Communications of the ACM
An 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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6G Could Pull Double Duty to Monitor Climate Change
Northeastern University researchers said over-the-air spectroscopy could enable next-generation 6G networks to monitor climate change and air pollution.
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Outdated Password Practices are Widespread
Researchers say a majority of the world’s most popular websites put users and their data at risk by failing to meet minimum password requirement standards.
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Scientists Turn Invasive Carp into Traitors
Agencies are using "traitors" to find hotspot hideouts of invasive carp that are threatening the Great Lakes.
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Hackers Are Exploiting a Flaw in Citrix Software Despite Fix
Citrix Bleed, a critical flaw in Citrix Systems software, is being exploited by government-backed hackers and critical groups.
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South Korea Allows Autonomous Robots to Use Sidewalks
The South Korean government is allowing authorized autonomous robots to drive along the country's sidewalks.
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New Tool for Building and Fixing Roads and Bridges: Artificial Intelligence
In Pennsylvania and elsewhere, A.I. is being applied to the nation's aging infrastructure. Is that wise?
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You Paid $1,000 for an iPhone, but Apple Still Controls It
The company codes its devices with software that complicates repairs by triggering safety warnings and malfunctions.
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Apple to Make It Easier to Text Between iPhones, Androids
Apple will adopt a technological standard next year that will allow text messaging to operate more smoothly between its iOS devices and Android devices.
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Are Cat Qubits the Key to Reliable Quantum Computing in the Modern Era?
Quantum computers are prone to errors due to the sensitivity of qubits to environmental noise. Can cat qubits help build fault-tolerant quantum computers?
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China Claims World's Fastest Internet
Huawei Technologies Co. and China Mobile Ltd. have built a 3,000-km (1,860-mile) Internet network linking Beijing to the south.
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Glasses Use Sonar, AI to Interpret Upper Body Poses in 3D
Cornell University researchers have developed a wearable device that uses inaudible soundwaves and artificial intelligence to track the user's upper body movements...
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Universities Train Engineers for the Quantum Future
Colleges are starting the process of educating future engineers in topics such as how quantum computing hardware components work and how to write quantum computing...
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How Quantum Computing Can Benefit Drug Discovery
Quantum computing aims to reduce cost and time.
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Centimeter-Scale Quadruped Leverages Curved-Crease Origami
University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed a centimeter-scale quadruped robot inspired by origami.
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Researchers Develop Solid-State Thermal Transistor for Better Heat Management
A solid-state thermal transistor enables precision control of heat movement in semiconductor devices using the on-off switching of an electric field.
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Magnetic Sensors Pinpoint GPU Cryptojacking Attacks
Identifying incursions with magnetic sensors.
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A Man with Parkinson's Regained the Ability to Walk, Thanks to a Spinal Implant
The implant delivers bursts of electrical signals, stimulating his spinal cord to make his leg muscles move.
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Thousands in Line to Get Brain Chip Implant by Elon Musk's Neuralink
The implant, designed to replace the removed skull piece, will read and analyse the person's brain activity and wirelessly relay this information to a nearby laptop...
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