play poker competently.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2016
Shortly after walking through the front doors of Baidu in Beijing last November, I was surprised to notice that my face had transformed into that of a cheerful-looking...Technology Review From ACM News | April 1, 2016
Virtual currency could become more viable thanks to a new Bitcoin-like system developed by University College London researchers. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | March 14, 2016
Ahmad Hassanat from Mu'tah University in Jordan and colleagues have developed a way to distinguish people from the unique way they make the "V for victory" sign...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | March 11, 2016
U.S. politicians have long threatened America's enemies with tanks, planes, submarines, and nuclear missiles. Last week defense secretary Ashton Carter leveled...Technology Review From ACM News | March 7, 2016
Rather than painstakingly typing in passwords on your smartphone, you may eventually just swipe a shape or other pattern on its display to authenticate yourself...Technology Review From ACM News | March 4, 2016
Here's a tricky task. Pick a photograph from the Web at random. Now try to work out where it was taken using only the image itself.Technology Review From ACM News | February 26, 2016
On Friday, January 8, several high-level officials from the Obama administration—including the attorney general, the White House chief of staff, and the directors...Technology Review From ACM Careers | February 24, 2016