Last month, Shelby Bonnie's iPad vanished from his carry-on bag somewhere at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after a red-eye flight from San Francisco...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 3, 2016
In America, surveillance has always played an outsized role in the relationship between creditors and debtors.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 3, 2016
Two years ago, at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York, I witnessed David Edwards receive what he claimed was the world's first transatlantic ...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | April 27, 2016
The Pacific Northwest tree octopus existed years before Wikipedia was founded. I’m using "existed" loosely here, of course, because there's no such thing as a Pacific...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | April 27, 2016
Examining the institutions underlying the patent system for information and communication technologies.Wen Wen, Chris Forman From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2016
Last month, WhatsApp, the hugely popular messaging service that Facebook owns, made end-to-end encryption the default for its 1 billion users. On Tuesday, Viber...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 21, 2016
In 2011, developer and researcher Alexandra Elbakyan launched Sci-Hub, an online archive that shares research articles freely and openly without paywalls or restrictions...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2016
Many newspapers and online media companies have begun disabling comment sections because of widespread abuse and obscenity.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2016
If you thought the battle over net neutrality ended when the Federal Communications Commission slapped a series of unprecedented rules on Internet providers last...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | April 15, 2016
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Vice Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the Compliance with Court Orders...Senator Dianne Feinstein From ACM Opinion | April 14, 2016
I'm the first quadriplegic person in the world to use my own thoughts to control my own arm. It's a pretty neat experience.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | April 14, 2016
Almost 25 years ago, physicists discovered a way of 'teleporting' a quantum system from one place to another without moving it.Nature From ACM Opinion | April 13, 2016
Two weeks ago, privacy advocates across the country celebrated as the Federal Bureau of Investigation backed off its request for Apple to help gain access intoiPhone...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 11, 2016
As Apple Battled the FBI for the last two months over the agency's demands that Apple help crack its own encryption, both the tech community and law enforcement...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 11, 2016
Birding — the amateur pursuit of watching and monitoring bird populations — is a big deal. The numbers back it up.Backchannel From ACM Opinion | April 7, 2016
Soon after Devon Godfrey was shot to death in his apartment in Harlem on the evening of April 12, 2010, officers with the New York Police Department thought they...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 7, 2016