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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Making Traffic Jams a Thing of the Past – AI Traffic Light System Could Drastically Reduce Congestion
A new artificial intelligence system reads live camera footage and adapts the lights to compensate.
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Great Timing, Supercomputer Upgrade Leads to Successful Forecast of Volcanic Eruption
A multi-institutional team of scientists used a forecasting modeling program to predict the June 2018 Sierra Negra volcanic eruption on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands...
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Seeing How Odor Is Processed in the Brain
Researchers created an odor delivery device, then used machine learning to analyze electroencephalograms to determine how the brain processes scents.
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Deere Tapping Into Apple-Like Tech Model to Drive Revenue
Deere & Co. hopes to drive up revenue by emulating Apple's business strategy and melding state-of-the-art hardware, software, and subscription models.
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Multi-Spin Flips and a Pathway to Efficient Ising Machines
Researchers at Japan's Waseda University have developed a hybrid algorithm to improve Ising machines' efficiency with multi-spin flips.
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Killer Asteroids Are Hiding in Plain Sight. A New Tool Helps Spot Them
Researchers have built an algorithm that can scan old astronomical images for unnoticed space rocks, helping to detect objects that could one day imperil Earth....
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AI Could Prevent Eavesdropping
Neural Voice Camouflage technology can help prevent eavesdropping by producing custom background noise.
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Ed Tech Wrongfully Tracked Schoolchildren During Pandemic: Human Rights Watch
A study of 164 government-endorsed education technology products found 146 endangered children's privacy by collecting and selling their data to ad tech companies...
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AI Predicts Potential Nutrient Deficiencies from Space
Geographic areas with populations at high risk of micronutrient deficiencies can be identified using publicly available satellite data and artificial intelligence...
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Smart Dissolving Pacemaker Communicates with Body-Area Sensor, Control Network
Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University scientists have unveiled a smart version of a transient pacemaker, which dissolvesView...
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Could Contact Lenses Be the Ultimate Computer Screen?
Saratoga, CA-based Mojo is one of a number of companies currently testing smart contact lens products.
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Using Light, Sound to Reveal Rapid Brain Activity in Unprecedented Detail
Duke University researchers have developed an approach that allows for real-time scanning and imaging of blood flow and oxygen levels in a mouse brain.
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An Electric Connection: Homes Helping the Grid
Researchers have invented technology that could reduce strain on the national power grid by controlling residential appliances more efficiently.
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Uber Launches Robot Food Delivery in California
Uber has rolled out pilot food delivery services that use autonomous vehicles in Santa Monica and West Hollywood, CA.
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Countermeasure Against Unwanted Wireless Surveillance
A new system protects privacy in wireless communications based on intelligent reflective surfaces.
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AI Powered Autonomous Cargo Ship for 500 Miles
A 749-gross-ton vessel is the first commercial cargo ship to be navigated entirely by artificial intelligence during a nearly 500-mile, 40-hour journey.
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'Tough to Forge' Digital Driver's License Actually Easy to Forge
Security researchers have found that the supposedly hard-to-counterfeit digital driver's licenses in use in New South Wales, Australia, actually can be altered...
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Americans Have Their Sensitive Online Activity Exposed Over 700 Times Daily
Real-time bidding is a process that runs in the background on websites and apps and tracks what you look at, no matter how private or sensitive it is.
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U.K. Orders Clearview AI to Delete Images Belonging to U.K. Residents
The U.S. software company brands itself as "the world's largest facial network" holding billions of face photographs from the Internet.
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