Communications of the ACM
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April 2015
From ACM TechNews
Probing the Whole Internet For Weak Spots
When the FREAK encryption flaw was uncovered in early March, a team of researchers used a special tool to scan the entire Internet to identify vulnerable websites .
From ACM TechNews
'virtual Nose' May Reduce Simulator Sickness in Video Games
Vertigo and nausea cased by virtual reality games potentially could be cured with the insertion of a virtual human nose in the center of the video display.
From ACM News
Computer Graphics Education, Siggraph Supporter Cunningham Dies
American computer scientist and long-time ACM SIGGRAPH volunteer Robert Stephen (Steve) Cunningham died last week following a lengthy illness.
From ACM Careers
AI Interns: Software Already Taking Jobs from Humans
Forget Skynet. Hypothetical world-ending artificial intelligence makes headlines, but the hype ignores what's happening right under our noses.
From ACM Careers
After Snowden, the Nsa Faces Recruitment Challenge
Daniel Swann is exactly the type of person the National Security Agency would love to have working for it.
From ACM TechNews
Google Lab Puts a Time Limit on Innovations
Google is facing increased scrutiny on return-on-investment from its research and development spending, prompting a leaner, faster approach.
From Communications of the ACM
What's the Price Now?
Dynamic pricing finds its way into a growing number of industries.
From Communications of the ACM
Molecular Moonshots
Synthetic biologists may be closing in on potentially world-changing breakthroughs, but they are often hamstrung by a shortage of software tools.
From Communications of the ACM
Secure-System Designers Strive to STEM Data Leaks
Attackers using side-channel analysis require little knowledge of how an implementation operates.