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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.
The government said a group linked to Russia's intelligence service carried out sustained operations to undermine trust in Britain's political system.
The New York Times From ACM News | December 8, 2023
Tianfu Wu at North Carolina State University and colleagues developed the QuadAttacK software to test deep neural networks for adversarial vulnerabilities.
NC State University News From ACM TechNews | December 7, 2023
Arkose Labs reported malicious attacks by bots and human fraud farms accounted for 73% of all Web and app traffic in the third quarter of 2023.
Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | December 7, 2023
Researchers found vulnerabilities in several laptop makers’ implementations of Windows Hello, the biometric login feature built into Windows.
SiliconANGLE From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2023
Researchers say a majority of the world’s most popular websites put users and their data at risk by failing to meet minimum password requirement standards.
Georgia Tech Research From ACM TechNews | November 22, 2023
Citrix Bleed, a critical flaw in Citrix Systems software, is being exploited by government-backed hackers and critical groups.
Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2023
Emulating the behavior of exotic quantum states may give quantum computing a better way of squeezing out troublesome noise and errors.
Chris Edwards From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2023
Web browsing data is being collected and sold in greater detail than previously thought, according to a report by the non-profit Irish Council for Civil Liberties...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2023
A wave of regulation and industry action has placed the flourishing fake review business on notice. But experts say the problem may be insurmountable.
The New York Times From ACM News | November 14, 2023
A smart scalpel developed by researchers at the U.K.'s University of Edinburgh measures the amount of force applied during surgical procedures and could facilitate...The University of Edinburgh (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | November 7, 2023
When summarizing facts, ChatGPT technology makes things up about 3% of the time, according to research from a new start-up. A Google system's rate was 27%.
The New York Times From ACM News | November 7, 2023
Cryptographers are working on data-encryption schemes strong enough to withstand attacks from future quantum computers.
Nature From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2023
The National Science Foundation said it will invest $10.9 million in research for the development of user-safe artificial intelligence through the Safe Learning...National Science Foundation From ACM TechNews | November 1, 2023
A study by Northeastern University researchers found that notifications to iPhone users of their close proximity to an unknown AirTag are not timely and can be...Northeastern Global News From ACM TechNews | October 26, 2023
Officials at the U.K.'s Queen Mary University of London announced earlier this year that sensors would be installed in campus buildings. Staff and students are...Nature From ACM TechNews | October 25, 2023