Communications of the ACM
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June 2019
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Software Vendor May Have Opened a Gap for Hackers in 2016 Swing State
A Florida election software company targeted by Russians in 2016 inadvertently opened a potential pathway for hackers to tamper with voter records in North Carolina on the eve of the presidential election.
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Here Are the 40 Companies Computer Science Students Hope Will Hire Them
Employer branding specialist Universum has released its annual rankings of the most attractive employers in the U.S. for 2019.
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Solving The Tech Industry's Ethics Problem Could Start In The Classroom
Abby Everett Jaques at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologym created a class called Ethics of Technology to help future engineers and computer scientists understand the pitfalls of technology.
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The Push Towards AI in Africa
Initiatives are underway to train African computer scientists in artificial intelligence, with major technology companies investing in the cultivation of new AI specialists on that continent.
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Apple macOS Security Protections Easily Bypassed With 'Synthetic' Clicks, Researcher Finds
A researcher found a zero-day vulnerability in a central Apple macOS safeguard, allowing apps or malware to circumvent permissions and access a user's private data, webcam, or microphone.
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Database Partitioning Method Supports High-Performance Data Processing
Researchers have developed a core technology that supports fast, efficient large-scale data analysis.
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Coding Curriculum in a Box
CodePath.org, a nonprofit boot camp, offers ready-made, industry-approved coding courses to colleges and trains students to teach them for credit.
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Keeping Algorithms Fair
It's easier to de-bias algorithms than it is to de-bias people.
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Overlooked No More: Alan Turing, Condemned Code Breaker and Computer Visionary
His ideas led to early versions of modern computing and helped win World War II. Yet he died as a criminal for his homosexuality.
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Autonomous Boats Can Target, Latch Onto Each Other
Researchers have designed autonomous boats that can automatically target and latch onto each other.
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Vulnerability of Cloud Service Hardware ncovered
Researchers have found that field programmable gate arrays have vulnerabilities that could be exploited by cyber criminals.
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Research Overcomes Key Obstacles to Scaling p DNA Data Storage
North Carolina State University researchers have created new techniques for labeling and retrieving data files in DNA-based information storage systems.
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How Quantum Computer Could Break 2,048-Bit RSA Encryption in 8 Hours
Researchers have developed a more efficient technique for decryption calculations by quantum computers.
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Machine Learning Sniffs Out Its Own Machine-Written Propaganda
Researchers have modified a neural network to create a natural language processing algorithm that generates, as well as detects, convincing fake articles.
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Automation Could Force Millions of Women to Find New Jobs
A McKinsey Global Institute analysis warns automation could displace 107 million employed women worldwide by 2030, with the sexes almost equally impacted by technological innovation.
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Margaret H. Wright Becomes 5th Woman to Receive SIAM’s Prestigious John von Neumann Prize
Wright will deliver this flagship lecture at the International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics in July.
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Physicists Can Predict Jumps of Schrodinger's Cat (and Finally Save It)
Yale University researchers have developed a technique for saving Schrodinger's cat by predicting its jumps and taking real-time actions.
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Microsoft Warns sers to Patch as Exploits for 'Wormable' BlueKeep Bug Appear
Microsoft has published an advisory calling on users to install a patch for a "wormable" vulnerability that could be exploited to launch attacks similar to WannaCry.
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From Viruses to Social Bots, Researchers nearth Structure of Attacked Networks
Researchers are using a new statistical machine learning technique to explore how viruses interact with proteins in the body.
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Striking First to Beat Hackers at Their Own Game
Researchers can use the same covert channels hackers have taken advantage of to protect a vehicle's control systems.
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CSL Researchers Add 'Time-Travel' Feature to Solid State Drives to Fight Ransomware Attacks
Researchers have demonstrated how to use the commodity storage devices already in conventional computers to protect files against ransomware attacks.
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Mainstream Autos Get Driver-Monitoring Devices
Hyundai and Subaru unveiled distracted driver alert systems for their mainstream models last month at the New York International Auto Show.
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Quicker Eye for Robotics to Help in Our Cluttered, Human Environments
A new algorithm permits machines to sense their surroundings faster, which could help assistive robots operate more efficiently in unstructured environments.
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Tech Giant Brings Software to a Gun Fight
Salesforce.com is pressuring sporting-goods retailers and other customers to stop selling a range of firearms, or be prohibited from using its products.
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Model Identifies High-Risk Areas for Lumpy Skin Disease in Cattle
An international team of researchers has integrated two computer models to highlight regions at highest risk for lumpy skin disease virus epidemics in cattle.
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New York School District's Facial Recognition System Sparks Privacy Fears
The Lockport, NY, city school district launch of a facial recognition system has resulted in some pushback from privacy advocates.
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Justice Department Reportedly Preparing Antitrust Probe of Google
Alphabet has faced antitrust probes before, but not from the U.S. Justice Department.
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Neural Net Worth
Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun this month will receive the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award for conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that have made deep neural networks a critical component of computing.
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And Then, There Were Three
How long can the silicon foundry sector continue to adapt, as physical limits make further shrinkage virtually impossible?
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Lifelong Learning in Artificial Neural Networks
New methods enable systems to rapidly, continuously adapt.