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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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$12.9B, 4.5 acres: Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier
The Navy refers to its newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, as "4.5 acres of sovereign U.S. territory." The $12.9 billion warship—the first of the Navy's...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Global Technology Policy Update – November 2016
ACM PUBLIC POLICY HIGHLIGHTS Computer Security – ACM Europe Policy Committee members attended the 23rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security in...
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After off-mark polls, some question value of 'big data'
For an American public that relies on data for everything from where to find the best taco to the likely victor in a baseball game, Election Day offered a jarring...
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America's aging voting machines managed to survive another election
During this year's voting, the vast majority of states used outdated voting machines perilously close to the end of their projected lifespan. Back in April, we...
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Internet Voting: Not Ready For Prime Time
By Barbara Simons, Former President Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Jeremy Epstein, Vice Chair of ACM US Public
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Print newspapers are dead? Not after historic elections
Print newspapers may be disappearing like the home telephone, but not after Election Day.
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Safety chief: Honda must do more to fix dangerous air bags
Honda must do more to track down owners of 300,000 cars with highly dangerous Takata air bag inflators and make sure they are repaired, the nation's top auto safety...
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Aviation professor expects boost in fliers for the holidays
Increases in summer airline travel could be an indicator of things to come for flying during the holiday season.
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'Invisible': A rousing all-round thriller in virtual reality
Here's a series that aims to break rules in every direction.
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Washington's version of Silicon Valley startup founders
The Obama administration's "18F" program to create its own version of a high-tech startup for government digital projects has foundered since its launch in 2014...
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Report: Gunmen still control metals mined for modern gadgets
Violent gunmen still menace pick-and-shovel miners in eastern Congo, a new report finds, despite years of efforts to loosen their grip by local reformers, Western...
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Groundbreaking review on counteracting mobile phone distraction while driving
With mobile phone use by drivers now a reality, a groundbreaking QUT review looking at the issue as a task-sharing problem has recommended further research into...
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Underwater drone to investigate sonar contacts in MH370 hunt
A ship involved with the deep-sea sonar search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is being fitted with a drone that will examine several sonar contacts of...
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Software firm's glitch stops travelers from booking tickets
A technology company says it's fixed a problem that had prevented travelers from booking trips with some U.S. airlines this week.
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Mystery swirls around Assange's status at Ecuadorean Embassy
Midway through releasing a series of damaging disclosures about U.S. presidential contender Hillary Clinton, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his hosts at...
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Researchers study human reaction to sharing control with driverless car
The first trials of the Venturer autonomous vehicle project, a Government backed research project, have focussed on a critical aspect in the field of autonomous...
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Internet and Society - Looking Toward the Future
Computers, computational algorithms, new forms of computing such as quantum computing, and the aggregation of large amounts of measured data have set the stage...
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Typing while driving could be more safe with simple text entry technique
A combination of a head-up display and the keypad familiar to us from mobiles in the 2000s significantly improved the performance of drivers who were texting while...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Global Technology Policy Update – October 2016
ACM PUBLIC POLICY HIGHLIGHTS Computer Science Education and Research in Europe – ACM Europe Policy Committee members will be attending the European Computer Science...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM