Communications of the ACM
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September 2020
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Apple's Move to Make Advertising Harder on iOS 14 is Part of a Trend
Facebook is only the latest developer to feel the squeeze.
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Amazon Wins FAA Approval for Prime Air Drone Delivery Fleet
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has granted approval to Amazon to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones for unmanned package delivery.
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Wildfire Spotting Goes High Tech: Can Silicon Valley Save Northern California?
High-technology implementations in Northern California are making fire spotters and firefighters more adaptive to changing conditions while improving their safety.
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Machines Rival Expert Analysis of Stored Red Blood Cell Quality
A three-year, multi-institutional study by 19 researchers at 12 institutions in five countries yielded artificial intelligence models that can automate evaluations of stored red blood cell quality.
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Robot Takes Contact-Free Measurements of Patients' Vital Signs
Researchers are using dog-like robots from Boston Dynamics to remotely measure patients' vital signs.
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AI Identifies 50 New Planets From Old NASA Data
Machine learning artificial intelligence found 50 new planets by mining old data from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Microsoft Launches Deepfake Detector Tool Ahead of U.S. Election
Microsoft says its Video Authenticator tool was created using a public dataset from Face Forensic++ and tested on the DeepFake Detection Challenge Dataset.
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The Enigma of Family Secrets
In 53 years of marriage, Goldman never reveals being a member of Alan Turing and Gordon Welchsman's team that built and perfected the machine called the Bombe that cracked the Nazi Enigma Code.
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Apple and Google to Make It Easier to Opt In to Virus Tracing
The tech giants said states could soon send notices directly to smartphones asking people to opt in to the technology, which helps trace the coronavirus.
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ML Model Finds SARS-COV-2 Growing More Infectious
Researchers have developed a novel machine-learning model that suggests SAR-CoV-2 has become more infectious due to genome mutations.
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Scientists Create Protein Models to Explore Toxic Methylmercury Formation
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a computational model of the proteins responsible for the transformation of mercury to toxic methylmercury by microorganisms.
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The Future of Work
What will office jobs look like after the pandemic?
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It's Alive!
Scientists and engineers cross the reality gap, transferring simulated evolution into real machines.
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Virtual Collaboration in the Age of the Coronavirus
Videoconferencing apps took off during the COVID-19 lockdowns, but more efficient ways to collaborate virtually are waiting in the wings.
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AI on Edge
Shifting artificial intelligence to the "edge" of the network could transform computing . . . and everyday life.