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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.
A few years ago when Bank of America Corp. wanted to study whether face time mattered among its call-center teams, the big bank asked about 90 workers to wear badges...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 7, 2013
The White House threatened China and other countries with trade and diplomatic action over corporate espionage as it cataloged more than a dozen cases of cyberattacks...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | February 21, 2013
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is brutally clear: China is the most dangerous superpower on Earth.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | February 4, 2013
This year's Consumer Electronics Show is being dominated by the term "context awareness," which describes technology that enables products to pick up clues to users'...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | January 7, 2013
For pirates in China, where illegal software sales greatly outmatch legal ones, a new version of Windows typically means a new treasure ship to plunder.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 14, 2012
US Airways Flight 27 was roaring down Runway 15R at Boston's Logan Airport when a pickup truck suddenly pulled into its path.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 13, 2012
The small box inside Amanda Hubbard's chest beams all kinds of data about her faulty heart to the company that makes her defibrillator implant.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 10, 2012
You press a button and wait for your elevator. How long before you get impatient and agitated? Theresa Christy says 20 seconds.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | December 4, 2012
A Des Moines television station has turned off the lights on the city's Weather Beacon, igniting a tempest among residents who were raised to look downtown for...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | October 23, 2012
For more than two years, the police in San Leandro, Calif., photographed Mike Katz-Lacabe's Toyota Tercel almost weekly.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 4, 2012
In 2010, Apple Inc. AAPL co-founder Steve Jobs proclaimed, "Mobile advertising really sucks." Now, however, the rule book for what works in mobile advertising is...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 1, 2012
The Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca is a 2.2-mile asphalt roller coaster plunging and soaring across California's tawny Monterey highlands.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | September 25, 2012
The deepest look into the human genome so far shows it to be a richer, messier and more intriguing place than was believed just a decade ago, scientists said Wednesday...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 6, 2012
Smartphones and other devices keep getting smarter, but that may change if a key step in manufacturing computer chips isn't updated soon.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 29, 2012
In the latest effort to contend with exploding quantities of digital data, researchers encoded an entire book into the genetic molecules of DNA, the basic building...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 17, 2012