Communications of the ACM
Cybersecurity Protects Food, Agriculture
Protecting the U.S. food supply from cyberattack.
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Supercomputer Simulation Animates Evolution of the Universe
An international team of researchers has engineered the most accurate supercomputer animation of the cosmos' early evolution to date.
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Physicists Observe Wormhole Dynamics Using Quantum Computer
Physicists created a quantum experiment to study the dynamics of a specific type of theoretical wormhole that can predict quantum gravity.
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We Will See a Completely New Type of Computer, Says AI Pioneer Hinton
ACM A.M. Turing award recipient Geoffrey Hinton envisions a "mortal" neuromorphic computer combining hardware and software.
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Physicists Create a Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer
Exploring the possibility that space-time somehow emerges from quantum information.
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Websites Have Way More Trackers Now
Analysts at NordVPN found the average website has 48 trackers monitoring visitors' activity and recording their private data.
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San Francisco Will Allow Police to Deploy Robots That Kill
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted to grant city police the option to deploy potentially lethal robots in emergency situations.
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SBOM: An Up-Close Look at a Software Bill of Materials
A software bill of materials lists the "ingredients" in a software product, making it easier to identify and avoid security risks.
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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Aces Flight After Software Update
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has flown its shortest-ever flight following a software update.
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ML Tools Automatically Classify 1,000 Supernovae
A machine learning algorithm autonomously classified 1,000 supernovae using data from the Zwicky Transient Facility sky survey instrument at Caltech's Palomar Observatory...
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The Long Road to Driverless Trucks
Self-driving eighteen-wheelers are on U.S. highways, but there are still human "safety drivers" behind the wheel. What will it take to get them out?
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Meet the 'Smartest Office Building in the World'
The 31-story JTC Summit smart office building in Singapore incorporates a network of approximately 60,000 sensors to collect data from various building systems....
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Self-Driving Robot Patrols Seoul Streets
South Korea has launched its first autonomous urban patrol robot, which patrols the streets of Seoul monitoring in search of dangerous situations.
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AI Material Learns Behaviors, Adapts to Changing Conditions
University of California, Los Angeles engineers have developed a new class of material.
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Meet Your New Corporate Office Mate: A 'Brainless' Robot
Naver, a South Korean Internet firm, is trying to introduce robots into the world of cubicles and conference rooms without making employees uncomfortable.
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Quantum Computers and the Universe
Ideas for quantum computing change the way we think about space and time.
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Swarm Robotics Moves Forward
Drawing inspiration from nature to enable complex behaviors.
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Experimental Wearable Pops Its Top to Send Drowning Alerts
An experimental device under development by scientists at Australia's Macquarie University is designed to alert lifeguards when its wearer is drowning.
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Quantum Computers Vulnerable to Eavesdropping Hackers
Allen Mi and colleagues at Yale University warn that even carefully wiping quantum computers of data would not thwart its theft by hackers.
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The World Generates So Much Data that New Unit Measurements Were Created to Keep Up
The new prefixes come at a time when scientists and industries are dealing with data that need measurements going beyond the current range.
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