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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 study found that water use by bitcoin miners hit 591 billion gallons so far this year, up from 415 billion gallons in 2021.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | 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
DeepMind product VP Eli Collins claims Gemini Ultra can comprehend "nuanced" information in text, images, audio and code.
TechCrunch From ACM News | December 6, 2023
Researchers developed a microphone array that can be added to drones, along with cameras, to help locate disaster victims.
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany) From ACM TechNews | December 6, 2023
Researchers showed that guided acoustic wave sensors can enable networks of independent robots to inspect large pipe structures for defects.
University of Bristol News (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | December 6, 2023
University of Arizona (UA) researchers developed a wearable monitoring system that can send health data up to 15 miles without major infrastructure.
The University of Arizona News From ACM TechNews | December 6, 2023
The researchers observed that magnetic monopoles in hematite emerge through the collective behavior of many spins (the angular momentum of a particle).
SciTechDaily From ACM News | December 5, 2023
Researchers at China's Nanchang University have developed a visible light communication (VLC) equalizer based on a single-order circuit.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 5, 2023
A research team developed a tool that uses large language models to code new tasks for robots, which it then simulates.
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory From ACM TechNews | December 5, 2023
A new compact silicon photonic semiconductor chip significantly expands radio-frequency (RF) bandwidth.
The University of Sydney (Australia) From ACM TechNews | December 4, 2023
Researchers in the U.K. designed a system that allows the use of quick hand gestures to select tools to create objects and designs in virtual environments.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 4, 2023
The companies had honed a protocol for releasing artificial intelligence ambitiously but safely. Then OpenAI's board exploded all their carefully laid plans.
The New Yorker From ACM News | December 4, 2023
Researchers demonstrated a lower-power method for transmitting data at close range while maintaining high throughput using electric, rather than electromagnetic...University of Sussex (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2023
Ken Goldberg at the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues developed a robot system to efficiently pick up strewn clothes.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2023
A new machine learning tool uses data from hyperspectral satellites to automatically detect methane plumes from space.
University of Oxford (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2023