On vacation in China earlier this month, I stopped by Shanghai's seven-story downtown "Book City," bustling with activity on a weekday afternoon that, as a publisher...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | November 28, 2012
Tech has always played a prominent role in the Bond franchise; it's a key element of the plot formula: Bond opens with a chase scene, the core mission is revealed...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | November 16, 2012
The question of what happens when machines get to be as intelligent as and even more intelligent than people seems to occupy many science-fiction writers.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | October 26, 2012
In April of 2010, Eric Schmidt delivered the keynote address at the conference of the American Society of News Editors in Washington, D.C. During the talk, thearticulate...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 24, 2012
The near-term future of phones is fairly well-established. The iPhone 5 was released Wednesday and its similarity to every Apple phone since 2007 serves as a reminder...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 14, 2012
Recently, while sitting as a trial judge, I dismissed a case in which Apple and Motorola had sued each other for alleged infringement of patents for components...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | July 16, 2012
In the late 1980s, decades before the term "social media" existed, in a now legendary and miraculously still living virtual community called "The WELL," a fellow...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | July 9, 2012
In the last week or so, cyberwarfare has made front-page news: the United States may have been behind the Stuxnet cyberattack on Iran; Iran may have suffered another...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | June 6, 2012
In 1984, Yale sociologist Charles Perrow published his classic book, Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies. The odd term, "normal accident," Perrow...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 22, 2012
Footnotes—or endnotes, or just notes; whatever you want to call them—are a problem. They're a problem for writers and a problem for readers and a problem for typesetters...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 13, 2012
Evi, the Siri knockoff that got attention last week for looking too much like Siri, has beendownloaded over 200,000 times, leading us to believe that this one might...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | February 28, 2012
The data revolution has turned customers into unwitting business consultants, as our purchases and searches are tracked to improve everything from Web sites to...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | November 23, 2011