Biometric markers are increasingly popular targets of data theft, potentially endangering far more than your locally stored information…
From ACM NewsDavid Geer Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 23, 2022
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Researchers discovered the Syslogk Linux rootkit delivers a backdoor trojan hides on a targeted machine until triggered.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 21, 2022
Technology helps to interpret what animals are thinking and feeling, from what they utter and how they move.
Sandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | June 21, 2022
Ethereum mining could end soon due to "the Merge," leaving as many as 1 million miners out of a source of income.
Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | June 20, 2022
Paige Thompson's lawyers said she had been looking for cracks so they could be fixed. A jury found her guilty of wire fraud and hacking charges.
The New York Times From ACM News | June 20, 2022
Researchers have established a global archive of linguistic data to provide new insights into the evolution of the words and sounds of spoken languages.
Max Planck Gesellschaft (Germany) From ACM TechNews | June 17, 2022
Two new security techniques block power and electromagnetic side-channel attacks targeting analog-to-digital converters in smart devices.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 17, 2022
Amazon is seeking permission from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and local officials to begin drone deliveries in Lockeford, CA, later this year.
GeekWire From ACM TechNews | June 16, 2022
Researchers at Israeli artificial intelligence company AI21 Labs have developed and released an AI model of late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg....The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | June 16, 2022
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has acquired that government's first quantum computer from London-based Orca Computing.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2022
Stanford University researchers trained a microphone-outfitted robotic arm to locate objects like keys in a handbag by listening for telltale sounds while searching...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice increasingly is being allowed to delete malware from Americans' computers without their knowledge or authorization.
Politico From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2022
The beaver's assault continues a long tradition of animals messing with the cables humans put where they live.
The Record From ACM News | June 15, 2022
Regulators released the first batch of data since mandating that companies such as Tesla report on serious crashes involving their driver-assistance systems.
The Washington Post From ACM News | June 15, 2022
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has announced that the Canadian province is investing C$23 million (US$17.9 million) in the University of Calgary Quantum City hub....Calgary Herald (Canada) From ACM TechNews | June 14, 2022
The tunable MZM lattice can help overcome environment interference, providing a more reliable, more efficient quantum computing capability.
From ACM News | June 14, 2022
Civilians in Ukraine are recording three-dimensional models of artifacts in a permanent digital archive as part of Backup Ukraine, a project to save the country's...CNN From ACM TechNews | June 13, 2022