A barista gets burned at work, buys first-aid cream at Target, and later that day sees a Facebook ad for the same product.
The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2018
A couple of months ago, I made a small tweak to my Twitter account that has changed my experience of the platform.
The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 6, 2018
It might be nice for Democrats and #NeverTrumpers to believe that Russia's troll factory brought Donald Trump the 2016 Presidential Election.
The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | February 22, 2018
It was a very strange year for technology companies. They have become a "bipartisan whipping boy," a new sexist institution, responsible for the muddying of the...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | January 5, 2018
When i brought the robot home from the Apple Store, I knew I was inviting a new kind of strangeness into our lives.
The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | November 7, 2017
Later today, executives from Facebook, Google, and Twitter will go before the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify about the ways that Russian operatives used...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | October 31, 2017
In the media world, as in so many other realms, there is a sharp discontinuity in the timeline: before the 2016 election, and after.
The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | October 12, 2017
Many questions remain about the ads purchased by Russian-linked accounts during the 2016 presidential election.
The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 26, 2017
Suddenly, everything is a computer. Phones, of course, and televisions. Also toasters and door locks, baby monitors and juicers, doorbells and gas grills. Even ...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 14, 2017
When I saw that Google had introduced a "Classic Papers" section of Google Scholar, its search tool for academic journals, I couldn't help but stroke my chin professorially...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | June 27, 2017
I have a vivid, recurring dream. I climb the stairs in my parents' house to see my old bedroom. In the back corner, I hear a faint humming.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | November 4, 2016
The self-driving car's greatest promise is that it will buy its passengers that most precious and finite of resources: time.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | October 13, 2016
More than a decade ago, the keynote speaker at a major annual cybersecurity conference strode into the spotlight and predicted the death of the password.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | June 9, 2016