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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The Cybersecurity Industry Is Hiring, But Young People Aren't Interested
Check it out, I'm working on a reboot of The Graduate, set in 2013.
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Managing the Deluge of 'big Data' From Space
Researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing new strategies for managing large and complex data streams.
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Last Command Sent to Planck Space Telescope
The Planck space telescope has been turned off after spending nearly 4.5 years soaking up the relic radiation from the Big Bang and studying the evolution of stars...
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Court Rules Probable-Cause Warrant Required For Gps Trackers
An appellate court has finally supplied an answer to an open question left dangling by the Supreme Court in 2012: Do law enforcement agencies need a probable-cause...
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'running Battle': How Google Hopes to Beat Countries Cracking Down on Internet Freedom
Google hopes a little browser tool will help change the world.
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Future-Proof Encryption
Researchers are relying on quantum mechanics to generate unhackable methods of communication.
From ACM TechNews
Software ses Cyborg Swarm to Map nknown Environs
New software could be used to map unknown environments based on the movement of a swarm of insect cyborgs.
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Memo to Workers: The Boss Is Watching
Dennis Gray suspected that workers in his pest-control company were spending too much time on personal issues during the workday.
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The mbilical Link of Man to Robot
Atlas doesn't shrug. But he teeters, loses his grip, stutters, and staggers.
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Wall Street Banks Learn How to Survive in Staged Cyber Attack
In a staged simulation called Quantum Dawn 2, bank executives in charge of operations, technology, and crisis planning were tasked with detecting how a massive...
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Web-Based Map Allows sers to See Intricate Patterns in .s. Population
A free, Web-based mapping site allows users to access detailed demographic data for any location in the United States.
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Got a Kickstarter Project? This Man Can Predict Within Four Hours If It Will Fail
Researchers have developed a method of predicting whether a Kickstarter project will succeed within four hours of its launch, with 76-percent accuracy.
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Here's Why the Feds Didn't Have More Skilled Programmers For Healthcare.gov
HealthCare.gov, the Web site at the center of President Obama's federal health insurance exchange, has been plagued with problems since it opened for business Oct...
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Killer Robots With Automatic Rifles Could Be on the Battlefield in 5 Years
Robots armed with automatic weapons, anti-tank missiles and even grenade launchers are marching, er, rolling ever closer to the battlefield now that they’ve shown...
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Credit Cards Under Pressure to Police Online Expression
Earlier this month, major credit card processors including MasterCard, Visa, and America Express announced they would stop processing payments to websites that...
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Predicting the Future Could Improve Remote-Control of Space Robots
A new system could make robotic space exploration faster and more efficient by predicting the robot's future movements.
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Contractors See Weeks of Work on Health Site
Federal contractors have identified most of the main problems crippling President Obama's online health insurance marketplace, but the administration has been slow...
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Managing the Deluge of 'big Data' From Space
For NASA and its dozens of missions, data pour in every day like rushing rivers.
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Graphics Chips Help Process Big Data Sets in Milliseconds
New software can use the graphics processors found on everyday computers to process torrents of data more quickly than is normally possible, opening up new ways...
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