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New Framework Could Help Online Addicts Reduce Their ­sage
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New Framework Could Help Online Addicts Reduce Their ­sage

Binghamton University researchers have developed a new computer model that could help Internet addicts realize their usage is a problem and reduce it.

DARPA Wants to Create Secure Data-Sharing Tech
From ACM TechNews

DARPA Wants to Create Secure Data-Sharing Tech

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is launching the Secure Handhelds on Assured Resilient networks at the tactical Edge project.

Searching Deep and Dark: Building a Google For the Less Visible Parts of the Web
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Searching Deep and Dark: Building a Google For the Less Visible Parts of the Web

Apache Tika could help with the effort to teach computers to recognize, index, and search all the different types of material that is available online.

He Helped Create the 'google Brain.' Here's What He Thinks About AI Now
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He Helped Create the 'google Brain.' Here's What He Thinks About AI Now

Trucks that can drive themselves along delivery routes. Computers capable of defeating world champions in a notoriously complex game. Apps that can translate sentences...

Robots Will Destroy Our Jobs, and We're Not Ready For It
From ACM News

Robots Will Destroy Our Jobs, and We're Not Ready For It

The McDonald's on the corner of Third Avenue and 58th Street in New York City doesn/t look all that different from any of the fast-food chain's other locations...

Ua-Developed Avatar Is Helping to Screen New Arrivals at Bucharest Airport
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Ua-Developed Avatar Is Helping to Screen New Arrivals at Bucharest Airport

University of Arizona researchers have developed a virtual border agent to question international travelers and flag those that seem suspicious.

Jill Watson, Round Three
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Jill Watson, Round Three

The Georgia Institute of Technology is beginning its third semester using a virtual teaching assistant system in an online course about artificial intelligence....

Finding Trust and ­Understanding in Autonomous Technologies
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Finding Trust and ­Understanding in Autonomous Technologies

Whether autonomous technologies become truly ubiquitous will depend on how much they can be trusted.

Utsa Study Shows How Phishing Scams Thrive on Overconfidence
From ACM TechNews

Utsa Study Shows How Phishing Scams Thrive on Overconfidence

University of Texas at San Antonio researchers have examined overconfidence in detecting phishing emails, based on the theory that most people believe they are...

50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
From ACM News

50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

The Compiler.

Vr Trauma Surgery 101: Going For the Grisly
From ACM News

Vr Trauma Surgery 101: Going For the Grisly

Medical students experience the controlled chaos of trauma surgery, virtually.

Data Could Be the Next Tech Hot Button For Regulators
From ACM News

Data Could Be the Next Tech Hot Button For Regulators

Wealth and influence in the technology business have always been about gaining the upper hand in software or the machines that software ran on.

Transistor Stretchier Than Skin For ­ltra-Flexible Wearable Tech
From ACM TechNews

Transistor Stretchier Than Skin For ­ltra-Flexible Wearable Tech

Stanford University researchers have developed a new transistor that can be stretched to twice its length without losing conductivity, making it well-suited for...

­ltrasound Tracking Could Be ­sed to Deanonymize Tor ­sers
From ACM TechNews

­ltrasound Tracking Could Be ­sed to Deanonymize Tor ­sers

Ultrasounds emitted by ads or JavaScript code hidden on a page accessed through the Tor Browser can deanonymize Tor users by making nearby phones or computers send...

Attackers Can Make It Impossible to Dial 911
From ACM TechNews

Attackers Can Make It Impossible to Dial 911

A new cyberattack strategy can block access to 911 emergency services by exploiting vulnerabilities in the system.

Caring Cyborgs
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Caring Cyborgs

Social robots designed to interact with people could act as caregivers for the elderly and children, but current models struggle to understand and mimic the subtleties...

Back to Self-Driving School: The Simulator Teaching Vehicle Ais Road Sense
From ACM TechNews

Back to Self-Driving School: The Simulator Teaching Vehicle Ais Road Sense

Researchers have developed a simulator employing convolutional neural networks and deep learning to enhance how vehicle artificial intelligence systems manage environmental...

Coming From Automakers: Voice Control That Understands You Better
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Coming From Automakers: Voice Control That Understands You Better

Every once in a while, just for laughs, Kevin Smith-Fagan tries to call a friend of his, Priscilla, using the voice-recognition system in his 2013 Chevrolet Volt...

Pcast Releases Report on Ensuring ­.s. Leadership in Semiconductors
From ACM News

Pcast Releases Report on Ensuring ­.s. Leadership in Semiconductors

The Computing Research Association has been involved in shaping public policy of relevance to computing research for more than two decades.

Move Over Bitcoin--MIT Cryptographer Silvio Micali and His Public Ledger Algorand…the Future of Blockchain?
From ACM TechNews

Move Over Bitcoin--MIT Cryptographer Silvio Micali and His Public Ledger Algorand…the Future of Blockchain?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Silvio Micali recently published a paper describing a decentralized, secure way to manage a shared ledger that provides...
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