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
Early last week, Twitter announced that it would be using new tools to curb hate speech and harassment on its site.Slate From ACM Opinion | August 24, 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
When president-elect Barack Obama chose physicist John Holdren as his top science adviser in December 2008, some biomedical researchers worried that the pick signalled...Nature From ACM Opinion | August 22, 2016
To celebrate five years as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook has given a very long, exclusive interview to the Washington Post about his experiences so far. But what he didn’t...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | August 16, 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 release of a cache of emails from the Democratic National Committee by WikiLeaks last month has raised a great many questions—about the role of the D.N.C. in...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 9, 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