Apple and Google said they would not allow the use of location tracking in apps using their new contact tracing system to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus...Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 12, 2020
India's government has directed all public- and private-sector employees to use a state-supported coronavirus contact tracing app.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2020
Twitter will provide researchers and software developers access to a real-time dataset of daily public tweets about COVID-19, to study the virus' spread and track...Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 7, 2020
A fleet of six-wheeled robots that deliver retail purchases is becoming increasingly popular in the British town of Milton Keynes during the coronavirus lockdown...Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 4, 2020
Social enterprises like Circle have initiated programs to improve women's job prospects in Pakistan's information technology sector.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 29, 2020
Cybersecurity officials in the U.S. and the U.K. warn that state-backed hackers and cybercriminals are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 16, 2020
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed the first U.S. state law curbing law enforcement's use of facial recognition technology.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2020
Factory owners in Eastern European are investing in automation to counter a shortage of workers and rising wages.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | March 19, 2020
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has called on researchers to use artificial intelligence to analyze scholarly articles to gain insight into...Reuters From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2020
Researchers in China have developed a robot that can perform ultrasounds, take mouth swabs, and listen to sounds made by a patient's organs.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | March 9, 2020
Private software developers have launched websites and apps to help people in South Korea track cases of coronavirus and avoid places where infected people have...Reuters From ACM TechNews | February 24, 2020
U.S. companies installed fewer robots last year compared to 2018, according to a report from the Association for Advancing Automation .
Reuters From ACM TechNews | February 12, 2020
Major South Korean companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) to screen job applicants, giving rise to an industry to help job-seekers beat these systems. ...Reuters From ACM TechNews | January 15, 2020
Finland plans to teach 1% of the European Union population (more than 5 million people) basic artificial intelligence (AI) skills via a free online course.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | December 18, 2019
Intel has announced a chip designed to control quantum computers by assuming the workload of the many wires that typically connect such systems to controllers.
...Reuters From ACM TechNews | December 17, 2019
The AI Now Institute at New York University is urging a ban on the use of artificial intelligence that automatically analyzes facial expressions to influence hiring...Reuters From ACM TechNews | December 13, 2019
The U.S. government intends to launch a program to shield voter registration databases and systems from hackers ahead of the 2020 election.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 3, 2019