Communications of the ACM
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February 2022
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A Revolution in Haptics
New technology solutions allow users to 'touch' the virtual.
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VR to the ER: Metaverse Early Adopters Prove Accident-Prone
Tally includes broken vases, dislocated shoulders, injured girlfriends; "Why don't you go to the gym like a normal person?"
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GPU Fingerprinting Can Be Used to Track You Online
And we thought cookies were dangerous enough.
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U.S. Sends Top Security Official to Help NATO Brace for Russian Cyberattacks
Intelligence assessments suggest that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would most likely be preceded by cyberattacks on the country.
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Algorithm That Mapped Omicron Shows Path Forward
The antigenic cartography algorithm, which can two-dimensionally map laboratory data on viral strains, has helped scientists keep up with genetic variants.
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7-Eleven Stores in Japan Get Touch-Free Floating Holographic Self-Checkouts
Six 7-Eleven stores in Tokyo, Japan, will soon feature floating holographic displays that will allow customers to check out without any physical contact.
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A New Method for Quantum Computing
Physicists have proposed a new scalable quantum computing architecture using trapped ions.
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True Story? Lie Detection Systems Go High-Tech
A new method of lie detection developed by researchers at Israel's Tel Aviv University uses electrodes affixed to the face to determine if someone is lying.
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Robots Marched On in 2021, with Record Orders by North American firms
Factories and other industrial users ordered 28% more robots last year than in 2020, according to data compiled by the Association for Advancing Automation.
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Tesla Agrees to Fix 'Rolling Stop' Software Feature
The software recall covers some 2016-2022 Model S and Model X, 2017-2022 Model 3 and 2020-2022 Model Y vehicles.
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Studying the Big Bang with AI
Researchers at Austria's TU Wien have demonstrated that neural networks can be used to simulate "quark-gluon plasma" to study the Big Bang.
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65% of Tech Recruiters Believe Their Hiring Process Is Biased, Survey Suggests
In a poll of 14,000 technology workers from 131 countries, nearly two-thirds of respondents said bias is an issue in tech recruitment.
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Machine Intelligence Builds Soft Machines
A machine learning framework developed by researchers at the University of Maryland aims to accelerate the design of soft machines.
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The AI Outlook
Data, privacy, trust, and sustainability feature prominently as researchers look to the year ahead.
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Solving for Why
A focus on causality is promising to help researchers overcome shortcomings that have bedeviled more traditional approaches to artificial intelligence.
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Virtual Duplicates
Digital twins aim to model reality so we can see how it changes.
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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the Fight Against World Hunger
Advancements in AI, machine learning, and next-gen technologies are transforming the fight against world hunger.