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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Semiconductor giant Intel claims its FakeCatcher technology can detect whether videos are genuine or deepfakes with 96% accuracy in real time.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2022
Singapore and Germany have agreed to mutually recognize their respective smart computer product cybersecurity rating labels.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 27, 2022
Researchers discovered the Syslogk Linux rootkit delivers a backdoor trojan hides on a targeted machine until triggered.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 21, 2022
All individuals transacting in Bitcoin are within six degrees or fewer of separation from a core group, say researchers.
ZDNet From ACM News | June 10, 2022
A study of 164 government-endorsed education technology products found 146 endangered children's privacy by collecting and selling their data to ad tech companies...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2022
Researchers at cybersecurity software company SentinelOne reported two high-severity bugs in Avast and AVG antivirus products that have gone undetected for a decade...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | May 9, 2022
Researchers have designed a new version of the Mini Cheetah robot that can achieve high running speeds more efficiently than its predecessors.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2022
An approach that uses hours of video and elements of reinforcement learning can guide a robot vehicle almost two miles without a full map of the surroundings.
ZDNet From ACM News | February 25, 2022
IonQ and DoE are trying to create a stable, domestic pipeline for sourcing the barium qubits used in quantum processors built by IonQ.
ZDNet From ACM News | February 22, 2022
Chip designer Arm has released a prototype development board based on the Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) architecture.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2022
The 2022 State of Healthcare IoT Device Security Report estimates 53% of medical devices in hospitals connected to the Internet of Things have critical flaws.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 21, 2022
A new silicon construction technique developed by German and Australian researchers could potentially make building quantum computers more affordable and reliable...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 18, 2022
Hiring managers expect finding qualified developers will be the biggest recruitment challenge of 2022, according to a survey of 14,000 developers and technology...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2022
National University of Singapore engineers have constructed a robotic hand that can grasp various objects using three-dimensionally-printed fingers.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 5, 2022