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.
From ACM News
Google Wants China. Will Chinese sers Want Google?
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was upbeat Monday when he told WIRED about internal tests of a censored search engine designed to win approval from Chinese officials....
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Double the Fun: Mars Scientists Push NASA to Send Rock-Harvesting Rover to Two Sites
NASA's next Mars rover—the first to gather rock samples meant to come back to Earth—should dream big and visit as many places on the red planet as possible, scientists...
From ACM TechNews
Researchers nveil AI System That Predicts Problems During Surgery
A new artificial intelligence system uses patient data to predict whether patients are at risk of abnormally low blood oxygen (hypoxia) during surgery.
From ACM TechNews
3D Printers Have Fingerprints, a Discovery That Could Help Trace 3D-Printed Guns, Counterfeit Goods
University at Buffalo researchers have outlined the first accurate technique for tracing a three-dimensionally printed object to the machine that produced it.
From ACM TechNews
Cities Are sing New Cloud Technology to Fight Increasingly Expensive Catastrophic Flooding
New companies are turning to cloud technology to help cities better manage catastrophic flooding.
From ACM TechNews
sing Smartphone Cameras to Track Alertness
A new tool tracks alertness by measuring pupil size, captured through a burst of photos taken whenever a user unlocks their smartphone.
From ACM TechNews
How Robots and Drones Will Change Retail Forever
The world's companies are in the initial stages of what might be called the "physical cloud," an e-commerce ecosystem that functions like the Internet.
From ACM Careers
Shaken by Hype, Self-Driving Leaders Adopt New Strategy: Shutting p
Three former executives at Google, Tesla and Uber who once raced to be the first to develop self-driving cars have adopted a new strategy: Slow down. And shut up...
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MIT Finds a Smarter Way to Fight Spectre-style CPU Attacks
DAWG offers more security without a steep performance hit.
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How Political Campaigns Weaponize Social Media Bots
In the summer of 2017, a group of young political activists in the United Kingdom figured out how to use the popular dating app Tinder to attract new supporters...
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Nvidia pdates Its Moon Landing Conspiracy Debunk with Its New GP
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon almost 50 years ago, but some conspiracy theorists don't believe that it actually happened.
From ACM News
AI on a MEMS Device Brings Neuromorphic Computing to the Edge
In order to achieve the edge computing that people talk about in a host of applications including 5G networks and the Internet of Things (IoT), you need to pack...
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2018 Packard Fellowships Include 2 Computer Scientists
Packard Fellowships are among the largest nongovernmental fellowships in the U.S., designed with minimal constraints on how the funding is used.
From ACM TechNews
Hackers Hide Cryptocurrency Mining Malware in Adobe Flash Updates
Palo Alto Networks researchers have discovered a fake Flash updater that installs a malicious cryptocurrency mining bot.
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Open Source Platform Launched to Help Bring GP Acceleration to Data Analytics
Several collaborating organizations have launched a new open source platform for data science and machine learning.
From ACM News
Detecting Mental Illness by Watching You Type
Show us how you type, and artificial intelligence may be able to identify whether you suffer from a brain disorder.
From ACM TechNews
High-Performance Flexible Transparent Force Touch Sensor for Wearable Devices
A new flexible transparent hierarchical nanocomposite film can be used to create a high-performance, transparent nanoforce touch sensor for wearable computing devices...
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These New Tricks Can Outsmart Deepfake Videos, for Now
For weeks, computer scientist Siwei Lyu had watched his team's deepfake videos with a gnawing sense of unease.
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Hackers, Trolls and the Fight Over Your Vote in the 2018 Midterm Elections
The election interference that came to define the 2016 presidential race hasn't stopped.
From ACM TechNews