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Lawmakers Want to Regulate That</a></li> <li><a href="#1308952" style="color: #196bad">U.S. Weather Agency to Preserve Research Websites</a></li> <li><a href="#1308941" style="color: #196bad">AI Bots Strain Wikimedia as Bandwidth Surges 50%</a></li> <li><a href="#1308887" style="color: #196bad">Critical Vulnerability Found in Canon Printer Drivers</a></li> <li><a href="#1308954" style="color: #196bad">Man Employs AI Avatar in Legal Appeal. Judge Not Amused</a></li> <li><a href="#1308870" style="color: #196bad">Microsoft Pulls Back on Datacenters</a></li> <li><a href="#1308703" style="color: #196bad">Companies Ignore Your Privacy Demands</a></li> <li><a href="#1308937" style="color: #196bad">Bloomberg Has a Rocky Start with AI Summaries</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308951"></a> <br> <img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/c3/images/attachments/225/wrightchris_011525gn09_w.jpg" alt="President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Energy Chris Wright" border="0" height="auto" style="width: 77%;">  <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308951"></a> <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5230334-trump-ai-data-centers/" target="_blank"><b>U.S. Plans to Build AI Datacenters on Federal Land</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c">Sixteen sites have been identified for the development of AI datacenters on land owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). “The global race for AI dominance is the next Manhattan project,” Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said Thursday. “With today’s action, the DOE is taking important steps to leverage our domestic resources to power the AI revolution."<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5230334-trump-ai-data-centers/" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5230334-trump-ai-data-centers/" target="_blank" ></a> </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>The Hill<span style="color:#666666">; Ashleigh Fields (April 3, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308947"></a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308947"></a> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/trumps-extends-tiktok-second-time.html" target="_blank"><b>Trump Extends TikTok Deadline for Second Time</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c">U.S. President Trump on Friday again extended a deadline requiring China's ByteDance to sell the U.S. operations of TikTok or face an effective ban in the country. Trump said the TikTok deal “requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed.” The latest extension pushes TikTok’s deadline to mid-June. ByteDance was facing an April 5 deadline to sell TikTok under a national security law signed by former U.S. President Biden last year. The original deadline was Jan. 19, but a Trump executive order gave the company 75 more days.<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/trumps-extends-tiktok-second-time.html" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/trumps-extends-tiktok-second-time.html" target="_blank" ></a> </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>CNBC<span style="color:#666666">; Jonathan Vanian (April 4, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308955"></a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308955"></a> <a href="https://executivegov.com/2025/04/darpa-quantum-computer-development-project-entries/" target="_blank"><b>DARPA Picks Firms for Quantum Computer Development</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c"><img align="right" alt="" height="105" src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/acm_TechNews/images/thumbnails/darpa-logo_1200x628-1.png" style="margin-left:20px; margin-right:20px" width="200" />The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen the first 15 companies for the initial stage of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), launched in July to explore the feasibility of building an industrial quantum computer within a decade. The companies were chosen after a team of U.S. quantum experts screened all the proposers’ written abstracts and oral presentations, QBI's Joe Altepeter said.<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://executivegov.com/2025/04/darpa-quantum-computer-development-project-entries/" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://executivegov.com/2025/04/darpa-quantum-computer-development-project-entries/" target="_blank" ></a> </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>ExecutiveGov<span style="color:#666666">; Arthur McMiler (April 4, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308940"></a> <br> <img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/c3/images/attachments/225/imrs(21).jpg" alt="Kids are talking to ‘AI companions" border="0" height="auto" style="width: 77%;">  <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308940"></a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/01/ai-companions-kids-ca-ny-bill-ban/" target="_blank"><b>Kids Are Talking to 'AI Companions.' Lawmakers Want to Regulate That</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c">At least three bills under consideration in California aim to limit how "AI companion bots" can interact with minors. S.B. 243 would impose restrictions on addictive design features in AI companion bots, implementing protocols for handling discussions about self-harm or suicide, requiring the makers of these bots to undergo regular compliance audits, and allowing users to sue if they suffer harm due to a company's failure to comply. The other bills would ban AI companions for those age 16 and younger, and establish a statewide standards board to assess and regulate AI tools for minors.