Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Internet Immunity and the Freedom to Code
A call to preserve the capability of developing the next generation of Internet services.
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Why Tech Will Never Be Able to Predict the Next Mass Shooting
Following the horrific mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton last weekend, President Trump called on social media companies to develop tools that could help identify...
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Western Academia Helps Build China's Automated Racism
Researchers in China are developing new and more invasive techniques to surveil the Uyghurs minority. Some of their work is being supported by academia in the West...
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The Success of the Web: A Triumph of the Amateurs
Connecting the unique factors that influenced the origination and subsequent development of the World Wide Web.
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Block-based Programming in Computer Science Education
Considering how block-based programming environments and tools might be used at the introductory level and beyond.
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API Copyrights Revisited
Deliberating on the main arguments in recent sets of briefs filed in support of Google's U.S. Supreme Court petition.
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A New Labor Market for People with 'Coolabilities'
How the unique perspective and enhanced strengths accompanying disabilities can benefit the workforce.
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GOTO Rankings Considered Helpful
Seeking to improve rankings by utilizing more objective data and meaningful metrics.
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Under Trump, The Fight Against Cybercrime Has Waned
The U.S. government is not doing enough to combat the burgeoning threat of cybercrime.
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Personal Data and the Internet of Things
It is time to care about digital provenance.
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An Interview with David Brin on Resiliency
Many risks of catastrophic failures of critical infrastructures can be significantly reduced by relatively simple measures to increase resiliency.
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Through Computer Architecture, Darkly
Total-system hardware and microarchitectural issues are becoming increasingly critical.
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Encryption and Surveillance
Why the law-enforcement access question will not just go away.
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Enterprise Wi-Fi: We Need Devices That Are Secure by Default
Seeking to increase awareness of WPA2 Enterprise network security technology flaws and reduce risk to users.
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The FBI Wanted a Backdoor to the iPhone. Tim Cook Said No
In 2016, Tim Cook fought the law—and won.
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The U.S. Is Losing a Major Front to China in the New Cold War
A swathe of the world is adopting China's vision for a tightly controlled internet over the unfettered American approach, a stunning ideological coup for Beijing...
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Is Julian Assange a Journalist, or Is He Just an Accused Thief?
Is Julian Assange a journalist? The Justice Department sidestepped that question in its indictment of Assange.
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