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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 U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday proposed requiring all new cars and trucks to be able to "talk" to one another using short-range wireless technology...Reuters From ACM News | December 14, 2016
Facebook Inc is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial intelligence to monitor...Reuters From ACM News | December 1, 2016
Germany's spy chief has warned that Russian hackers are pelting his country with disinformation that could undermine the democratic process, echoing concerns already...Reuters From ACM News | November 29, 2016
When America goes to the polls on Nov. 8, according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials, it will likely experience the culmination of a new form of...Reuters From ACM News | November 2, 2016
Clamshell grills are making burger flipping obsolete at McDonald’s, Johnny Rockets and other burger chains. Digital kiosks, tabletop tablets and mobile phones are...Reuters From ACM Careers | October 5, 2016
IBM researchers have developed an application designed to help visually-impaired runners navigate on their own.Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 3, 2016
In one college major at Seoul's elite Korea University, the courses are known only by number, and students keep their identities a secret from outsiders.Reuters From ACM Careers | June 20, 2016
A major underground marketplace acting like an eBay for criminals is selling access to more than 70,000 compromised servers allowing buyers to carry out widespread...Reuters From ACM News | June 15, 2016
A 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator used by ancient Greeks to chart the movement of the sun, moon and planets may also have had another purpose—fortune telling...Reuters From ACM News | June 13, 2016
After a rampage that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, key U.S. lawmakers pledged to seek a law requiring technology companies to give law enforcement agencies...Reuters From ACM News | May 27, 2016
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday dropped its effort to force Apple Inc to help unlock an iPhone in a drug case in New York after someone provided authorities...Reuters From ACM News | April 25, 2016
Apple Inc and the FBI will return to Congress next week to testify before lawmakers about their heated disagreement over law enforcement access to encrypted devices...Reuters From ACM News | April 15, 2016
The White House is declining to offer public support for draft legislation that would empower judges to require technology companies such as Apple Inc to help law...Reuters From ACM News | April 7, 2016
Volvo's North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker's semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during a press event...Reuters From ACM News | March 31, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice will disclose over the next two weeks whether it will continue with its bid to compel Apple Inc to help access an iPhone in a Brooklyn...Reuters From ACM News | March 29, 2016
Facial recognition software, scanners that detect weapons and cameras that spot nervous people are some of the technologies that could be used more widely to secure...Reuters From ACM News | March 24, 2016
The latest filing in the legal war between the planet’s most powerful government and its most valuable company gave one indication of how the high-stakes confrontation...Reuters From ACM News | March 15, 2016
Apple Inc's stance on privacy in the face of a U.S. government demand to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino attackers has raised awkward questions...Reuters From ACM News | February 26, 2016
FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday that federal investigators have still been unable to access the contents of a cellphone belonging to one of the killers...Reuters From ACM News | February 10, 2016
The free flow of data across the Atlantic, the lifeblood of modern business dealings, faces an uncertain future, despite a belated, high-level deal between European...Reuters From ACM News | February 5, 2016