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From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Researchers say some smaller, poorer nations are now using spy software, suggesting that recent data leaks and lawsuits have not deterred governments from investing...The Associated Press From ACM News | October 15, 2015
For months, police trying to solve a Long Island robbery spree had little more to go on than grainy surveillance footage of a man in a hoodie and black ski mask...The Associated Press From ACM News | October 2, 2015
The dimly lit, dust-caked stacks of the Baghdad National Library hide a treasure of the ages: crinkled, yellowing papers holding the true stories of sultans and...The Associated Press From ACM Careers | August 4, 2015
Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars now rolling around California have gotten into accidents since September, when the state began issuing permits for companies...The Associated Press From ACM News | May 11, 2015
Did the National Security Agency plant spyware deep in the hard drives of thousands of computers used by foreign governments, banks and other surveillance targets...The Associated Press From ACM News | February 18, 2015
New York City's subways—the nation's biggest mass transit network—serve more than 6 million daily riders who depend largely on a signal system that dates back to...The Associated Press From ACM News | December 22, 2014
A $10 billion-a-year effort to protect sensitive government data, from military secrets to Social Security numbers, is struggling to keep pace with an increasing...The Associated Press From ACM News | November 11, 2014
FBI Director James Comey warned in stark terms Thursday against the push by technology companies to encrypt smartphone data and operating systems, arguing that...The Associated Press From ACM News | October 16, 2014
As a teenager, holed up in his bedroom, illuminated by the glow of his laptop, Youngbin Chung became addicted to video games. Ten-hours-a-day addicted.The Associated Press From ACM Careers | October 6, 2014
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people whose vision is impaired...The Associated Press From ACM News | July 11, 2014
A bipartisan privacy board on Wednesday unanimously adopted its report that endorses some of the National Security Agency's Internet surveillance programs.The Associated Press From ACM News | July 3, 2014
An annual spring party in a Southern California beach town devolved into a riot last month when revelers turned violent, rocking cars, smashing windows and throwing...The Associated Press From ACM News | May 2, 2014
Two Supreme Court cases about police searches of cellphones without warrants present vastly different views of the ubiquitous device.The Associated Press From ACM News | April 28, 2014
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called the Internet a CIA project and made comments about Russia's biggest search engine Yandex, sending the company's shares...The Associated Press From ACM News | April 25, 2014
Secret Service investigators say they are close to gaining a full understanding of the methods hackers used to breach Target's computer systems last December.The Associated Press From ACM News | April 17, 2014