Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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A Landmark Legal Shift Opens Pandora's Box for DIY Guns
Five years ago, 25-year-old radical libertarian Cody Wilson stood on a remote central Texas gun range and pulled the trigger on the world's first fully 3-D-printed...
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The S May Have Just Pulled Even with China in the Race to Build Supercomputing's Next Big Thing
There was much celebrating in America last month when the US Department of Energy unveiled Summit, the world's fastest supercomputer. Now the race is on to achieve...
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What Trump's Pick of Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Means for Tech
President Trump has made his Supreme Court justice pick: Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
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What Was on a SB Fan Given at the Trump-Kim Summit? Security Experts Say Nothing, but Don't Plug It In.
When journalists arrived in Singapore for the historic summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month, security experts were alarmed...
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Article 13: Europe's Hotly Debated Revamp of Copyright Law, Explained
First they came for the privacy violations, then they came for the memes.
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Why Made in China 2025 Will Succeed, Despite Trump
China will succeed in building a powerful technology industry that will rival the United States, even if President Trump starts a trade war to stop it.
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Why Are There So Many Robocalls? Here's What You Can Do About Them
Remember when phone calls meant people wanted to talk to you about something other than lowering your interest rates?
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China's Scientific Revolution
An old Chinese proverb says: "If you're planning for the year, cultivate rice; if you're planning for the decade, cultivate trees; if you're planning for the century...
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What the Supreme Court Vacancy Means for the Internet
The retirement of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy from the Supreme Court might change the game for environmental protections, abortion rights and civil rights. But what...
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Anthony Kennedy's Retirement May Have Huge Consequences for Privacy
Justice Anthony Kennedy, the current Supreme Court's longest-serving member, announced his retirement Wednesday, paving the way for Trump to shape the future America's...
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Disrupting Pro-ISIS Online 'Ecosystems' Could Help Thwart Real-World Terrorism
Supporters of the Islamic State, or ISIS, around the world gather online, becoming members of virtual communities in much the same way any of us might join online...
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Video Refereeing a Boon and a Bust at World Cup
As must have been the case with the first glimmers of electric lights in the 19th century, video assistant referees benefited from an initial "Wow! The technology...
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This Is How the Robot Uprising Finally Begins
The robot arm is performing a peculiar kind of Sisyphean task.
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The .S. Once Again Has the World's Fastest Supercomputer. Keep p the Hustle.
The United States has knocked China out of the No. 1 position in supercomputing.
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The Supreme Court Just Struck a Blow Against Mass Surveillance
The Supreme Court decided Friday that cell-site location information is protected by the Fourth Amendment's guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures...
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The Case for Disappearing Cyber Security
A proposal for keeping cyber security both out of sight and out of mind for end users.
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A New Perspective on Computational Thinking
Addressing its cognitive essence, universal value, and curricular practices.
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Beyond Diversity
Considering the confluence of research questions and sociopolitical dynamics.
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Copyright Blocks a News-Monitoring Technology
An evolving technological landscape has made application of copyright law increasingly difficult.
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