Transient Electronics Take Shape
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Advances in materials science and chemistry are leading to self-destructing circuits and transient electronics, which could impact many fields.
How Software Enabled the Thai Cave Rescue
Software-defined radios allowed the rescuers to communicate, when simple radio technology could not.
Financial Services Firms Battle Cyberthreats
The growing number of cybercrimes, combined with a shortage of cybersecurity professionals, means the financial services sector faces higher security costs, greater risk.
.S. Election System Security Still Vexing
There appears to be no standard approach among the state and local jurisdictions that will administer the next election.
Detecting Illness by Watching You Type
Show us how you type, and artificial intelligence may be able to identify your brain disorder.
AI Helps Doctors Use Data Better
Using artificial intelligence to process medical sensor data can have a significant impact on health-related costs and outcomes.
Driver’s Licenses Going Digital
Iowa plans to be the first U.S. state to replace hard-copy driver's licenses with an app.
New data protection laws raise questions about whether certain jurisdictions are trying to thwart the ability of foreign governments to obtain data on their citizens.
Scientists are developing tiny medical machines that stretch the definition of the term "robot."
Exploiting the techniques of game theory to come up with the superior poker hand.
Genomic research has led to remarkable insights and medical breakthroughs, but it also represents serious privacy risks.
Blockchain's undeletable data can address privacy and security issues in the fine art markets.
MIT's Josh Tenenbaum on how people think and learn, and how to make machines do likewise.
Maturing bug bounty programs spot data abuse, secure the Internet of Things.
Artificial software can outperform human doctors at reading medical imaging.
Adopting a Culture of Transparency
Software is used increasingly to determine the existence of scientific fraud in published studies.
niversities FLIP For Diversity
Cornell University's computer science department is leveraging ideas from other departments in pursuit of more diverse academic candidates.
Regulating Automated Decision Making
A group assembled by Informatics Europe and the policy committee of the ACM Europe Council produced a report entitled "When Computers Decide" that makes 10 recommendations to policy leaders regarding automated decision making.
Broadening the Path for Women in STEM
Organizations work to address 'a notable absence of women in the field.'
Shape the Future of Computing
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