The Register (U.K.)
ACM A. M. Turing Award laureate Charles Antony ("Tony") Richard Hoare has died at the age of 92. Hoare is best known as the creator of the Quicksort algorithm, which he invented in 1959 and remains one of the fastest ways to sort data. Later, he devised Hoare logic, based on the Hoare triple, an important tool in reasoning about, and formally verifying, programs. He also published the Communicating Sequential Processes model, which guides how programming languages including Clojure, Erlang, and Go handle concurrent operations.
From "Quicksort Inventor Tony Hoare Dies at 92"
The Register (U.K.) (03/12/26) Liam Proven
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Computing (U.K.)
The U.K. has announced a coordinated set of initiatives to increase women’s participation in the technology sector and reduce the economic losses caused by female attrition. The package includes the £4-million (U.S.$5.3-million) TechFirst Women’s Program, which will fund at least 300 six-month paid tech placements. A pilot program will help experienced software developers return to the workforce after career breaks. Additional efforts focus on encouraging girls to pursue technology through coding competitions and addressing gender bias in emerging technologies like AI through the Women in Tech Taskforce.
From "U.K. Announces Co-ordinated Intervention to Boost Female Tech Talent"
Computing (U.K.) (03/12/26) Penny Horwood
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CNN
Pro-Iran hackers claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Michigan-based medical device maker Stryker, causing a global network disruption. The company said no indication of ransomware or malware was found and believes the incident is contained. The attack affected Stryker’s Lifenet system, used by emergency responders to transmit patient data, prompting hospitals to switch to radio consultations.
From "Iran-Linked Hackers Claim Cyberattack on U.S. Medical Device Maker"
CNN (03/11/26) Sean Lyngaas
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Barron's
A coalition of technology researchers sued members of the Trump administration over a visa policy that has led to visa denials, detention, or deportation for foreign researchers and fact-checkers studying social media platforms. The lawsuit, filed by the nonpartisan Coalition for Independent Technology Research, argues the policy targets individuals working on misinformation, content moderation, and online safety, which threatens speech protections and academic research.
From "Tech Researchers Sue Over Visa Bans"
Barron's (03/09/26) Anuj Chopra
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36Kr (China)
In a new paper, ACM A.M. Turing Award laureate Yann LeCun and colleagues proposed a framework for the future development of artificial intelligence toward superhuman adaptable intelligence (SAI). The framework calls for new AI development goals that focus on the speed at which AI systems adapt to new tasks, rather than simply achieving human-level intelligence, and specialization over generalization. The researchers envision AI not as a universal model, but as a series of collaborative systems.
From "LeCun and Colleagues Propose SAI Framework"
36Kr (China) (03/09/26)
Reuters
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking public comments on a petition from Zoox, the autonomous vehicle unit of Amazon, to deploy steering-wheel-free robotaxis on U.S. roads. Zoox argues its purpose-built autonomous vehicles provide safety comparable to human-driven cars but require exemptions from federal safety standards designed for vehicles with human controls. NHTSA last year said it was streamlining reviews of requests filed by automakers seeking to deploy self-driving vehicles without required human controls.
From "U.S. Seeks Comment on Petition to Deploy Steering-Wheel-Free Robotaxis"
Reuters (03/10/26) David Shepardson
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