Communications of the ACM
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November 2022
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App Identifies Parkinson's, COVID-19 Based on User's Voice
Machine learning algorithms in a smartphone application analyze people's voices to identify those in the early stages of Parkinson's disease or severe COVID-19 lung infections.
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A New Brain Model Could Pave the Way for Conscious AI
A new model of the human brain.
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Chip Delivery Times Shrank Rapidly in October as Supply Crunch Subsides
All major product areas are now available more quickly than they were.
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Chinese Chip Designers Slow Processors to Avoid U.S. Sanctions
Alibaba, Biren Technology, and other Chinese chip designers are taking steps to avoid U.S. sanctions by changing their chip designs to lower processing speeds.
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Hacking the Metaverse
Louisiana State University's Abe Baggili and colleagues tested the security of immersive virtual reality and X-reality systems for weaknesses.
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Amazon Launches Warehouse Robot That Can Do Human Jobs
Amazon has rolled out a new warehouse robot in order to automate more jobs as the company seeks to reduce logistics costs.
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AI is Better at Answering Questions if You Get Another AI to Ask Them
Getting good answers from an artificial intelligence can be a tricky task, and now researchers have found that an AI is better at asking questions of another AI than people are.
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Chip Production Lead Times Shrink As Cyclical Downturn Takes Shape
Semiconductor lead times are now 1.5 weeks below the record highs set in May.
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Quantum Computing May Be the Solution to the EV Materials Problem
As demand for electric vehicles has grown in recent years, it is unclear whether supply eventually will bottleneck or if raw material suppliers can catch up.
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Open-Source Fish Robot Collecting Microplastics from U.K. Lakes
A robot fish that won the 2022 Natural Robotics Contest has been developed into a functioning prototype that can collect microplastics from waterways.
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Same Traits, Different Island: Study Highlights Evolution Quirks
Researchers used machine learning to determine why two populations of flycatchers that evolved on different Solomon Islands separately developed all-black plumage.
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CISA Warns of Critical Vulnerabilities in Industrial Control System Software
Industrial Control Systems advisories from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency focus on vulnerabilities in software from ETIC Telecom, Nokia, and Delta Industrial Automation.
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Herzog, Žižek Become AI Bots Trapped in Endless Conversation
The Infinite Conversation website features a nonstop "chat" between artificial intelligence versions of German director Werner Herzog and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek.
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Hacker Shaking Up the Tech Industry, One Hackathon at a Time
Awofisayo is pushing to give women and non-binary students space in the tech industry because of the diversity needed.
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Can We Secure Cryptography Against Quantum Attacks?
If you want your digital information to be secure, you must implement post-quantum cryptography now, according to some leaders in the field.
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After Election, Cautious Optimism That Few False Narratives Took Hold
Researchers who study disinformation said most efforts to stoke doubt about results had failed to spread widely.
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Binance Pulls Out of Deal to Acquire Rival Crypto Exchange FTX
The rapid collapse of FTX, built by the billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, suggests that no company in the freewheeling, loosely regulated crypto industry is safe.
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Cryptography's Future Will Be Quantum-Safe. Here’s How It Will Work
Lattice cryptography promises to protect secrets from the attacks of far-future quantum computers.
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IBM's Latest Quantum Computing Processor Triples the Qubits of its Predecessor
It's a step closer to the goal of having a 4,000-plus qubit system by 2025.
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LLNL's SUNDIALS Team Awarded SIAM/ACM Prize
A team of researchers at the U.S Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will receive the 2023 SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering.
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Technology to Reduce Potholes
A team of researchers has developed a machine learning method for the real-time assessment of road base compaction quality.
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Lego Animated 3D-Printed Duck is a Peek at the Toy's Future
Lego is offering visitors to the Minifigure Factory experience at the Lego House in Billund, Denmark, the chance to buy a limited-edition 3D-printed plastic duck.
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Can AI Write Recipes Better Than Humans?
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to create recipes, complete with appetizing photos and back stories. But Thanksgiving poses a challenge.
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Mississippi Election Websites Knocked Out by DDoS Attack
A senior CISA official said the agency was "aware" of the claim by Russian hackers, but refrained from pinning the outage on a specific actor.
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Video Games Invade the Art World in MoMA's Never Alone Exhibition
An exhibition at New York City's Museum of Modern Art explores how video games connect people and create communities.
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Shift Robotics Used AI to Create 'World's Fastest Shoes'
Shift Robotics has unveiled what it calls the "world's fastest shoes," which allow wearers to "walk at the speed of a run" via a combination of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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OpenSSL Patches High Vulnerabilities
OpenSSL encryption library developer Open SSL Project issued a patch to correct two high-severity vulnerabilities that could enable remote code execution or website crashes.
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DOJ Seized Billions in Bitcoin Stolen from Silk Road Darknet Marketplace
The Justice Department called the seizure the largest involving cryptocurrency in its history and the second-largest financial seizure ever.
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Setting the Internet of Things Free -- of Batteries
Increasingly, sensors and other Internet of Things devices will be powered by ambient energies.
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Greece to Ban Sale of Spyware amid Phone-Tapping Scandal
The move comes after a newspaper report alleging politicians and business people have been under state surveillance.