Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM TechNews
New tsa Study Describes Method to Detect Dishonesty Online
A new study describes a method for detecting people dishonestly posting online content across multiple accounts.
From ACM Careers
The Stakes Are Rising in Google's Antitrust Fight With Europe
Google is locked in a six-year battle with Europe's antitrust officials. And the stakes for both sides are getting higher.
From ACM TechNews
You Are Less Anonymous on the Web Than You Think--Much Less
A user's anonymous browsing history, tweets, emails, and cookies can be used to piece together their identity.
From ACM News
Your Home's Online Gadgets Could Be Hacked By ltrasound
This may have happened to you. You idly browse a pair of shoes online one morning, and for the rest of the week, those shoes follow you across the Internet, appearing...
From ACM News
Google Teaches 'ais' to Invent Their Own Crypto and Avoid Eavesdropping
Google Brain has created two artificial intelligences that evolved their own cryptographic algorithm to protect their messages from a third AI, which was trying...
From ACM TechNews
Precise Quantum Cloning: Possible Pathway to Secure Communication
Researchers from The Australian National University and University of Queensland have produced near-perfect clones of quantum information.
From ACM TechNews
Computer Scientist Ross Tate Working to Tame Java 'wildcards'
Cornell University professor Ross Tate has discovered that the Java programming language, designed to be safe, is actually quite insecure.
From ACM News
The FCC Just Passed Sweeping New Rules to Protect Your Online Privacy
Federal officials delivered a landmark ruling in favor of online privacy Thursday, limiting how Internet providers use and sell customer data, while asserting that...
From ACM News
Your Dvr Didn't Take Down the Internet, Yet
Last week ended with a mid-level internet catastrophe. You may have noticed that for most of Friday popular sites like Netflix, Twitter, Spotify (and yes, WIRED)...
From ACM TechNews
Massive Cyberattack Poses Policy Dilemma, Stanford Scholar Says
Last week's cyberattack that affected several prominent websites reveals weaknesses in the Internet of Things that need to be addressed.
From ACM News
Twitter's 'firehose' of Tweets Is Incredibly Valuable, and Just as Dangerous
There are half a billion tweets a day. For the company, they’re sellable data. For despots, they’re a great way to hunt dissidents.
From ACM TechNews
The Pentagon's 'terminator Conundrum': Robots That Could Kill on Their Own
The Pentagon has made artificial intelligence the core of its agenda to maintain the U.S. position as the world's leading military power.
From ACM TechNews
Study Finds 'lurking Malice' in Cloud Hosting Services
Up to 10% of the repositories held by cloud hosting services have been compromised, according to a newly released study.
From ACM News
The Pentagon's 'terminator Conundrum': Robots That Could Kill on Their Own
The small drone, with its six whirring rotors, swept past the replica of a Middle Eastern village and closed in on a mosque-like structure, its camera scanning...
From ACM TechNews
Creating 3D Hands to Keep S Safe and Increase Security
Researchers say without a lifelike three-dimensional model to test and calibrate fingerprint scanners, there is no consistent way to determine their accuracy.
From ACM TechNews
Typing While Skyping Could Compromise Privacy
Researchers have found a security breach in which keystroke sounds can be recorded during a Skype voice or video call and later reassembled as text.
From ACM News
Webcams sed to Attack Reddit and Twitter Recalled
Chinese electronics firm Hangzhou Xiongmai issued the recall soon after its cameras were identified as aiding the massive web attacks.
From ACM TechNews
Designing the Future Internet
Connecting many smart objects to the Internet will result in an enormous boost in online traffic, which one researcher aims to make manageable with a network redesign...
From ACM TechNews
Here's How Young People Decide When They're Drunk 'enough,' According to Math
Mathematical models developed by engineers at Ohio State University have enabled colleagues to explain the factors that drive alcohol consumption among young people...
From ACM News