Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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This Ingenious Touchscreen i Should Be in Every Car
There may be no greater design crime today than putting a touchscreen in an automobile.
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Forget Its Hotels, Sochi's Tech Has Been p For the Olympic Challenge
The scale and grandeur of the Winter Olympics in Sochi is estimated to have cost Russia an astronomical $46 billion.
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Glass, Darkly
Google Glass shares much of its electronics and software with the smartphone, but it's a very different machine.
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Let the Nsa Keep Hold of the Data
One of the recommendations by the president's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies on reforming the National Security Agency—No. 5, if you're...
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Jawbone Is Now the Startup Apple Should Fear Most
Jawbone is ascending into the top echelon of tech startups, joining the likes of Uber, Dropbox, and Square.
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Everything We Know About How the Nsa Tracks People's Physical Location
Glenn Greenwald is back reporting about the NSA, now with Pierre Omidyar's news organization FirstLook and its introductory publication, The Intercept.
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The Digital Ties That Bind: Love, Loss and Oversharing in the Internet Age
The most serious relationship of my life so far ended last summer without a trace—physically at least.
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From Windows to the Xbox: Bill Gates' 'pioneering' Impact
To ask what impact Bill Gates has had on computing is, in a way, too small a question.
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Why Tech Companies and the NSA Diverge on Snowden
Is Edward Snowden a whistleblower or a traitor?
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The Case of the Hacked Refrigerator—could 'the Internet of Things' Connect Everything?
Somebody hacked a refrigerator recently, and it could mark a tipping point for civilization.
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How to Create the Perfect Online Dating Profile, in 25 Infographics
Every day, millions of singles crawl dating sites and apps, flipping through photos and profiles of potential matches.
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Why Google Kept Motorola's Research Lab
Google's $2.9 billion sale of Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC maker Lenovo might seem like lousy business, given Google's $12.5 billion purchase in 2012 and losses...
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Microsoft Ceo Nadella's Top Challenge: Figuring Out Mobile
Microsoft stands at a crossroads when it comes to mobile.
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Judges Poised to Hand .s. Spies the Keys to the Internet
How does the NSA get the private crypto keys that allow it to bulk eavesdrop on some email providers and social networking sites?
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The Lost Ancestors of Ascii Art
ASCII art is as much a part of the Internet as emoticons, cats, or lol.
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Here's Why Tech Companies' Nsa 'transparency Reports' Are Mostly a Pr Stunt
Technology companies will soon be able to disclose more details about the number of national security orders and requests they receive, according to a joint statement...
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Virtual Worlds Are Real
Ever since virtual worlds and online games emerged in the mainstream consciousness around 2005, the media has insisted on framing them as escapist fantasies.
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