<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/01/ai-companions-kids-ca-ny-bill-ban/" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/01/ai-companions-kids-ca-ny-bill-ban/" target="_blank" ></a>*May Require Paid Registration </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>The Washington Post<span style="color:#666666">; Will Oremus; Andrea Jiménez (April 1, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308952"></a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308952"></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/us-weather-agency-to-preserve-research-websites-in-reversal?sref=db2f3qgr" target="_blank"><b>U.S. Weather Agency to Preserve Research Websites</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c"><img align="right" alt="" height="120" src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/acm_TechNews/images/thumbnails/NOAA_logo.svg.png" style="margin-left:20px; margin-right:20px" width="119" />The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) will preserve access to websites tied to its research division, after previously moving to cancel a cloud Web services contract that supports many of its pages. The service contract for NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research was set to terminate, jeopardizing access to most of the office’s public-facing websites. “There will be no interruption in service,” the NOAA said last week. “All NOAA Research sites will remain online.”<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/us-weather-agency-to-preserve-research-websites-in-reversal?sref=db2f3qgr" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/us-weather-agency-to-preserve-research-websites-in-reversal?sref=db2f3qgr" target="_blank" ></a> </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>Bloomberg<span style="color:#666666">; Lauren Rosenthal (April 4, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308941"></a> <br> <img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/c3/images/attachments/225/robot_library_3.jpg" alt=""Little Tech" launches new policy coalition" border="0" height="auto" style="width: 77%;">  <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308941"></a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/04/ai-bots-strain-wikimedia-as-bandwidth-surges-50/" target="_blank"><b>AI Bots Strain Wikimedia as Bandwidth Surges 50%</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c">The Wikimedia Foundation reported a 50% jump in bandwidth used for downloading multimedia content since January 2024, which it attributed to automated bots scraping data to train large language models. These bots account for only 35% of total pageviews, but 65% of the costliest requests to its core infrastructure. The resulting traffic surges are straining Wikimedia's Site Reliability team, code review tools, and bug trackers.<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/04/ai-bots-strain-wikimedia-as-bandwidth-surges-50/" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/04/ai-bots-strain-wikimedia-as-bandwidth-surges-50/" target="_blank" ></a> </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>Ars Technica<span style="color:#666666">; Benj Edwards (April 2, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308887"></a> <br> <img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/c3/images/attachments/225/printer-e1739788153697.jpg" alt="Critical Vulnerability Found in Canon Printer Drivers" border="0" height="auto" style="width: 77%;">  <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308887"></a> <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-found-in-canon-printer-drivers/" target="_blank"><b>Critical Vulnerability Found in Canon Printer Drivers</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c">Canon recently published an advisory that said drivers associated with several of its production printers, office multifunction printers, and laser printers were affected by an out-of-bounds vulnerability. The security hole is tracked as CVE-2025-1268 and it has a CVSS severity score of 9.4. Canon told users exploitation of the vulnerability can allow an attacker to prevent printing or potentially execute arbitrary code “when the print is processed by a malicious application."<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-found-in-canon-printer-drivers/" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-found-in-canon-printer-drivers/" target="_blank" ></a> </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>Security Week<span style="color:#666666">; Eduard Kovacs (April 4, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308954"></a> <br> <img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/c3/images/attachments/225/04met-ai-lawyer-jwlm-superJumbo.jpg" alt="New York judges hearing Jerome Dewald’s appeal " border="0" height="auto" style="width: 77%;">  <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308954"></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/nyregion/ai-lawyer-replica-new-york.html" target="_blank"><b>Man Employs AI Avatar in Legal Appeal. Judge Not Amused</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c">Jerome Dewald deployed an AI-trained digital avatar in a video he was allowed to show a panel of New York State judges to argue for a reversal of a lower court’s decision in his dispute with a former employer. When a judge asked whether a man in the video was his attorney, Dewald responded, “I generated that.” The judge said that she didn't "appreciate being misled,” before ordering the video turned off.<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/nyregion/ai-lawyer-replica-new-york.html" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/nyregion/ai-lawyer-replica-new-york.html" target="_blank" ></a>*May Require Paid Registration </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>The New York Times<span style="color:#666666">; Shayla Colon (April 4, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308870"></a> <br> <img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/c3/images/attachments/225/1800x120110.jpg" alt="The construction site of the Docklands Data Centre Campus in London" border="0" height="auto" style="width: 77%;">  <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308870"></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/microsoft-pulls-back-on-data-centers-from-chicago-to-jakarta" target="_blank"><b>Microsoft Pulls Back on Datacenters</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c">Microsoft has pulled back on datacenter projects worldwide, suggesting the company is wary of expanding its cloud computing infrastructure too rapidly. According to sources, the tech giant has halted talks or delayed development of sites for datacenters in the U.K., Indonesia, and Australia, as well as the U.S.