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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Toyota Partners with Israel's Quantum Machines for Quantum Computing Solutions
Through its trading arm, Toyota hopes to offer quantum tech to Japanese customers, leveraging capabilities developed by an Israeli startup.
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Tuning Sound Waves on Chip
Harvard University researchers have shown that acoustic waves can be controlled and modulated with an electric field on chip.
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Acoustic Levitation Used to Build Complex Structures in Mid-Air
A new system incorporates a robotic arm that generates sound waves to levitate and move objects to build complex structures in mid-air without touching the parts...
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Eavesdropping on Whales in the High Arctic
Norwegian researchers used existing underwater fiber-optic cables to listen to whales in the Arctic via the Distributed Acoustic Sensing system.
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Hacker Claims to have Stolen 1 Billion Records of Chinese Citizens from Police
Anonymous Internet user "ChinaDan" posted on hacker forum Breach Forums last week offering to sell the data for 10 bitcoin, worth about $200,000.
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The U.S. Military Is Building Its Own Metaverse
Defense tech companies have latched on to the metaverse hype—but what they're building will be a far cry from Meta's virtual world.
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NIST Announces First Four Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms
Four additional algorithms are under consideration for inclusion in the standard, and NIST plans to announce the finalists from that round at a future date.
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Quantum Computing for Dummies
New guide helps beginners run quantum algorithms on IBM's quantum computers over the cloud.
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New Transceiver Receives Power, Data Simultaneously
Researchers have developed a 64-element millimeter-wave-band phased-array transceiver that transmits and receives data while receiving power at the same time.
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Can Virtual Reality Help Autistic Children Navigate the Real World?
One company, Floreo, is hoping their tools will lead the way, despite some criticisms from autism self-advocates.
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Multiple Backdoored Python Libraries Caught Stealing AWS Secrets, Keys
Packages found in the official third-party software repository include loglib-modules, pyg-modules, pygrata, pygrata-utils, and hkg-sol-utils.
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Walmart Amps Up Cloud Capabilities, Reducing Reliance on Tech Giants
Retailer Walmart said it has deployed a system for transitioning between cloud providers and its own servers, demonstrating a means of becoming less reliant on...
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Measuring AI's Carbon Footprint
Researchers have developed a method of calculating the carbon emissions of artificial intelligence systems that boasts greater accuracy.
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Robotic Lightning Bugs Take Flight
Fireflies inspired researchers to build flying, light-emitting robots that facilitate motion tracking and communication.
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Self-Driving Big Rigs Are Coming. Is America Ready?
Autonomous trucks that mostly stick to highways could make sense, both technologically and economically, in ways robotaxis have not.
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Quantum Computing Could Solve the World’s Energy Crisis
Quantum computing is the most underrated, most transformational technological breakthrough since the Internet.
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Scientists Emulate Nature in Quantum Leap Towards Future Computers
Scientists have constructed an atomic-scale silicon quantum processor to model the behavior of an organic molecule.
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Immersive King Tut Exhibit Looks Beyond the Gold Mask
National Geographic Museum's virtual-reality experience opens up the Egyptian pharaoh's tomb.
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Alexa Has a New Voice — Your Dead Relative's
Experts call the device's new feature a slippery slope, comparing it to an episode of 'Black Mirror'
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