Communications of the ACM
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March 2018
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DevOps Momentum in the Enterprise
The notion of unifying software development and software operation is catching on.
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Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to nlock Phones
Federal law enforcement officials are renewing a push for a legal mandate that tech companies build tools into smartphones and other devices that would allow access to encrypted data in criminal investigations.
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Mars Curiosity Celebrates Sol 2,000
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover just hit a new milestone: its two-thousandth Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet. An image mosaic taken by the rover in January offers a preview of what comes next.
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Researchers Find Leaky Apps Put Privacy at Risk
Social media platforms, web browser extensions, and mobile platforms can leak user information, threatening user privacy.
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.S. Children Now Draw Female Scientists More Than Ever
Researchers have found U.S. children now depict scientists as female more than ever.
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At First Blush, You Look Happy—or Sad, or Angry
Researchers have discovered a previously undocumented connection between the central nervous system and emotional expression in the face.
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Earwigs and the Art of Origami
Researchers have developed multifunctional origami structures that emulate the framework of an earwig's wing, and fabricated them as three-dimensional printed objects.
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Making Monitors Brighter: Researchers in Bayreuth Discover a Way to Control the Color of OLEDs
Researchers have discovered how the spatial structure of conjugated polymers can be used to control the colors of organic light-emitting diodes and increase the brightness of monitors.
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IARPA Launches Challenge to Improve AV-Captured Imagery
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity recently announced the UG2 Prize Challenge for unmanned aerial vehicles, gliders, and ground data entries.
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For the .S. and China, a Technology Cold War That's Freezing Over
A cold war is being waged across the world's most advanced industries. And it just got a lot chillier.
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This Stanford Computer Science Genius Aims To Crack The Code Of Learning And Leadership
John Hennessy, president emeritus of Stanford University and co-recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing award, discusses digital education and the future of leadership.
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Facebook's New Data Restrictions Will Handcuff Even Honest Researchers
Last week, when news broke (again) that Cambridge Analytica had allegedly misused 50 million Facebook users' data, it immediately raised a difficult question: When a company possesses information about some 2 billion people,share…
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Looking for Planet Nine, Astronomers Gaze into the Abyss
It's been just over two years since Caltech astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin made an explosive claim: Based on the orbital motion of objects in the Kuiper Belt—a region beyond Neptune that is home to Pluto and other…
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Five New Ancient Genomes Tell s About Neanderthal Tribes
Mezmaiskaya Cave offered shelter to Neanderthals for tens of thousands of years. The cave, located near Russia's border with Georgia, preserved Neanderthal remains so well that researchers have now been able to extract genetic…
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ber Robocar Kills Pedestrian, Despite Presence of Safety Driver
This is the first fatality involving a robocar under the care of a professional human minder.
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Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results 2018
This year, over 100,000 developers told us how they learn, build their careers, which tools they're using, and what they want in a job.
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Spot the Fake: Artificial Intelligence Can Produce Lifelike Photographs
Fraudulent images have been around for as long as photography itself. Take the famous hoax photos of the Cottingley fairies or the Loch Ness monster.
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Vint Cerf on the Prospect of a "Digital Dark Age"
Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf talks about the frailty and impermanence of digitally-stored information.
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AI Can Spot Signs of Alzheimer's Before Your Family Does
Researchers are exploring machine learning as a tool for identifying signs of Alzheimer's disease that physicians and loved ones may otherwise overlook.
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New TSA Study Presents Method to Stop Cyberattacks on GPS-Enabled Devices
A new study describes a computer algorithm that mitigates the effects of spoofed GPS attacks on electrical grids and other GPS-reliant technologies.
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New Model Reveals Forgotten Influencers and 'Sleeping Beauties' of Science
Researchers at the University of Chicago's Knowledge Lab have created a computational model to measure the spread of influential ideas across scholarship and culture.
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Machines See the Future for Patients Diagnosed With Brain Tumors
New artificial intelligence software forecasts the survival of glioma patients by examining tissue biopsy data.
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Next Worry for Facebook: Disenchanted sers
Facebook Inc.'s handling of user data has upset lawmakers and regulators in multiple countries. But the biggest risk to its business could come from angry users.
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Kids See More Women in Science than Five Decades Ago
The study from Northwestern University was looking at gender stereotypes in science over years and how these develop in children.
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Pioneers of Modern Computer Architecture Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award
ACM has named John L. Hennessy, former President of Stanford University, and David A. Patterson, retired Professor of the University of California, Berkeley, recipients of the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award for pioneering a systematic…
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It Could Be Time To Move Into the AI Job Market
Machine learning engineers and data scientists are the two fastest-growing new jobs in the United States, according to LinkedIn's latest Emerging Jobs Report.
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The .S. Military Wants AI to Dream p Weird New Helicopters
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding efforts to employ artificial intelligence to conceptualize complex component designs, including the D-FOCUS project which offers alternatives to existing designs.
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Machine Learning Drives NSynth Super's New Sounds of Music
Google's Project Magenta researchers have developed a machine to serve as an instrument that acts as a physical interface for the NSynth algorithm, which uses a deep neural network to create new sounds.
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Digging Deep: Harnessing the Power of Soil Microbes for More Sustainable Farming
Scientists are working on a "farm of the future" project based on microbiology and machine learning. The team is growing crops at an Arkansas farm that they hope to transform into the world's most scientifically-advanced farm…
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Targeting China, Trump Threatens Student Visas. That Would Hit a Big .S. Export
The Trump administration's proposed crackdown on China's trade practices could hit one sector where the U.S. runs a big trade surplus: higher education.