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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Meet The Army’s Future Family Of Robot Tanks: RCV
The U.S. Army has outlined draft objectives for a range of Robotic Combat Vehicles.
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Magnetic Spray Transforms Objects Into Insect-Scale Robots for Biomedical Applications
Driven by a magnetic field, the coated objects can crawl, walk, or roll on different surfaces.
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When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks 'Official.' A Woman? 'Smile'
New research renews concerns about bias in image recognition services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.
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AI Research Finds 'Compute Divide' Concentrates Power, Accelerates Inequality in Era of Deep Learning
An unequal distribution of compute power in academia is exacerbating inequality in deep learning, say researchers at Virginia Tech and Western University.
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Disaster Apps Share Personal Data in Violation of Their Privacy Policies
Popular disaster applications are violating their privacy policies by continuing to track users' whereabouts, or providing personal information to third parties...
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Schools Struggling to Stay Open Get Hit by Ransomware Attacks
Schools struggling to stay open during the Covid-19 pandemic are being targeted by ransomware, as hackers threaten to post sensitive student information online....
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Building a Better Traffic Forecasting Model
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to forecast large-scale traffic patterns with greater accuracy.
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The Role of LARPing in Computer Science Education
Live-action roleplaying (LARPing) could make computer science education more engaging and effective.
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'Extremely Aggressive' Internet Censorship Spreads in the World's Democracies
University of Michigan researchers used an automated censorship tracking system to demonstrate that online censorship is proliferating in even the freest countries...
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The FBI Buying 140 Robots to Handle Paper Records
The robots will glide along an overhead track, drop down at the right place, and retrieve whatever file or record is needed.
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Apple to Pay $113 Million to Settle State Investigation into iPhone 'Batterygate'
Investigators from 34 states and the District of Columbia, including Democratic and Republican attorneys general, joined the settlement.
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Employee Surveillance Software Demand Increased as Workers Transitioned to Home Working
A study by website Top10VPN found demand for employee surveillance software rose 55% in June 2020, compared to the average before the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Stretchable Sensor Gives Robots, VR a Human Touch
Cornell University researchers have developed a fiber-optic sensor that can be use in a stretchable skin to sense deformations like pressure, bending, and strain...
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'Most Secure' U.S. Election Not Without Problems
Although federal officials declared the 2020 presidential election the "most secure in American history," there were still technical problems.
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Meat Giant Tyson Girds for Virus Surge, Tracking Covid-19 with Algorithms
Tyson Foods CEO Dean Banks said the U.S. meatpacking company is using infection-tracking algorithms and employee testing to protect workers from a Covid-19 surge...
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Boston Dynamics Dog Robot Learns New Tricks on BP Oil Rig
Boston Dynamics is programming its "Spot" dog robot to read gauges, look for corrosion, construct maps, and detect methane leaks.
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Technologies for the Visually Impaired
The last decade has seen major advancements in technology for the blind and visually impaired, but problems remain.
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Softening Up Robots
Giving robots soft, artificial skin would enable them to work more closely with people.
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Tracking COVID, Discreetly
Tracing the contacts of those who come into contact with the coronavirus is not that simple.
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