<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/microsoft-pulls-back-on-data-centers-from-chicago-to-jakarta" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/microsoft-pulls-back-on-data-centers-from-chicago-to-jakarta" target="_blank" ></a>*May Require Paid Registration </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>Bloomberg<span style="color:#666666"> (April 3, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308703"></a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308703"></a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/01/data-privacy-laws-ignoring/" target="_blank"><b>Companies Ignore Your Privacy Demands</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c">Consumer Reports researchers found that companies may not be complying with state laws allowing residents to opt out of letting websites sell or share their personal information. 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Despite opting out, the researchers still saw highly targeted ads on at least 12 of 40 relatively well-known websites.<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/01/data-privacy-laws-ignoring/" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/01/data-privacy-laws-ignoring/" target="_blank" ></a>*May Require Paid Registration </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>The Washington Post<span style="color:#666666">; Shira Ovide (April 1, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;" class="mobilePadding" align="left"> <div class="desktopFontSize" style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.23;"> <a name="1308937"></a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: #005985; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px;">  <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;"> <a name="1308937"></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/business/media/bloomberg-ai-summaries.html" target="_blank"><b>Bloomberg Has a Rocky Start with AI Summaries</b></a> </div>  </span> <span style="font-size:14x;font-family:verdana;line-height:1.3;color:#2c2c2c">Bloomberg has corrected at least three dozen AI-generated summaries of articles published this year. 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Bloomberg said that "currently 99% of AI summaries meet our editorial standards," adding that the AI summaries are “meant to complement our journalism, not replace it.”<br /></span> [ <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#005985;">»</span> <a style="font-size:14px;" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/business/media/bloomberg-ai-summaries.html" target="_blank" >Read full article</a> <span class="desktopFontSize" style="color: crimson; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/business/media/bloomberg-ai-summaries.html" target="_blank" ></a>*May Require Paid Registration </span> ] <div style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;"> <i>The New York Times<span style="color:#666666">; Katie Robertson (April 3, 2025)</span></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  <div aria-labelledby="mj-column-per-26" class="mj-column-per-26" style="vertical-align:top;display:inline-block;font-size:16px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="word-break:break-word;padding:10px 0px 10px 12px" class="mobilePadding" align="center"> <div style="cursor:auto;color:#000;font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align: center;"> <center> <a href="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/c1/sponsors/stats/CountClicks.cfm?spid=104691&c=27839" target="_blank" ><img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/c1/sponsors/ads/Skyscraper_Slayton.jpg" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Democratizing Cryptography: The Work of Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman" /></a> <div style="height: 15px;"> </div> </center> <center> <a href="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/c1/sponsors/stats/CountClicks.cfm?spid=104691&c=22643" target="_blank" ><img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/c1/sponsors/ads/acm160insurance1.gif" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="ACM Insurance for Members" /></a> <div style="height: 15px;"> </div> </center> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/ACM-Association-for-Computing-Machinery/17927643151?ref=ts" target="_blank"><img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/acm_technews/images/sm_facebook.png" style="width:22%;" width="22%" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="0"></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=36836" target="_blank"><img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/acm_technews/images/sm_linkedin.png" style="width:22%;" width="22%" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="0"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheOfficialACM" target="_blank"><img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/acm_technews/images/sm_twitter.png" style="width:22%;" width="22%" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="0"></a> <a href="https://rss.acm.org/technews/technews.xml" target="_blank"><img src="https://news.content.smithbucklin.com/acm_technews/images/sm_rss.png" style="width:22%;" width="22%" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="0"></a><br>  <table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="desktopFontSize" style="font-size:16px; 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