Charles M. Geschke helped create the modern world of computing, where beautiful typography and expressive, artistic graphics are as integral to most users' experience...Simson Garfinkel, Eugene H. Spafford From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2021
Disease surveillance schemes to catch the next rising virus already exist—they're just not communicating with each other.
Wired From ACM News | June 3, 2021
2020 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman helped develop formal language theory, invented efficient algorithms to drive the tasks of a...Neil Savage From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2021
The French government says Google and Microsoft cloud computing technology could be used to store sensitive state and corporate data, providing it is licensed to...Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2021
There are concerns commercial data being generated by mobile phones and other digital services used by U.S. soldiers is available for purchase by the nation's adversaries...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | May 4, 2021
The retirement of older aircraft during the pandemic has resulted in a fleet increasingly equipped with digital technologies.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 26, 2021
Disney, Viacom, and 10 advertising technology firms will remove or disable tracking software from popular children's gaming apps.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 20, 2021
Sweden's central bank has released the results of the first phase of a pilot project into what is essentially the most advanced exploration of a post-cash era to...Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2021
This policy briefing from the Turing Institute's Women in Data Science and AI project presents new research into gender gaps in artificial intelligence and data...The Alan Turing Institute From ACM News | April 13, 2021
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine are using an artificial variation of DNA for data storage.
UCI News From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2021
A short-term technology may help clear a path toward next-generation computer hard disks by utilizing microwaves with existing platter material.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2021
Societal issues and new tools are driving synthetic data uptake. How does it stack up against its real-life counterpart?
Karen Emslie Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | March 9, 2021
Researchers at Israel's Tel Aviv University (TAU) have connected a dead locust's auditory organ to a robot, which responds to the sounds it picks up.
The Jerusalem Post From ACM TechNews | March 8, 2021