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
Multi-Algorithm Approach Helps Deliver Personalized Medicine for Cancer Patients
Researchers used ensemble-based machine learning algorithms to forecast patients' response to cancer-fighting drugs with high accuracy.
From ACM TechNews
AI Sheds Light on How the Brain Processes Language
Research by neuroscientists suggests the latest predictive language models' underlying mechanism functions similarly to the human brain's language-processing centers...
From ACM News
Robot Teams Win DARPA Subterranean Challenge
The teams behind the real and virtual robots named as winners shared a total of $5 million in prize money.
From ACM TechNews
3D-Printed Houses Sprouting Near Austin as Demand for Homes Grows
Two companies plan to start building the largest three-dimensionally (3D)-printed home community in the U.S. next year.
From ACM TechNews
Latest Russian Cyberattack Targeting Hundreds of U.S. Networks
Microsoft warns the Russia-based agency Nobelium has targeted hundreds of U.S. companies and organizations, in its latest cyberattack.
From ACM TechNews
Big Tech Talent War Threatens Kenya's Startups
Technology giants like Microsoft that have set up operations in Kenya are poaching talent from local startups.
From ACM TechNews
Improved Computer Simulation Can Build Faster, Cleaner, Cheaper Planes
Researchers have enhanced computer modeling to better predict the lift and drag of an airplane's structure, without slowing the speed of calculation.
From ACM TechNews
Imaging System Captures Text From Barely Open Books
A new imaging methodology developed by the University of Rochester's Gregory Heyworth and colleagues can capture text from extremely fragile books.
From ACM News
How to Fix Facebook, According to Facebook Employees
Internal research documents provide a blueprint for solving the company's biggest problems.
From ACM News
The Tech Industry is a 'Boys Club,' New Report Says
While women in tech have some optimism about the future of the industry, they're feeling the effects of being an underrepresented group.
From ACM News
Some Artists Found a Lifeline Selling NFTs. Others Worry It's a Trap
Artists are jumping into a market that will pay thousands for their work. But they're running into scams, environmental concerns, and crypto hype.
From ACM TechNews
NASA Challenges Students to Design Moon-Digging Robots
NASA's Lunabotics Junior Contest offers students in grades K-12 the opportunity to design lunar-excavating robots.
From ACM TechNews
Social Media, AI Can Measure Aesthetic Quality of Landscapes
Researchers used deep learning to develop a model that can factor people's aesthetic enjoyment of a landscape into ecosystem service assessments.
From ACM TechNews
A Way to Measure Tech Complexity
An international team of scientists developed a method of quantifying technological complexity through the measurement of fluid human actions.
From ACM News
Intel Falls as Outlook Shows Costly Path to Regain Dominance
Datacenter unit sales decline from major cloud providers.
From ACM News
How AI Could Solve Supply Chain Shortages and Save Christmas
Just-in-time shipping is dead. Long live supply chains stress-tested with AI digital twins.
From ACM News
AI and Sustainability: Where Are We and What's Next?
Researchers are exchanging views and proposing solutions as questions around AI's environmental impact become more urgent.
From ACM News
Facebook Wrestles With the Features It Used to Define Social Networking
Likes and shares made the social media site what it is. Now, company documents show, it's struggling to deal with their effects.
From ACM News
Facebook Whistleblower Documents Offer New Revelations about Jan. 6 Response
A congressional staffer provided the redacted documents to news outlets.
From ACM TechNews