Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Ukraine Has Digitized Its Fighting Forces on a Shoestring
Ukraine has digitally networked its fighting forces, intelligence, and weapons on the cheap through satellite communications and custom software.
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U.S. Pours Money Into Chips, but Even Soaring Spending Has Limits
Amid a tech cold war with China, U.S. companies have pledged nearly $200 billion for chip manufacturing projects since early 2020. But the investments are not a...
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JPSO Used Facial Recognition Technology to Arrest a Man. The Tech Was Wrong
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana relied on facial-recognition technology to arrest an alleged purse thief, detaining the wrong person, who is...
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To the Highest Bidder: A Military Database of Fingerprints, Iris Scans
Security researcher Matthias Marx successfully bid on eBay for a Secure Electronic Enrollment Kit, which contained the names, nationalities, photographs, fingerprints...
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Quantum Computer Helps Ford Find Better EV Battery Materials
Quantum researchers at Ford modeled crucial electric vehicle battery materials using a quantum computer.
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Universities, Rich in Data, Struggle to Capture Its Value
Universities are struggling to make sense of their vast administrative datasets, according to researchers Christine L. Borgman at UCLA and Amy Brand at MIT.
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Tech Spending Pressures Fuel Demand for Specialized Industry Clouds
Corporate technology leaders looking to cut costs are turning to industry-specific cloud platforms that provide purpose-built digital tools for companies in a given...
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Police Tap COVID-19 Tech to Expand Global Surveillance
Police forces worldwide are tapping technologies developed for coronavirus contact tracing for mass surveillance.
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Donald Knuth's 2022 'Christmas Tree' Lecture Is About Trees
Every year around Christmas time, Donald Knuth gives a special lecture for a small audience at Stanford University, and to a larger audience online. This year's...
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Virtual Clothes Could Help Solve Fashion's Waste Problem
The fashion industry is tapping digital technologies to cut waste and modernize.
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Even the FBI Says You Should Use an Ad Blocker
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert advising online users to install and use ad blockers.
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Researchers Pioneer Biocompatible All-Water 'Aquabots'
Researchers have developed a robotic system consisting of ultrasoft liquid robots comprised mainly of water.
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New Pilot Line Initiative Receives 19 million euros to Accelerate European Quantum Technology Commercialization
The Qu-Pilot Specific Grant agreement is part of a broader Framework Partnership agreement approved by the European Union earlier this year .
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Jetsons-Style Robots Invading Chicago-Area Hospitals
Roughly human in shape, Moxi robots have been deployed in at least three Chicago-area hospitals amid a shortage of medical workers.
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Error Control Begins to Shape Quantum Architectures
The overhead of error correction presents a serious challenge to scaling up quantum computing and may produce unexpected winners.
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The Outlook for Crypto
Can cryptocurrencies cut their environmental impact?
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Making Traffic a Thing of the Past
New AI technologies are making it possible to autonomously reduce traffic.
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This Little-Known Bottleneck is Blocking Clean Energy for Millions
Energy developers want to build a ton of wind and solar — they just can't get it connected to the grid.
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