The Pentagon is consulting with U.S. universities to evaluate software on aerospace company Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet in the hope of correcting the buggy...Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | February 3, 2021
Canadian authorities declared that the company needed citizens' consent to use their biometric information, and told the firm to delete facial images from its database...The New York Times From ACM News | February 4, 2021
Stanford University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based art critic that can predict emotional reactions to famous paintings, and even provide...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 3, 2021
Ford Motor announced a six-year agreement to use Google's Android operating system to power in-vehicle multimedia displays beginning in 2023.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | February 3, 2021
Researchers at Slovak security firm Eset said a newly discovered backdoor allows hackers to remotely execute arbitrary commands on some high-performance computer...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | February 3, 2021
Attackers are exploiting the same types of software vulnerabilities over and over again, because companies often miss the forest for the trees
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | February 3, 2021
South Korean broadcaster SBS plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to "resurrect" deceased folk singer Kim Kwang-seok for a new AI vs. human competition.
CNN From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2021
The Sundance Film Festival is giving attendees access to a virtual reality platform that can be accessed with or without a VR headset by logging onto a website....Engadget From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2021
Google is moving ahead with a plan to strip third-party cookies from its Chrome Web browser and replace them with privacy-friendly alternatives.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2021
A collaboration of U.K., U.S., and Spanish scientists revealed new insights on the use of digital contact tracing to control Covid-19.
Queen Mary University of London (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2021
The 2021 QEPrize was awarded for the creation and development of LED lighting to Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nakamura, Nick Holonyak Jr, M. George Craford and Russell...Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering From ACM News | February 2, 2021
Six quantum computing experts are raising ethical issues about the technology's potential to create new weapons and ramp up human genetic manipulation.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2021
Orders for factory robots in North America spiked at the end of 2020 as manufacturers sought to avoid danger for employees amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2021
An approach developed by researchers at NVIDIA and Stanford University can improve image quality and contrast for holographic displays.
SciTechDaily From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2021
Physicists and computer scientists executed a massive cosmological simulation on the Mira supercomputer as that system's final project.
Argonne National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2021
Yale University's Marynel Vazquez and colleagues have built a robot photographer called Shutter designed to put humans at ease.
YaleNews From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2021