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From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Venture capitalists are investing in leasing robots from Silicon Valley startups to smaller U.S. factories amid a labor shortage.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2021
An open letter from more than 90 policy and rights groups worldwide calls on Apple to drop a plan to scan children's messages for nudity and adults' phones for...Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 24, 2021
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has asked for a report on using artificial intelligence to analyze prison inmates' phone calls to help prevent violent crime...Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 11, 2021
Although analysts have warned that millions of blue-collar jobs in the U.S. industrial heartland will soon be displaced by robots, that is not yet the case at small...Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 4, 2021
Officials in the town of Sitges in northeastern Spain are using drones for real-time crowd monitoring along 18 km of beach as COVID-19 cases rise.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | July 19, 2021
Novameat is using three-dimensional (3D) printing technology to produce vegetarian "steaks," which it plans to sell directly to consumers and businesses.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2021
Researchers at the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands used artificial intelligence to restore missing parts of Rembrandt’s "The Night Watch."
Reuters From ACM TechNews | June 25, 2021
Tim Berners-Lee's original source code for what would become the World Wide Web is part of a non-fungible token soon to be auctioned off.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | June 16, 2021
Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics has developed a prototype robot to engage with seniors and those isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | June 14, 2021
The French government says Google and Microsoft cloud computing technology could be used to store sensitive state and corporate data, providing it is licensed to...Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2021
Musicians and human rights groups have called on Spotify to estop use of a recently developed speech recognition tool it developed for suggesting songs.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2021
The EU Commission is expected to award a contract soon for a central system to verify "digital green passes" for those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19...Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 29, 2021
Final rules from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration that permit small drones to fly over people and to fly at night took effect April 21.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2021
Several U.S. banks are rolling out artificial intelligence systems to analyze customer preferences, monitor employees, and detect suspicious activity near ATMs....Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 21, 2021
A robot is using ultraviolet light to kill viruses aboard Swiss passenger planes, in a test being conducted with airport services company Dnata in the United Arab...Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 9, 2021
Microsoft said it will hire 50,000 people for jobs requiring technology skills over the next three years, as part of a broader campaign with LinkedIn to re-skill...Reuters From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2021
Human rights groups are worried about a potential "digital dictatorship" in Myanmar due to the use of artificial intelligence to monitor citizens' movements.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | March 25, 2021