Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. "was a statesman in the best sense of the word, as well as a great leader, a very kind man, and a fine engineer," said fellow ACM A.M....Simson Garfinkel, Eugene H. Spafford From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2023
Computer scientist Valérie Issarny, a director of research at France's National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology and chair of the ACM Europe...John Delaney From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2023
The goal of the $20-million smart intersections project is to have intersections communicate with the technology in cars to warn drivers of potential dangers that...WXYZ From ACM News | December 20, 2022
Energy developers want to build a ton of wind and solar — they just can't get it connected to the grid.
The Washington Post From ACM News | December 20, 2022
Officials from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 38 member-states finalized a framework to limit governments' access to citizens' personal...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2022
A computational analysis supports the idea that photons colliding with heavy ions can create a fluid of “strongly interacting” particles.
Brookhaven National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2022
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating reports that General Motors' Cruise autonomous robotaxis can brake too quickly or stop moving...Associated Press From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2022
The amount of money deployed indicates an ability to address systemic industry challenges and opens up access to low-cost capital.
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Gatekeeper is a macOS security feature that automatically checks all apps downloaded from the Internet if they are notarized and developer-signed (approved by Apple)...BleepingComputer From ACM News | December 20, 2022
Beijing typically "retaliates fully plus 10 percent," but this time it doesn't seem to have many punitive options.
South China Morning Post From ACM News | December 19, 2022
Online food ordering and delivery platform Uber Eats has launched a robot food delivery service in Miami via a partnership with robotics firm Cartken.
CNN From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2022
An HP survey of 10,000 office workers worldwide found Generation Z employees are most likely to feel technological frustration at work.
Fortune From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2022
Massive cyberattacks targeting hospitals in India have undermined the nation's healthcare digitization initiatives.
NPR From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2022
Forty years after the Internet was born, one of its pioneers calls for more critical thinking about how we use it.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 19, 2022
An international team of scientists led by Germany's Ruhr-Universität Bochum is developing new techniques to efficiently identify coding errors in embedded systems...Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2022
Warehouse robots increasingly are able to grasp and sort objects of various shapes and sizes with the dexterity of human hands.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2022
Yuval Werber and colleagues at Israel's University of Haifa invented a drone that makes noise and flashes lights to prevent bats from colliding with turbine blades...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2022
These past few years have been visceral reminders of our mortality. But new technologies can offer a way for us and our loved ones to live on.
Wired From ACM News | December 16, 2022