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Good Algorithms Make Good Neighbors
Many computer scientists doubted ad hoc methods would ever give way to a more general approach to finding nearest neighbors. … From Communications of the ACMAn 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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Protecting the 2020 Census
A new framework is being used to secure the 2020 U.S. Census from database reconstruction attacks.
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Your Phone Can Become a Robot That Does the Boring Work
A new smartphone app allows a user to easily program any robot to perform a basic activity.
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First 'Quantum Drone' Takes Off
Researchers at Nanjing University in China have developed a quantum drone to serve as an airborne node in a future quantum network.
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Investors Urge AI Startups to Inject Early Dose of Ethics
Artificial intelligence startup investors are urging companies to improve their products from an ethical perspective.
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Software to Protect World's Most Endangered Species
Researchers are integrating genetic and environmental databases to help identify species threatened by climate change more accurately.
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Google's Language Techniques Help O2 Czech Republic Reveal Network Secrets
Word2vec, a neural network technique developed to understand human languages, also can interpret raw cell tower data.
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A Simple Online System That Could End Plastic Pollution
Bounties Network collected tons of garbage from Manila Bay as part of a pilot project that pays a small network of people in digital currency for such trash.
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Facebook Plans Global Financial System Based on Cryptocurrency
Facebook has unveiled a plan to create an alternative financial system that relies on a new cryptocurrency.
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Petaflop Systems Dominate the Supercomputer Landscape
For the first time, every entry in this year's TOP500 list delivers petaflop-level capabilities.
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Computer 'Geek' Stereotype Puts Girls Off Subject
A U.K. study found stereotyping of computing as "a male-oriented domain consisting of anti-social 'nerds, geeks, or hackers,'" discourages female students from...
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Domino's Will Start Delivering Pizzas via Autonomous Robot This Fall
Robotics startup Nuro has announced plans to dispatch robots this fall to deliver Domino's pizzas to customers in Houston.
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HSM Vulnerabilities Impact Banks, Cloud Providers, Governments
Researchers have discovered vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely to retrieve sensitive data stored inside Hardware Security Modules .
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How Computation is Changing Journalism
Nicholas Diakopoulos has helped to make journalism is increasingly computational.
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Algorithm Tells Robots Where Nearby Humans are Headed
A new algorithm accurately aligns partial trajectories in real time, allowing motion predictors in self-driving cars to accurately anticipate the timing of a person's...
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Uber Eats To Test Flying Food To Customers By Drone In San Diego
Uber will start delivering food with drones in San Diego this summer, aiming to test out ways to connect a payload to customers in a dense urban environment where...
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Uber Tests Drone Food Delivery, Launches Autonomous SUV
The Uber ride-hailing company is conducting a pilot of restaurant food deliveries via drone in San Diego.
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Engine Behind 'Fortnite' Powers Business Technology
Businesses are tapping the gaming-engine software of "Fortnite" and other videogames for applications ranging from car design to drug discovery. \]
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Software Upgrade (After 40 Years) Aims to Improve U.S. Weather Forecasts
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has significantly upgraded the software that guides its weather prediction capability for the first time...
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