Communications of the ACM
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November 2018
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The Vulnerabilities of Our Voting Machines
A few weeks ago computer scientist J. Alex Halderman rolled an electronic voting machine onto a Massachusetts Institute of Technology stage and demonstrated how simple it is to hack an election.
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Kai-Fu Lee Says .S. Tech Companies Aren't Ready for Chinese AI
The chairman and chief executive officer ofSinovation Ventures says America's technology industry can't afford to underestimate the artificial intelligence companies he's funding in China.
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The Internet Will Be the Death of s
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The EU's Controversial Digital Single Market Directive
Should copyright enforcement have precedence over the interests of users in information privacy and fundamental freedoms?
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The Big Picture
A systems-oriented view of trustworthiness.
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How Machine Learning Impacts the Undergraduate Computing Curriculum
The growing importance of machine learning creates challenging questions for computing education.
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Crude and Rude?
Old ways in the new oil business.
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Using Any Surface to Realize a New Paradigm for Wireless Communications
Programmable wireless environments use unique customizable software processes rather than traditional rigid channel models.