Communications of the ACM
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January 2022
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Navigational Apps for the Blind Could Have a Broader Appeal
A proliferation of new apps designed to help blind and low vision people could prove useful for everyone.
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Delivering Smart Warehouses
Companies old and new, large and small, are working to establish themselves in the smart warehouse and distribution center market.
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Simple, Accurate, Efficient: Improving How Computers Recognize Hand Gestures
Zhiyi Yu and colleagues at China's Sun Yat-sen University have developed a hand gesture recognition algorithm for easy application in consumer-level devices.
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AI Powers Autonomous Materials Discovery
Cornell University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that aims to speed up the process of materials discovery.
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Banks Tiptoe Toward Their Cloud-Based Future
Cloud computing is slowly changing how Wall Street banks handle their business, but concerns with security remain.
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Former Facebook Executive Pushes to Open Social Media's 'Black Boxes'
The co-founder of CrowdTangle has been working with Congress on legislation to make tech companies disclose their inner workings.
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MTG Hit with Facebook Suspension After Twitter Ban
"Facebook has joined Twitter in censoring me," Greene (R-GA) wrote on Gettr, a social media platform favored by some right-wing conservatives.
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Minnesota Mathematicians, Data Scientists Use Technology to Shape Political Districts
A dozen mathematicians and data scientists claim to have used advanced computational technology to generate fair political redistricting maps for Minnesota.
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China Aims to Be a World Robot Champion by 2025
China has unveiled a five-year plan to become a global leader in automated manufacturing by realizing 20% minimum annual growth in robotics sales and doubling its robot density.
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Creating Text Out of Thin Air
Researchers at China's Zhejiang University have developed a smartwatch application in which users write text in mid-air with a finger, and the text is captured by the app.
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Monetizing Your Personal Data
What is your private data worth, to you and to the companies willing to pay you for it?
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Converting Laws to Programs
In highly regulated industries, it is critical that laws are translated precisely into code that reflects their intent.
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Shrinking Artificial Intelligence
Energy concerns push AI optimizations to the edge.