At its core, cyberwarfare refers the use of digital attacks by one country or nation to disrupt the computer systems of another with the aim of create significant...ZDNet From ACM Opinion | September 7, 2018
As millions of people came online in the late 1990s they needed help figuring out what each webpage was about, and how to find what they were looking for.
The Conversation From ACM Opinion | September 6, 2018
Exactly 10 years ago Tuesday, a newly promoted vice president named Sundar Pichai stood before a group of tech reporters in a conference room at Google's Mountain...CNET From ACM Opinion | September 5, 2018
Guess what? I just got hold of some embarrassing video footage of Texas senator Ted Cruz singing and gyrating to Tina Turner. His political enemies will have great...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | September 5, 2018
Alan Turing's crucial unscrambling of German messages in the Second World War was a tour de force of codebreaking.
Nature From ACM Opinion | September 4, 2018
Attorneys general from 20 states celebrated on Monday when a district court judge in Seattle extended an injunction against the sharing of 3-D printed gun blueprints...Wired From ACM Opinion | August 31, 2018
If you've ever seen a picture of a DNA molecule, you probably saw it in its famous B-form: two strands coiling around each other in a right-handed fashion to form...The Conversation From ACM Opinion | August 30, 2018
President Trump thinks Google's search engine is "rigged." By featuring more mainstream news outlets and relatively fewer conservative sites in the results he sees...The Washington Post From ACM News | August 30, 2018
A new form of misinformation is poised to spread through online communities as the 2018 midterm election campaigns heat up. Called "deepfakes" after the pseudonymous...The Conversation From ACM Opinion | August 29, 2018
A long time ago, in the bad old days of the 2000s, debates about the Internet were dominated by two great tribes: the Optimists and the Pessimists.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | August 29, 2018
It should come as no surprise that recent advances in big-data analytics and artificial intelligence have created strong incentives for enterprises to amass information...IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | August 28, 2018
On Tuesday morning, the 45th president of the United States woke up around 5:30am Eastern Time and decided to begin his Tuesday by berating the "Fake News Media...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | August 28, 2018
When we learn about the Industrial Revolution in school, we hear a lot about factories, steam engines, maybe the power loom.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 27, 2018
The battle against propaganda bots is an arm's race for our democracy. It's one we may be about to lose.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2018
A barista gets burned at work, buys first-aid cream at Target, and later that day sees a Facebook ad for the same product.
The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2018
Observations on the use of machine learning and facial inferences to classify people using inexplicable data.
Frank Pasquale From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2018
Mathematical tools such as S-curves locate inflection points in technology-accelerated social spaces; where we move next depends on our navigational skills.
Peter J. Denning From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2018