Voters in four competitive states will cast ballots in November on electronic machines that leave no paper trail—a lapse that threatens to sow distrust about a...Politico From ACM Opinion | September 8, 2016
The next president will have a range of issues on their plate, from how to deal with growing tensions with China and Russia, to an ongoing war against ISIS.Wired From ACM Opinion | September 7, 2016
For years, science-fiction moviemakers have been making us fear the bad things that artificially intelligent machines might do to their human creators.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 1, 2016
Reports this week of Russian intrusions into U.S. election systems have startled many voters, but computer experts are not surprised.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | August 31, 2016
State-sponsored Russian hackers appear to be behind attacks on voter databases in Arizona and Illinois.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | August 31, 2016
It's 2016: What possible reason is there to vote on paper? When we use touchscreens to communicate, work, and shop, why can't we use similar technology to vote?The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | August 29, 2016
Earlier this month, on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver skewered media companies' desperate search for clicks.The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | August 26, 2016
Seeking to make Web data "smarter" by utilizing a new kind of semantics.Abraham Bernstein, James Hendler, Natalya Noy From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2016
Calling for research on automatic oversight for artificial intelligence systems.Amitai Etzioni, Oren Etzioni From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2016
Twenty-five years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee unleashed the World Wide Web, publishing the first public webpage. Well, maybe.Wired From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2016
Job insecurity is a central theme of the 2016 campaign, fueling popular anger about trade deals and immigration. But economists warn that much bigger job losses...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | August 15, 2016
If reality is a game—a vast, snow-globe-y sort of experiment that plays out according to the hard rules of physics and the loose rules of story—then it is, in contemporary...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | August 12, 2016
At Guglielmo Marconi's grand state funeral in Rome in 1937—orchestrated with military-style pomp by the black-shirted Benito Mussolini—the largest wreath on the...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | August 11, 2016
We are at the beginning of a revolution. I've been going on about quantum computing for as long as I've been writing, but it has always been in the future tense...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | August 11, 2016
The world has witnessed enormous advances in autonomous passenger vehicle technologies over the last dozen years.The Conversation From ACM Opinion | August 8, 2016
If you played Doom during its heyday in the 90s, I have some disappointing news: it's not as frightening as you remember.Wired From ACM Opinion | July 29, 2016
In 1816, a teenager began to compose what many view as the first true work of science fiction—and unleashed one of the most subversive attacks on modern science...Nature From ACM Opinion | July 28, 2016