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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A strategy that caterpillars employ to escape predators could be used to improve the speed of soft-bodied search-and-rescue robots, say Tufts University researchers...Institute of Physics From ACM TechNews | April 28, 2011
Remember those Apple ads that cast the Mac as a 20-something, self-satisfied hipster while the PC was portrayed by an older, square-looking guy in a brown suit...CNN From ACM News | April 28, 2011
In Apple's second quarter, iPhone sales in China surged nearly 250% year over year, making the country the iPhone's fastest growing market—a title it will retain...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 27, 2011
Researchers are harvesting a wealth of intimate detail from our cellphone data, uncovering the hidden patterns of our social lives, travels, risk of disease—even...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 26, 2011
MIT announced that Joichi (“Joi” — pronounced “Joey”) Ito has been selected as the next director of the MIT Media Lab.MIT News Office From ACM News | April 26, 2011
Iran has been targeted by a new computer worm named Stars, the director of Iran's Passive Defense Organization announces.Mehr News From ACM News | April 26, 2011
Terry Button is a fifth-generation farmer from upstate New York who also works as a long-distance trucker, hauling hay and produce up and down the East Coast.National Public Radio From ACM News | April 25, 2011
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Bruce McConnell recently released a white paper about a healthy ecosystem of computers that can automatically recognize...Discovery News From ACM TechNews | April 25, 2011
A high-tech gadget that can quickly download information from a cellphone is at the center of a controversy that's pitting civil liberties advocates against state...ABC News From ACM News | April 25, 2011
Over the past 750 million years, our blue marble has gone through remarkable changes; continents have shifted, ice ages have come and gone, sea levels have risen...MSNBC From ACM News | April 22, 2011
Technology companies recently have been on the biggest hiring binge in more than 10 years, with potential employees are being lured with big contracts, bonuses,...SA Today From ACM TechNews | April 22, 2011
Computational metaphysics is helping philosophers answer age-old questions, such as whether God exists.Marina Krakovsky From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2011
Artificial intelligence and machine learning could expand access to health care, improve the quality of education, and respond effectively to natural disasters...Leah Hoffmann From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2011
Bitcoin is an open source distributed and anonymous digital currency created by Satoshi Nakamoto to enable people to exchange money without being traced. Time From ACM TechNews | April 21, 2011
Deep into one of her favorite computer games, Lesly Lopez, 10, moves her mouse to click on a cartoon bee. She drags and drops it into an empty panel, creating...The New York Times From ACM News | April 21, 2011
Good news for spies. There is now a way to hide data on a hard drive without using encryption. Instead of using a cipher to scramble text, the method involves...New Scientist From ACM News | April 21, 2011
Tech bubbles happen, but we usually gain from the innovation left behind. This one—driven by social networking—could leave us empty-handed.Businessweek From ACM News | April 20, 2011
To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md...NASA From ACM News | April 20, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned Monday whether they should side with Microsoft and weaken the legal standard needed to invalidate a patent, with some justices...Computerworld From ACM News | April 19, 2011