Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Inventors of the Internet Are Trying to Build a Truly Permanent Web
Today, much of the responsibility for preserving the web’s history rests on The Internet Archive.
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Smile, You're in the Fbi Face-Recognition Database
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has access to as many as 411.9 million images as part of its face-recognition database.
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Tech Culture Still Pushing Out Women, Study Finds
Social dynamics and "culture fit" are a key reason why female engineers tend to leave the profession sooner than men, according to a new study.
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Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury
High-speed internet service can be defined as a utility, a federal court has ruled in a sweeping decision clearing the way for more rigorous policing of broadband...
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The Quest to Make Code Work Like Biology Just Took A Big Step
In the early 1970s, at Silicon Valley's Xerox PARC, Alan Kay envisioned computer software as something akin to a biological system, a vast collection of small cells...
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How Intel Makes a Chip
Before entering the cleanroom in D1D, as Intel calls its 17 million-cubic-foot microprocessor factory in Hillsboro, Oregon, it's a good idea to carefully wash your...
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Icann Endorses Plan to Cede Internet Oversight
The U.S. government has endorsed a plan to cede its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to the broader online community.
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A Russian Cybersleuth Battles the 'dark Ages' of the Internet
A sense of menace stirs right off the elevator on the fifth floor of Kaspersky Lab's Moscow headquarters, where a small television screen displays cyberthreatsa...
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Why the World Hates Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is the new Rome. As in the time of Caesar, the world is grappling with an advanced city-state dominating much of the planet, injecting its technology...
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Silicon Fingerprint on Chips Could Make Any Gadget Unhackable
Has your bank recently sent you a credit or debit card with a chip in it? If so, you may now be in possession of a little piece of tech that is quietly helping...
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How to Keep the Internet Free and Open
The U.S. has long held a minimal oversight role over the Internet. It's time for that to end.
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Why the Economic Payoff From Technology Is So Elusive
Your smartphone allows you to get almost instantaneous answers to the most obscure questions. It also allows you to waste hours scrolling through Facebook or looking...
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All-Female Team to Lead Association For Computing Machinery
ACM has announced its board of directors for the first time will be completely female.
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Push For Encryption Law Falters Despite Apple Case Spotlight
After a rampage that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, key U.S. lawmakers pledged to seek a law requiring technology companies to give law enforcement agencies...
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Checklist of Worst-Case Scenarios Could Help Prepare For Evil AI
University of Louisville researcher Roman Yampolskiy and hacktivist Federico Pistono are examining worst-case scenarios for a potential malevolent artificial intelligence...
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How the Constant Threat of War Shaped Israel's Tech Industry
Unit 8200 is Israel's most mysterious agency. No one outside knows exactly how it operates, who works there, or how they learn.
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Face Recognition App Taking Russia By Storm May Bring End to Public Anonymity
If the founders of a new face recognition app get their way, anonymity in public could soon be a thing of the past.
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China's Scary Lesson to the World: Censoring the Internet Works.
First there was the Berlin Wall. Now there is the Great Firewall of China, not a physical barrier preventing people from leaving, but a virtual one, preventing...
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The Key to Privacy
40 years ago, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman introduced the public key cryptography used to secure today's online transactions.
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