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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.


Remembering Valérie Issarny
From Communications of the ACM

Remembering Valérie Issarny

Computer scientist Valérie Issarny, a director of research at France's National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology and chair of the ACM Europe...

GLOM: Teaching Computers to See the Way(s) We Do
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GLOM: Teaching Computers to See the Way(s) We Do

Geoffrey Hinton wants to design neural networks so they have different ways of seeing the same thing.

The Economic Payoff of Federally Funded IT Research
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The Economic Payoff of Federally Funded IT Research

How basic IT research has yielded huge commercial benefits.

Autonomous Shipping Charts Its Course
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Autonomous Shipping Charts Its Course

The maritime industry wades into digitalization; will it float?

Using Crowdsourced Computing to Fight the Coronavirus
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Using Crowdsourced Computing to Fight the Coronavirus

Folding@Home is more powerful than the world’s top seven supercomputers combined.

The Evolution of Brick and Mortar
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The Evolution of Brick and Mortar

New technologies are transforming the future of in-person retail.

COBOL Programmers are Back In Demand. Seriously.
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COBOL Programmers are Back In Demand. Seriously.

States race to upgrade their legacy mainframe systems to meet the cascade of unemployment claims caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Shuttering of Corporate Datacenters
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The Shuttering of Corporate Datacenters

Datacenters are being decommissioned at a rapid pace.

Holding Algorithms Accountable
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Holding Algorithms Accountable

How can we battle algorithmic bias?

Head in the Clouds
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Head in the Clouds

Brain-computer interfaces, like so much else, may be migrating to the cloud.

An Emerging Threat, Hiding in Plain Sight
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An Emerging Threat, Hiding in Plain Sight

Steganography hides information, sometimes right before your eyes.

Crawling Inside Hard Drives
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Crawling Inside Hard Drives

Digital forensics seeks evidence in stored digital information; it's not as easy as it sounds.

Hijacking the CryptoMine
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Hijacking the CryptoMine

The lure of easy money leads to explosive growth in cryptojacking.

Pressure Building for Rules of Engagement for Cyberwarfare
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Pressure Building for Rules of Engagement for Cyberwarfare

The call for an international legal framework governing cyberwarfare is gaining momentum.

The Rise of Spintronics
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The Rise of Spintronics

A technology that could supplant standard silicon transistors as Moore's Law approaches its physical limits is based on devices that work by manipulating the spin...

Into the Breach
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Into the Breach

Cyber ratings firms help companies evaluate the risks of doing business.

Getting Past The Ad Blockers
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Getting Past The Ad Blockers

Online consumers use software to block ads; online advertisers can pay to be whitelisted by some ad-blocking software.

You Can Hear the Future Calling
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You Can Hear the Future Calling

Hearables are not your father’s earphones, limited to taking calls and listening to music.

Anticipating Computational Fashion
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Anticipating Computational Fashion

Wearable technologies are poised to move beyond the wrist.

Google’s Project Zero Aims to 'improve Security Across the Internet'
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Google’s Project Zero Aims to 'improve Security Across the Internet'

Google has assembled 'the best practically-minded security researchers' to 'significantly reduce the number of people harmed by targeted attacks.'
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