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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.
Aleksandr B. Vyarya thought his job was to defend people from cyberattacks until, he says, his government approached him with a request to do the opposite.
The New York Times From ACM News | December 30, 2016
Jeff Bezos of Amazon, along with a couple of his rivals, may eventually control much of the $1 trillion global market for business computers and software.
The New York Times From ACM News | December 27, 2016
The first job that Sherry Johnson, 56, lost to automation was at the local newspaper in Marietta, Ga., where she fed paper into the printing machines and laid out...The New York Times From ACM News | December 22, 2016
Late one Friday night in early November, Jun Rekimoto, a distinguished professor of human-computer interaction at the University of Tokyo, was online preparing...The New York Times From ACM News | December 20, 2016
The California Energy Commission on Wednesday agreed to pass new regulations for energy efficiency in desktop computers and monitors.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2016
Mike Zimmerman likes to shock his guests by using a hammer to drive a nail through a solid polymer lithium metal battery.
The New York Times From ACM News | December 12, 2016
A self-driving electric bus relying on laser sensors, global-positioning systems, and software is undergoing testing in Helsinki, Finland.The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2016
The Internet of Things could prove highly vulnerable to cyberattackers, according to a new study.The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 7, 2016
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia dismisses the idea that he has the power to interfere with Tuesday's election.The New York Times From ACM News | November 4, 2016
The so-called Internet of Things, its proponents argue, offers many benefits: energy efficiency, technology so convenient it can anticipate what you want, even...The New York Times From ACM News | November 3, 2016
Ali Farhadi holds a puny $5 computer, called a Raspberry Pi, comfortably in his palm and exults that his team of researchers has managed to squeeze into it a powerful...The New York Times From ACM News | October 31, 2016
Google is locked in a six-year battle with Europe's antitrust officials. And the stakes for both sides are getting higher.The New York Times From ACM Careers | October 31, 2016
The Pentagon has made artificial intelligence the core of its agenda to maintain the U.S. position as the world's leading military power.The New York Times From ACM TechNews | October 26, 2016
The small drone, with its six whirring rotors, swept past the replica of a Middle Eastern village and closed in on a mosque-like structure, its camera scanning...The New York Times From ACM News | October 25, 2016
When surveillance cameras began popping up in the 1970s and '80s, they were welcomed as a crime-fighting tool, then as a way to monitor traffic congestion, factory...The New York Times From ACM News | October 24, 2016
Most people think the eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun along a straight plane, like a disc on a record player.The New York Times From ACM News | October 21, 2016