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ACM Turing Award Honors Bob Metcalfe for Ethernet
The Association for Computing Machinery has named Bob Metcalfe as recipient of the 2022 ACM A.M. Turing Award for the invention… From ACM CareersAn 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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Dual Use of AI-powered Drug Discovery
An international security conference explored how artificial intelligence technologies for drug discovery could be misused for de novo design of biochemical weapons...
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Battery-free Devices Float on the Wind like Dandelion Seeds
University of Washington researchers have developed a tiny battery-free device that can be blown by wind currents, like dandelion seeds.
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Smartphone App Calculates Genetic Risk for Heart Attack
Scripps Research uses DNA data from 23andMe to calculate risk for coronary artery disease.
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To Catch a Falling Satellite
Researchers lean on NASA Astrobee robots to try to contain and stabilize out-of-control satellites.
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Here Come the Artificial Intelligence Nutritionists
Companies are experimenting with personalized diet apps, saying the future of healthy eating is A.I.
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Robots with Realistic Pain Expressions Can Reduce Examination Error, Bias
A new technique for generating more realistic facial expressions of pain on robotic patients could also help correct signs of bias among medical students.
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Walgreens Replaced Some Fridge Doors with Screens; Some Shoppers Absolutely Hate It
Some customers are furious with Walgreens and other retailers’ replacement of clear fridge and freezer doors with iPad-like screens displaying items within.
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Virginia Lawmakers OK Lifting Ban on Facial Technology Use
Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation to lift a ban on facial recognition technology and to permit police to use it in certain scenarios.
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The Hidden Role of Facial Recognition Tech in Many Arrests
The technology is spreading fast among police, and often wrong. But people charged with crimes are rarely told an algorithm came into play.
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War Is Calling Crypto's 'Neutrality' Into Question
War in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia have made cryptocurrency a hot potato for international politics.
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Hyperspectral Sensing, AI Pave Path for Monitoring Soil Carbon
New artificial intelligence-powered algorithms based on laboratory soil hyperspectral data can estimate soil organic carbon properties as precisely as fieldwork...
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Getting a Handle on Robotics Challenge
A robotic hand developed by Yale University researchers can fully rotate objects as its grippers break contact, similar to a human moving an object around to find...
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ML Offers Shortcut to Optimal HVAC Operation
A new method for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning control mechanisms use machine learning to balance energy cost, comfort, and efficiency while enabling...
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Reality Intrudes on a Utopian Crypto Vision
The cryptocurrency boom has spawned enterprises democratically governed by a community of users. Or that's the theory. Making it work has been much mess
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How Picking Up Your Smartphone Could Reveal Your Identity
Researchers from Lancaster University and the University of Bath use phone usage time to help identify users
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'Fingerprint' ML Technique Identifies Bacteria in Seconds
Researchers combined surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and a deep learning model to identify bacteria in seconds with up to 98% accuracy.
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Researchers Can Steal Data During Homomorphic Encryption
Researchers at North Carolina State University and Turkey's Dokuz Eylul University have cracked next-generation homomorphic encryption via side-channel attacks....
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AI Tool Could Help Plan NYS's Transition to Clean Electrical Power
Cornell University's Fengqi You and Ning Zhao have designed an artificial intelligence tool that could help New York state plan its switch to clean electricity ...
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