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Pure Randomness Extracted from Two Poor Sources
From Communications of the ACM

Pure Randomness Extracted from Two Poor Sources

Developments from several disparate areas of computer science provide "a huge jump, both technically and also quantitatively."

Mapping the Internet of Things
From Communications of the ACM

Mapping the Internet of Things

Researchers are discovering surprising new risks across the fast-growing IoT.

Bias in Technology
From Communications of the ACM

Bias in Technology

As leading companies release troubling diversity statistics, experts search for solutions.

Computers Can Take Social Media Data and Make Marketing Personas
From ACM TechNews

Computers Can Take Social Media Data and Make Marketing Personas

Pennsylvania State University researchers have used computers to study information from social media accounts and automatically build marketing personas.

Database of Software 'fingerprints' Expands to Include Mobile Apps
From ACM TechNews

Database of Software 'fingerprints' Expands to Include Mobile Apps

U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers have spent 15 years maintaining an archive of the world's software.

­nderwater Radio, Anyone?
From ACM TechNews

­nderwater Radio, Anyone?

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to build wireless radio transmitters in environments that have previously thwarted communication.

Data Diversity
From ACM TechNews

Data Diversity

Selecting diverse subsets from a much larger dataset promises to be much more practical using a new algorithm designed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute...

Welcome to the Machines
From ACM News

Welcome to the Machines

The home robotics market poised for growth, technological advancement.

Where Is the Ice on Ceres? New Nasa Dawn Findings
From ACM News

Where Is the Ice on Ceres? New Nasa Dawn Findings

At first glance, Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, may not look icy.

The Man Behind the Internet
From ACM News

The Man Behind the Internet

A chat with worldwide pioneer Vinton Cerf.

Ephemeral Antimatter Atoms Pinned Down in Milestone Laser Test
From ACM News

Ephemeral Antimatter Atoms Pinned Down in Milestone Laser Test

In a technical tour-de-force, physicists have made the first measurements of how antimatter atoms absorb light.

Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump
From ACM Careers

Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump

Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of...

These ­niversities Are Training the World's Top Coders
From ACM TechNews

These ­niversities Are Training the World's Top Coders

The three best coders in the world come from the Russian ITMO University, China's Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School, and the Ho Chi Minh City University of Science...

Posture Could Explain Why Women Get More Vr Sickness Than Men
From ACM TechNews

Posture Could Explain Why Women Get More Vr Sickness Than Men

New studies explore why women experience more motion sickness than men while using virtual reality.

Autonomous Swarmboats: New Missions, Safe Harbors
From ACM TechNews

Autonomous Swarmboats: New Missions, Safe Harbors

Researchers used a combination of software, radar, and other sensors to develop a swarm of autonomous rigid hull inflatable boats and other small boats that can...

How Do We Keep Gps Safe From Sabotage?
From ACM TechNews

How Do We Keep Gps Safe From Sabotage?

Stanford University professor Per Enge is working to combat potential threats to autonomous navigation systems.

Artificial Intelligence to Predict Odors
From ACM TechNews

Artificial Intelligence to Predict Odors

Researchers are working on the Computer Linguistics for Olfaction project to develop an application that can predict which molecule structures will produce or suppress...

­.n. Opens Formal Discussions on AI-Powered Autonomous Weapons, Could Ban 'killer Robots'
From ACM News

­.n. Opens Formal Discussions on AI-Powered Autonomous Weapons, Could Ban 'killer Robots'

Leaders at the United Nations in Geneva just agreed to officially discuss guidelines for the design, development, and engineering of autonomous weapons. Here's...

Elevator Makers Think Outside the Box, and Even Sideways
From ACM News

Elevator Makers Think Outside the Box, and Even Sideways

ThyssenKrupp's new $43 million elevator test tower soars 246 meters (808 ft) above the German town of Rottweil, but the company's lifts chief is not only thinking...

Nasa Releases New Eye-Popping View of Carbon Dioxide
From ACM News

Nasa Releases New Eye-Popping View of Carbon Dioxide

A new NASA supercomputer project builds on the agency's satellite measurements of carbon dioxide and combines them with a sophisticated Earth system model to provide...
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