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Meet Your New Corporate Office Mate: A 'Brainless' Robot
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Meet Your New Corporate Office Mate: A 'Brainless' Robot

Naver, a South Korean Internet firm, is trying to introduce robots into the world of cubicles and conference rooms without making employees uncomfortable.

Quantum Computers and the Universe
From Communications of the ACM

Quantum Computers and the Universe

Ideas for quantum computing change the way we think about space and time.

Swarm Robotics Moves Forward
From Communications of the ACM

Swarm Robotics Moves Forward

Drawing inspiration from nature to enable complex behaviors.

Preserving the Past with Immersive Technologies
From Communications of the ACM

Preserving the Past with Immersive Technologies

Digital technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and holograms allow museums and other institutions to preserve historical events and tell stories...

Experimental Wearable Pops Its Top to Send Drowning Alerts
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Experimental Wearable Pops Its Top to Send Drowning Alerts

An experimental device under development by scientists at Australia's Macquarie University is designed to alert lifeguards when its wearer is drowning.

Chip Sandwich Pushes Boundaries of Computing, Data Transmission Efficiency
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Chip Sandwich Pushes Boundaries of Computing, Data Transmission Efficiency

Engineers have developed an ultrafast electronic/photonic chip sandwich that generates minimal heat.

Quantum Computers Vulnerable to Eavesdropping Hackers
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Quantum Computers Vulnerable to Eavesdropping Hackers

Allen Mi and colleagues at Yale University warn that even carefully wiping quantum computers of data would not thwart its theft by hackers.

The World Generates So Much Data that New Unit Measurements Were Created to Keep Up
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The World Generates So Much Data that New Unit Measurements Were Created to Keep Up

The new prefixes come at a time when scientists and industries are dealing with data that need measurements going beyond the current range.

AI is Solving Classical Computing's Quantum Problem
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AI is Solving Classical Computing's Quantum Problem

Quantum computers, once thought to be "superior" to classical computers, increasingly are being seen as yet another accelerator for specialized problems, according...

Hackers Strand Vanuatu's Government
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Hackers Strand Vanuatu's Government

A suspected cyberattack has disabled the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu's government since November 4.

Skin-Like Electronics Could Monitor Health Continuously
From ACM TechNews

Skin-Like Electronics Could Monitor Health Continuously

Scientists are developing flexible wearable electronics that can monitor the wearer's health.

AI Is Better at Answering Questions if You Get Another AI to Ask Them
From ACM TechNews

AI Is Better at Answering Questions if You Get Another AI to Ask Them

An artificial intelligence (AI) model that makes suggestions to another AI generates results as good as if they were prompts from people.

Bowers CIS Community Celebrates Life of Juris Hartmanis
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Bowers CIS Community Celebrates Life of Juris Hartmanis

A dozen colleagues spoke about Hartmanis' significant contributions to the field of computer science.

A Tribute to Valérie Issarny
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A Tribute to Valérie Issarny

Valérie Issarny, a director of research at France's National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria), passed away on November 12.

Can You Tell Whether This Headline Was Written by a Robot?
From ACM News

Can You Tell Whether This Headline Was Written by a Robot?

Not this time, but artificial intelligence is churning out articles, illustrations, fake product reviews and even videos.

Low-Cost Robot Ready for Any Obstacle
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Low-Cost Robot Ready for Any Obstacle

Scientists have enabled a low-cost and relatively small legged robot to adapt to obstacles.

Tuvalu Turns to Metaverse as Rising Seas Threaten Existence
From ACM TechNews

Tuvalu Turns to Metaverse as Rising Seas Threaten Existence

The Pacific island-nation of Tuvalu intends to replicate itself in the metaverse, to preserve its history and culture amid threatened submersion by rising sea levels...

Deepfake Detector Can Spot Real/Fake Video from Blood Flow
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Deepfake Detector Can Spot Real/Fake Video from Blood Flow

Semiconductor giant Intel claims its FakeCatcher technology can detect whether videos are genuine or deepfakes with 96% accuracy in real time.

2022 ACM Gordon Bell Prize Awarded to International Team for Particle-In-Cell Simulations on Exascale-class Supercomputers
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2022 ACM Gordon Bell Prize Awarded to International Team for Particle-In-Cell Simulations on Exascale-class Supercomputers

The international team demonstrated a groundbreaking mesh refinement capability.

Is This the Best Drone Racer in the World?
From ACM News

Is This the Best Drone Racer in the World?

MinChan Kim, 18, is the pilot to watch when the Drone Racing League returns to NBC Sports this weekend.
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