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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.
Christian Rudder, co-founder and president of the IAC/InterActiveCorp.'s OkCupid, caused a stir recently when he responded to Facebook's news feed controversy with...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | August 13, 2014
Google Inc. has embarked on what may be its most ambitious and difficult science project ever: a quest inside the human body.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 25, 2014
D-Wave Systems, which has been developing a radically different kind of computer since 1999, has installed a grand total of two systems outside its premises. But...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 14, 2014
The New York Police Department's Facebook page has taken on a role that was once largely limited to the city's press corps: publishing news articles.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | July 9, 2014
From chainsaws whirring in rainforests to snoring that sounds like chainsaws, entrepreneurs are finding all sorts of creative ways to detect sounds using smartphones...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 7, 2014
John M. (Mike) McConnell says that technology alone isn't enough to secure corporate networks from pervasive and increasingly damaging cyberattacks.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 23, 2014
The number of bags delayed, damaged or lost by airlines has fallen by more than half since the industry hit a low point for lost luggage six years ago.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 6, 2014
Recent research has shown the "uncanny valley" hypothesis for human-robot interaction is overstated.The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | June 2, 2014
The United Nations on Tuesday began its first-ever multinational convention on "lethal autonomous weapons systems." The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2014
When it is completed in early 2018, Muse, a 49-story luxury-condo development in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., will have an automated parking system with push-button...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | May 6, 2014
The Supreme Court will consider Tuesday whether police need a warrant to search a suspect's cellphone, in two appeals that could define the parameters of law enforcement...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 29, 2014
The U.S. has agreed to give up supervision of the Internet policy-making body that controls domain names, hoping to satisfy countries that want more international...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 23, 2014
The encryption flaw that punctured the heart of the Internet this week underscores a weakness in Internet security: A good chunk of it is managed by four European...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 14, 2014
Billions of dollars are flowing into online advertising. But marketers also are confronting an uncomfortable reality: rampant fraud.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 25, 2014
What would you give for a retinal chip that let you see in the dark or for a next-generation cochlear implant that let you hear any conversation in a noisy restaurant...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 17, 2014
Regardless of what caused a Malaysia Airlines jet to disappear from the sky over the weekend, air-safety experts predict it will reignite debate over new technology...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 11, 2014