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The demise of Cambridge Analytica this week may bring a fleeting sense of relief to those worried about personal data being used to shape how they vote, or even...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | May 7, 2018
One day in the summer of 2003, Shawn Carpenter, a security analyst in New Mexico, went to Florida on a secret mission. Carpenter, then thirty-five, worked at Sandia...The New Yorker From ACM Careers | May 4, 2018
A coalition of Silicon Valley tech giants has doubled down on its criticism of encryption backdoors following a proposal that would give law enforcement access...ZDNet From ACM News | May 4, 2018
Last week, Amazon announced a change to an Amazon Web Service designed specifically to end the use of domain fronting—the exploitation of a content delivery network's...Ars Technica From ACM Careers | May 4, 2018
Should technologists prevent their tools from being used to wage war? This question was answered with a furious yes at Google recently, when more than 3,000 employees ...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 4, 2018
With all the controversy, scrutiny, and international regulation randomized video game loot boxes are facing these days, you might think the practice of charging...Ars Technica From ACM Careers | May 3, 2018
The Trump administration is considering strict measures to block Chinese citizens from performing sensitive research at American universities and research institutes...The New York Times From ACM Careers | May 1, 2018
Frustrated by the reinforcement of sexist ideas by subservient bots with female personas, Kriti Sharma has created a gender-neutral personal finance assistant.
...The Times of India From ACM Careers | April 30, 2018
A spokesman for Iran's judiciary has confirmed that Abbas Edalat, a British-Iranian academic, has been arrested on security charges.
BBC News From ACM Careers | April 30, 2018
Abbas Edalat, a professor of computer science and mathematics at Imperial College London and a political activist, has been arrested by Iran's Revolutionary Guards...The Guardian From ACM Careers | April 26, 2018
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will change how companies and individuals collect, store and share data.
BBC News From ACM News | April 25, 2018
On a fall day in 1999, in the heart of Silicon Valley, I arrived at a two-story, L-shaped structure off the 101 freeway. It was young Google's headquarters, and...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 24, 2018
Now, as a trade war with the United States looms, a government decision to accelerate the development of the domestic chip industry underlines how far those goals...Reuters From ACM Careers | April 24, 2018
When Snap went public last year, it sold 200 million shares; none of them carried any voting rights. When Spotify went public earlier this month, it raised no money...Wired From ACM Careers | April 23, 2018
Spiky yellow and blue shapes begin to fill a screen that spans an entire wall in a lab at Imperial College London.
Technology Review From ACM Careers | April 20, 2018
The White House cybersecurity team is undergoing a major shuffle that former officials say could jeopardize the administration's efforts to develop cyber policy...The Hill From ACM Careers | April 19, 2018
On April 13, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom launched the largest barrage of cruise missiles since the opening of the Gulf War.
Ars Technica From ACM Careers | April 19, 2018
Iran banned government bodies on Wednesday from using the popular Telegram instant messaging app as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's office said his account...Reuters From ACM Careers | April 18, 2018