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 System Allows For High-Accuracy, Through-Wall, 3D Motion Tracking
WiTrack is a new a three-dimensional (3D) motion-tracking technology that uses radio signals to track a person through walls and other obstacles.
From ACM TechNews
Arms Deal Sets Limits on Cyber Technologies
Additions to the Wassenaar Arrangement will require technology companies to get permission from governments to sell a range of security and surveillance software...
From ACM News
Judge's Word on Nsa Program Won't Be the Last
A federal judge made headlines Monday by declaring that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of millions of Americans' telephone records is likely unconstitutional...
From ACM News
Officials Say .s. May Never Know Extent of Snowden's Leaks
American intelligence and law enforcement investigators have concluded that they may never know the entirety of what the former National Security Agency contractor...
From ACM TechNews
By Cracking Cellphone Code, Nsa Has Capacity For Decoding Private Conversations
The U.S. National Security Agency is able to crack the A5/1 encryption technology used on most cellphones worldwide.
From ACM TechNews
Physical Keys Could Take Away the Pain of Passwords
Technology companies are experimenting with physical keys to take the place of passwords.
From ACM News
Show S a Better Way Than Collecting Metadata, Nsa Director Says to Critics
Critics of the U.S. National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. residents' telephone records should offer a better way to track terrorists and protect the...
From ACM News
Bots Now 'account For 61% of Web Traffic'
If you are visiting this page the chances are that you are not a human, at least according to research.
From ACM News
Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She's A Robot
The phone call came from a charming woman with a bright, engaging voice to the cell phone of a TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer.
From ACM News
New System Allows For High-Accuracy, Through-Wall, 3D Motion Tracking
Imagine playing a video game like Call of Duty or Battlefield and having the ability to lead your virtual army unit while moving freely throughout your house.
From ACM Opinion
Edward Snowden, The Dark Prophet
To avoid surveillance, the first four Americans to visit Edward Snowden in Moscow carried no cell phones or laptops.
From ACM News
Inside the Effort to Kill a Web Fraud 'botnet'
For months, investigators at Microsoft Corp. hunkered down in front of their computer monitors, patiently stalking the shadowy figures behind what the company says...
From ACM News
China Bitcoin Arbitrage Ends As Traders Work Around Capital Controls
The price gap between bitcoins trading in Chinese yuan and those sold for other currencies has evaporated in recent days, highlighting the porous nature of China's...
From ACM TechNews
Crackdown Successfully Reduces Spam
Two Google security researchers report that a pair of authentication standards designed to help combat spam and phishing attacks are being widely adopted.
From ACM TechNews
Nsa ses Google Cookies to Pinpoint Targets For Hacking
Documents released by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden indicate the agency uses Internet cookies to hack indivuals' computers.
From ACM News
The Brilliant Hack That Brought Foursquare Back From the Dead
Dennis Crowley thought his 13-year dream might never come true.
From ACM News
Fbi's Search For 'mo,' Suspect in Bomb Threats, Highlights se of Malware For Surveillance
The man who called himself "Mo" had dark hair, a foreign accent and—if the pictures he emailed to federal investigators could be believed—an Iranian military uniform...
From ACM News
World of Spycraft: Nsa and CIA Spied in Online Games
Not limiting their activities to the earthly realm, American and British spies have infiltrated the fantasy worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life, conducting...
From ACM TechNews
Tech Giants Issue Call For Limits on Government Surveillance of Users
Eight major technology companies on Monday called on the Obama administration and Congress to set limits on government surveillance activities.
From ACM News