Communications of the ACM
Good Algorithms Make Good Neighbors
Many computer scientists doubted ad hoc methods would ever give way to a more general approach to finding nearest neighbors. … From Communications of the ACMAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Florida City Agrees to Pay Hackers $600,000
The city council of Riviera Beach, FL, agreed to pay almost $600,000 in bitcoin to ransom back their computer systems, held hostage by malware for the past three...
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Your Phone Can Become a Robot That Does the Boring Work
A new smartphone app allows a user to easily program any robot to perform a basic activity.
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First 'Quantum Drone' Takes Off
Researchers at Nanjing University in China have developed a quantum drone to serve as an airborne node in a future quantum network.
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Investors Urge AI Startups to Inject Early Dose of Ethics
Artificial intelligence startup investors are urging companies to improve their products from an ethical perspective.
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Software to Protect World's Most Endangered Species
Researchers are integrating genetic and environmental databases to help identify species threatened by climate change more accurately.
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Car Companies Sharpen Focus on Curbing Distracted Driving
Automakers are accelerating initiatives to address distracted driving by equipping vehicles with monitoring technology.
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Google's Language Techniques Help O2 Czech Republic Reveal Network Secrets
Word2vec, a neural network technique developed to understand human languages, also can interpret raw cell tower data.
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A Simple Online System That Could End Plastic Pollution
Bounties Network collected tons of garbage from Manila Bay as part of a pilot project that pays a small network of people in digital currency for such trash.
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U.S. Universities Reconsider Links With Chinese AI Company
U.S. universities are reevaluating their ties to Chinese artificial intelligence firm iFlyTek, whose voice recognition and analysis products are used by Chinese...
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Horns are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests.
The researchers say the use of smartphones and other handheld devices is contorting the human form.
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Fighting Crime on the Dark Web
The Dark Web presents new challenges for law enforcement officials.
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Facebook Plans Global Financial System Based on Cryptocurrency
Facebook has unveiled a plan to create an alternative financial system that relies on a new cryptocurrency.
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Petaflop Systems Dominate the Supercomputer Landscape
For the first time, every entry in this year's TOP500 list delivers petaflop-level capabilities.
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Computer 'Geek' Stereotype Puts Girls Off Subject
A U.K. study found stereotyping of computing as "a male-oriented domain consisting of anti-social 'nerds, geeks, or hackers,'" discourages female students from...
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Domino's Will Start Delivering Pizzas via Autonomous Robot This Fall
Robotics startup Nuro has announced plans to dispatch robots this fall to deliver Domino's pizzas to customers in Houston.
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Environmental DNA Program Makes Conservation Research Faster, More Efficient
New open source software simplifies environmental DNA research by allowing scientists to quickly recognize a broad spectrum of species.
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The Quantum Internet Is Emerging, One Experiment at a Time
Although a fully realized quantum network is still a far-off vision, recent breakthroughs have convinced some physicists that a simple proof-of-principle is imminent...
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The Wikipedia Gender Gap
Wikipedia, one of the most successful online communities in history, struggles to attract and retain female editors.
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HSM Vulnerabilities Impact Banks, Cloud Providers, Governments
Researchers have discovered vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely to retrieve sensitive data stored inside Hardware Security Modules .
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Ford Motor Opens Research Center in Tel Aviv
Ford Motor has opened a research laboratory in Tel Aviv, Israel, to leverage the city's technology ecosystem to develop autonomous vehicles.12