Communications of the ACM
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November 2016
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The New Intel: How Nvidia Went From Powering Video Games To Revolutionizing Artificial Intelligence
Nvidia cofounder Chris Malachowsky is eating a sausage omelet and sipping burnt coffee in a Denny's off the Berryessa overpass in San Jose.
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Hacker Lexicon: What Is Perfect Forward Secrecy?
Encryption keeps your secrets, until it doesn't.
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Theory Challenging Einstein's View on Speed of Light Could Soon Be Tested
The newborn universe may have glowed with light beams moving much faster than they do today, according to a theory that overturns Einstein's century-old claim that the speed of light is a constant.
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Positive Language Is on the Decline in the nited States, Study Finds
A new study shows people are more likely to use positive rather than negative words in their communications.
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Europe Is Leading the Way in AI and Machine Learning (and Even Silicon Valley Wants In)
Europe is either ahead of or on equal footing with the U.S. in terms of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technologies.
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Eight States Have Fewer Than 10 Girls Take Ap Computer Science Exam
Nearly 55,000 students in the U.S. took the Advanced Placement computer science A exam this year.
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'hackathon' Attempts to STEM Proliferation of Fake News
A hackathon inspired by the influence of fake news on the U.S. presidential election seeks to incentivize the prioritization of truth.
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Driverless Cars to Hit the Road in Ontario Early Next Year
The University of Waterloo's Center for Automotive Research in Canada will begin testing an autonomous vehicle on Ontario's public roads early next year.
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China Turns Big Data Into Big Brother
It was a drab, chill day in November, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
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Ptscientists Reserves Rocket to Land Audi Moon Rovers at Apollo 17 Site
A Berlin-based group of rocket scientists and engineers are aiming to land a pair of privately funded Audi-branded robotic rovers on the moon and drive them to inspect NASA's Apollo 17 lunar roving vehicle. They'd be the first…
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The Many Ways Lasers Help S See the World More Clearly
Think of lasers and what springs to mind?
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Google's Hand-Fed AI Now Gives Answers, Not Just Search Results
Ask the Google search app "What is the fastest bird on Earth?," and it will tell you.
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Genevieve Bell: 'humanity's Greatest Fear Is About Being Irrelevant'
Genevieve Bell is an Australian anthropologist who has been working at tech company Intel for 18 years, where she is currently head of sensing and insights.
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Batman's Kitchen Teaches w Students How to Play Cybersecurity
Batman's Kitchen is providing University of Washington students the opportunity to learn about information security and practice their cybersecurity skills.
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Clemson Scientists nveil Software That Revolutionizes Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Modeling
Clemson University researchers have developed computational software for wildlife habitat connectivity modeling.
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Professor Develops Algorithm to Improve Online Mapping of Disaster Areas
University of Tennessee, Knoxville researchers have developed an algorithm that indicates, following a disaster, which areas need detailed mapping first, which should help response teams respond more efficiently to the most urgent…
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Erich Bloch, IBM Pioneer Who Later Led National Science Foundation, Dies at 91
Bloch was the first U.S. National Science Foundation director to come from a business rather than academic background, and the first without a doctoral degree.
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Spy Chief Adds to Warnings of Russian Cyber Attacks on Germany
Germany's spy chief has warned that Russian hackers are pelting his country with disinformation that could undermine the democratic process, echoing concerns already voiced by his domestic intelligence counterpart.
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Google Deepmind Could Invent the Next Generation of AI By Playing Starcraft 2
The announcement at BlizzCon 2016 that met with the most muted response was arguably the most revolutionary.
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Network Operators Beef p Last Mile For Cord-Cutters
Consumers increasingly are bypassing traditional content providers to download content a la carte via broadband connection.
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Two Sigma Announces Public Launch of Halite, A.i. Coding Game
Halite creates an engaging game environment in which to learn, write, and visualize code in action.
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How Humans Can Force the Machines to Play Fair
Cynthia Dwork is best known for inventing "differential privacy," a set of techniques that safeguard the privacy of individuals in a large database.
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German Spies "alarmed" Over Threat To Election From Fake News, Russians
An intelligence source told BuzzFeed News they fear 2017’s federal elections could see a repeat of the misinformation and hacking that disrupted the U.S. presidential race.
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Google Warns Journalists and Professors: Your Account Is nder Attack
A flurry of social media reports suggests a major hacking campaign has been uncovered.
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Telescope That 'ate Astronomy' Is on Track to Surpass Hubble
The next great space telescope spread its golden wings this month.
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Programmers Are Having a Huge Discussion About the nethical and Illegal Things They've Been Asked to Do
A response to a post that went viral, called "Code I’m Still Ashamed Of."
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Indium Selenide Takes on the Mantle of the New Wonder Material
Is there a research institute with a more distinguished pedigree in graphene research than the University of Manchester?
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President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
The 21 latest recipients of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom included Margaret Hamilton and Grace Hopper.
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New Quantum States For Better Quantum Memories
Researchers at Austria's Technical University of Wien, in collaboration with Japan's NTT, are moving toward new quantum memory concepts using nitrogen atoms and microwaves.
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Japan Aims For Superefficient Supercomputer By 2017
Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology plans to build a super-efficient supercomputer.