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The Fake News Wars Have Only Begun
The next generation of false news will feature realistic-looking videos and a battle of algorithms.
ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients David Patterson and John Hennessy developed the "dangerous" idea that software should be simpler so it can be executed more quickly, which evolved into the Reduced Instruction Set Computer architecture.
Deep Learning Hunts for Signals Among the Noise
Neural networks can deliver surprising, and sometimes unwanted, results.
3D Sensors Provide Security, Better Games
A variety of techniques allow sensors to locate and recognize objects in space.
Are technology companies maximizing profits by making users addicted to their products?
From topia to Dystopia, and Back Again
Sir Tim Berners-Lee considers the past, present, and future of the World Wide Web.
Saving Lives with Aerial Drones
Aerial drone swarms could self-assemble into hovering rescue platforms.
Fear of Job Loss to Automation Hurts Productivity
Fear of job loss due to automation, combined with confusion over which skill sets one will be needed to be employable in the future, is affecting worker health and productivity.
A New Sense for nderwater Robots
Marrja Kruusmaa and her colleagues in Estonia have developed a way for underwater robots to better understand their environment.
New Horizons in Thermoelectric Cooling
Solid-state thermal management offers a viable alternative to vapor-compression cooling systems for some applications.
Are Human Brains Quantum Computers?
Research project could explain how memory, and the brain's biology, works.
Dim Prospects for Junior Developers
Employers prefer experience for even entry-level coding positions.
Motion Sickness a Major Problem with Self-Driving Cars
Motion sickness could prevent some of the benefits expected from autonomous vehicles.
Meet the candidates who introduce their plans—and stands—for the Association.
Using Functions for Easier Programming
Functional programming languages automate many of the details underlying specific operations.
Finding a Healthier Approach to Managing Medical Data
Researchers are exploring ways to put medical data to greater use while better protecting privacy.
Shrinking Machines, Cellular Computers
Scientists are using DNA and RNA to build the world's tiniest robots and computing devices.
The Search for niversal Memory
The search for a universal memory is aimed at ultimately replacing the entire computer memory hierarchy with a single technology.
Looking for artificial intelligence that can share the basis for its decisions.
The creators of malicious code could be unmasked by a machine learning de-anonymizer.
Seeding a Level Playing Field for ‘Dr. AI’
Algorithms must be trained on current health data to be useful.
In Memoriam: Burton J. Smith 1941–2018
Smith was well-known as a leader in high-performance computer architecture and programming languages for parallel computers.
Shape the Future of Computing
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Get InvolvedCommunications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.
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