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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.
Surgeons sometimes fly blind when operating on hard-to-reach anatomical parts or hard-to-see conditions.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | February 17, 2015
There was little change among the largest recipients of U.S. patents in 2014. But two big Silicon Valley names—Google and Apple—continued climbing the charts.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | January 13, 2015
By 2015, the world will have 25 billion smart thermostats, fitness bands, and other Internet-connected, data-spewing devices, according to the Federal Trade Commission...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | January 7, 2015
Earlier this month, a mysterious group that calls itself Guardians of Peace hacked into Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer systems and began revealing many...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | December 19, 2014
Year-end technology prediction lists can be dull fodder devoted to pie-in-the-sky concepts, outlandish marketing claims or rehashes of familiar trends.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 8, 2014
Smartphone makers' use of technology to encrypt their devices has provoked a standoff with the U.S. government, which sees such measures as impeding law enforcement...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2014
Adults living in the U.S. overwhelmingly believe that the government and private companies are violating their privacy, a new survey found.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 12, 2014
Google has announced a new open source tool for massive data sets based on differential privacy, a technique developed in the 1960s. The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2014
European police Friday said they had figured out how to pierce an Internet privacy tool used by dissidents, journalists and online drug dealers.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 10, 2014
Businesses should brace for a new crop of so-called "accessibility" lawsuits alleging that their commercial websites fail to comply with federal disabled-access...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | October 16, 2014
During the past six months, retired pharmaceutical researcher Irv Cantor helped transcribe a 641-page field book written by an archaeologist traveling through 1920s...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 19, 2014
Scientists can't seem to agree on what a quantum computer is. But the uncertainty hasn't deterred Google from backing a second major effort in the field.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 3, 2014
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