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Google's New Service Translates Languages Almost as Well as Humans Can
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Google's New Service Translates Languages Almost as Well as Humans Can

Google's latest advance in machine learning could make the world a little smaller.

Programmable Chips Turning Azure Into a Supercomputing Powerhouse
From ACM News

Programmable Chips Turning Azure Into a Supercomputing Powerhouse

Microsoft is embarking on a major upgrade of its Azure systems.

Hacking, Cryptography, and the Countdown to Quantum Computing
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Hacking, Cryptography, and the Countdown to Quantum Computing

Given the recent ubiquity of cyber-scandals—Colin Powell’s stolen e-mails, Simone Biles's leaked medical records, half a billion plundered Yahoo accounts—you might...

Online Trackers Follow Our Digital Shadow By 'fingerprinting' Browsers, Devices
From ACM Opinion

Online Trackers Follow Our Digital Shadow By 'fingerprinting' Browsers, Devices

As we surf from website to website, we are being tracked—that's not news. What is news, revealed in a recent paper by researchers at Princeton University, is that...

Automated Screening For Childhood Communication Disorders
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Automated Screening For Childhood Communication Disorders

Researchers have used machine learning to develop a computer system that can automatically screen young children for speech and language disorders.  

Ibm and Mit Partner ­p to Create AI That ­nderstands Sight and Sound the Way We Do
From ACM TechNews

Ibm and Mit Partner ­p to Create AI That ­nderstands Sight and Sound the Way We Do

The new IBM-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Brain-inspired Multimedia Machine Comprehension will research computer vision and audition.  

A New 3d Viewer For Improved Digital Geoscience Mapping
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A New 3d Viewer For Improved Digital Geoscience Mapping

Researchers from Norway and the U.K. have collaborated on software designed for virtual model interpretation and visualization.

Hubble: Possible Water Plumes on Jupiter's Moon Europa
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Hubble: Possible Water Plumes on Jupiter's Moon Europa

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Building a Bionic Spine
From ACM News

Building a Bionic Spine

Australian neurologist Tom Oxley was on vacation in the US in November 2010 when he decided to do a bit of work.

Daring Chinese Telescope Is Poised to Transform Astronomy
From ACM News

Daring Chinese Telescope Is Poised to Transform Astronomy

Set in a remote natural depression in the mountainous region of Guizhou, China, the world's largest single-dish telescope is on the brink of sparking a new era...

Germany to Create World's First Highway Code For Driverless Cars
From ACM TechNews

Germany to Create World's First Highway Code For Driverless Cars

The first legal framework for autonomous vehicles was outlined in a recently proposed bill in Germany governing how such cars perform in potentially deadly crashes...

Vint Cerf's Dream Do-Over: 2 Ways He'd Make the Internet Different
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Vint Cerf's Dream Do-Over: 2 Ways He'd Make the Internet Different

Google chief Internet evangelist and former ACM president Vint Cerf said he would change a few things about the Internet's creation if he could do it over again...

A Single Migration From Africa Populated the World, Studies Find
From ACM News

A Single Migration From Africa Populated the World, Studies Find

Modern humans evolved in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago. But how did our species go on to populate the rest of the globe?

Google's Internet-Beaming Balloon Gets a New Pilot: AI
From ACM News

Google's Internet-Beaming Balloon Gets a New Pilot: AI

This summer, the Google X lab launched a balloon into the stratosphere over Peru, and it stayed there for 98 days.

Worldwide Brain-Mapping Project Sparks Excitement, and Concern
From ACM News

Worldwide Brain-Mapping Project Sparks Excitement, and Concern

Worries include how to coordinate research programs and resources from different countries.

We Have to Start Thinking About Cybersecurity in Space
From ACM TechNews

We Have to Start Thinking About Cybersecurity in Space

U.K.-based researchers are studying the cybersecurity of space-related technologies. 

Modern Technology ­nlocks Secrets of a Damaged Biblical Scroll
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Modern Technology ­nlocks Secrets of a Damaged Biblical Scroll

Biblical scholars in Israel used technology developed by University of Kentucky computer scientists to examine an ancient charred scroll virtually with a digital...

The Wikipedia Bots that Are Engaged in Spats that Never End
From ACM Careers

The Wikipedia Bots that Are Engaged in Spats that Never End

Is. Isn't. Is. Isn’t. Is. Isn't.

Tech Giants Team ­p to Fix Typography's Biggest Problem
From ACM News

Tech Giants Team ­p to Fix Typography's Biggest Problem

Fonts have a serious image problem.

Battling Algorithmic Bias
From Communications of the ACM

Battling Algorithmic Bias

How do we ensure algorithms treat us fairly?
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