Communications of the ACM
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June 2022
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The Hacker Gold Rush That's Poised to Eclipse Ransomware
As governments crack down on ransomware, cybercriminals may soon shift to business email compromise—already the world's most profitable type of scam.
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Making Traffic Jams a Thing of the Past – AI Traffic Light System Could Drastically Reduce Congestion
A new artificial intelligence system reads live camera footage and adapts the lights to compensate.
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Companies Are Hacking Their Way Around the Chip Shortage
The supply chain issues have no end in sight, so manufacturers are being forced to improvise.
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USF Researcher Harnesses Brain Power to Create Art
The University of South Florida's Marvin Andujar has developed a prototype brain-computer interface that permits users to create abstract art with their thoughts.
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Great Timing, Supercomputer Upgrade Leads to Successful Forecast of Volcanic Eruption
A multi-institutional team of scientists used a forecasting modeling program to predict the June 2018 Sierra Negra volcanic eruption on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands.
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California Regulators Approve First Driverless Taxi Fleet
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved to General Motors' Cruise’s bid to offer a driverless ride-hailing service in San Francisco.
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Reno Trusting the Blockchain with Building Records
Reno, NV, has launched a blockchain-based program for storing records in order to improve "clarity and transparency" in record-keeping.
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Thefts, Fraud and Lawsuits at the World's Biggest NFT Marketplace
OpenSea, one of the highest-profile crypto start-ups, is facing a backlash over stolen and plagiarized nonfungible tokens.
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Tension Inside Google Over a Fired AI Researcher's Conduct
Google employees claim a senior researcher fired earlier this year sought to undermine two more junior AI researchers by suggesting their results were wrong or even falsified.
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No Sign of China's New Supercomputers Among World's Top500
Chinese developers of the new systems have not officially submitted details to the list organizers.
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Advanced Quantum Computer Available to the Public
The researchers behind a quantum computer that encodes data in pulses of light have connected it to the Internet and made it available for public use.
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Drones Could Scare Birds Off Agricultural Fields
An autonomous system can patrol agricultural fields around the clock to drive away birds that feed on the crops.
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Seeing How Odor Is Processed in the Brain
Researchers created an odor delivery device, then used machine learning to analyze electroencephalograms to determine how the brain processes scents.
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Futuristic Office Was Designed for 5,000 People--and 100 Robot Coworkers
South Korean's Naver is opening the new world headquarters of its research and development subsidiary in what the company calls "the world's first robot-friendly building,"
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Researchers Find Critical Vulnerability in Smartphone Chips
The researchers said they found "several out-of-bound read issues when the NAS handler functions read data from outside the Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message."
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Walmart Expands Drone-Delivery Service to Reach 4 Million Households
Walmart is expanding its partnership with DroneUp to make drone deliveries available in six more states this year.
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Oxford High Turned to AI to Detect Weapons After Shooting
Oxford High School in Michigan has been testing artificial intelligence-based gun detection software that can flag a firearm carried in plain sight in seconds.
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Deere Tapping Into Apple-Like Tech Model to Drive Revenue
Deere & Co. hopes to drive up revenue by emulating Apple's business strategy and melding state-of-the-art hardware, software, and subscription models.
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Japan Tries—Again—to Revitalize its Research
The latest effort would spend billions on a few universities, but skeptics give it long odds.
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Minecraft's Code-Writing AI Points to the Future of Computers
Today, Microsoft's AI can take control of characters in Minecraft. Soon, it could help you control your whole computer.
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Supreme Court Blocks Texas Social Media Law from Taking Effect
The Texas law enables users of leading social media platforms to sue the platforms if they think they have been censored because of their political views.
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Killer Asteroids Are Hiding in Plain Sight. A New Tool Helps Spot Them
Researchers have built an algorithm that can scan old astronomical images for unnoticed space rocks, helping to detect objects that could one day imperil Earth.
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Big Tech Is Getting Clobbered on Wall Street. It's a Good Time for Them
Flush with cash, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google are positioned to emerge from a downturn stronger and more powerful. As usual.
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AI Could Prevent Eavesdropping
Neural Voice Camouflage technology can help prevent eavesdropping by producing custom background noise.
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Ed Tech Wrongfully Tracked Schoolchildren During Pandemic: Human Rights Watch
A study of 164 government-endorsed education technology products found 146 endangered children's privacy by collecting and selling their data to ad tech companies.
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Quantum Computer Could Catch Its Own Errors
A team of Austrian and German scientists has constructed a 16-quantum bit computer that runs error-free calculations.
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Singapore's Robot Workforce Plugs Labor Gaps
Businesses in Singapore increasingly are resorting to robots to help address labor shortages and perform a range of jobs.
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Multi-Spin Flips and a Pathway to Efficient Ising Machines
Researchers at Japan's Waseda University have developed a hybrid algorithm to improve Ising machines' efficiency with multi-spin flips.
From Communications of the ACM
Addressing Labor Shortages with Automation
Labor shortages have many companies turning to automation technology, but with mixed outcomes.
From Communications of the ACM
Immersion Cooling Heats Up
Depending on climate conditions, the availability of renewables and other factors, immersion cooling can make a profound difference in both energy consumption and costs.