Pentagon officials have publicly said, in recent weeks, that they're hitting ISIS not only with bullets and bombs but also with cyberoffensive operations.Slate From ACM Opinion | April 25, 2016
Valentine's Day was a bummer in Mountain View, Calif. For the first time, one of Google's self-driving cars, a modified Lexus SUV, caused a crash.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 22, 2016
About a year ago, Apple announced and released its first Apple Watch. The long-rumored product was Apple’s first all-new product category since the iPad and its...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | April 22, 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
A heavily rusted cast iron ring sits on a bookshelf inside a neoclassical church a few blocks north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The ring is about an inch...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 13, 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
It takes at least a master's degree to fully understand synthetic biology, but grasping its importance requires far less.Wired From ACM Opinion | April 12, 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