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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.
Custom biologging tags have allowed researchers at the University of Michigan and other institutions to measure dolphins' energetic cost of swimming.
Futurity.org From ACM TechNews | January 5, 2023
Small-scale CAD/CAM tools are among the high-tech capabilities being added to the arsenals of increasingly digital dentists.
Jake Widman Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | January 5, 2023
Ukraine has digitally networked its fighting forces, intelligence, and weapons on the cheap through satellite communications and custom software.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | January 4, 2023
Amid a tech cold war with China, U.S. companies have pledged nearly $200 billion for chip manufacturing projects since early 2020. But the investments are not a...The New York Times From ACM News | January 3, 2023
Security researcher Matthias Marx successfully bid on eBay for a Secure Electronic Enrollment Kit, which contained the names, nationalities, photographs, fingerprints...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | December 30, 2022
Researchers found that the brain's demand and language systems encode specific code properties that correlate with machine-learned representations.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 23, 2022
Researchers have developed a robotic system consisting of ultrasoft liquid robots comprised mainly of water.
Asia Research News From ACM TechNews | December 22, 2022
The Qu-Pilot Specific Grant agreement is part of a broader Framework Partnership agreement approved by the European Union earlier this year .
VTT Research From ACM News | December 21, 2022
Roughly human in shape, Moxi robots have been deployed in at least three Chicago-area hospitals amid a shortage of medical workers.
Chicago Tribune From ACM TechNews | December 21, 2022
Federal Trade Commission seeks to prevent social-media company from acquiring Within Unlimited.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 21, 2022
The overhead of error correction presents a serious challenge to scaling up quantum computing and may produce unexpected winners.
Chris Edwards From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2023
The goal of the $20-million smart intersections project is to have intersections communicate with the technology in cars to warn drivers of potential dangers that...WXYZ From ACM News | December 20, 2022
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating reports that General Motors' Cruise autonomous robotaxis can brake too quickly or stop moving...Associated Press From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2022
The amount of money deployed indicates an ability to address systemic industry challenges and opens up access to low-cost capital.
From ACM News | December 20, 2022
Beijing typically "retaliates fully plus 10 percent," but this time it doesn't seem to have many punitive options.
South China Morning Post From ACM News | December 19, 2022
Online food ordering and delivery platform Uber Eats has launched a robot food delivery service in Miami via a partnership with robotics firm Cartken.
CNN From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2022