During the last seismic Apple announcement, in 2010, I was at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco as Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, a device he...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 15, 2014
The Tim Cook era at Apple emerged onto the public stage today in full force, and it bears subtle differences from Steve Jobs’s Apple.ReCode From ACM Opinion | September 10, 2014
In June 2014, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Riley v. California, in which the justices unanimously ruled that police officers may not, without a...The Brookings Institution From ACM Opinion | September 9, 2014
In 1970, Christopher Pyle disclosed in public writing that the U.S. Army was running a domestic intelligence program aimed at anti-war and civil-rights activists...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 8, 2014
At 9:18 P.M. on February 12, 2009, Continental Connection Flight 3407, operated by Colgan Air, took off from Newark International Airport.The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | September 5, 2014
This summer the insurgent group ISIS captured the Iraqi city of Mosul—and along with it, three army divisions' worth of U.S.-supplied equipment from the Iraqi army...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | September 4, 2014
As the Internet and the disruptive innovations it spawns are becoming economically, politically, and culturally vital for the world’s three billion users (and counting)...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | September 4, 2014
If you've been conscious at any point during the past 48 hours, you've probably heard about the slew of raunchy celeb selfies making their way around the internet...Gizmodo From ACM Opinion | September 3, 2014
Changes in land cover affect the global climate by absorbing and reflecting solar radiation, and by altering fluxes of heat, water vapour, carbon dioxide and other...Nature From ACM Opinion | September 2, 2014
This week, the man responsible for what is probably the biggest cryptographic failure in military history died—just a few months before he was due to be released...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | September 2, 2014
Every day our DNA breaks a little. Special enzymes keep our genome intact while we're alive, but after death, once the oxygen runs out, there is no more repair.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | August 29, 2014
For all the talk about using big data and data science to solve the world’s problems—and even all the talk about big data as one of the world’s problems—it seems...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | August 28, 2014
In the four years since the car service Uber launched, it has been beset by criticism from myriad groups, including city officials annoyed by its sometimes cavalier...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | August 27, 2014
Bowing to their better civic natures, and the pleas of James Foley's family, Twitter and YouTube have pulled down videos and photos of his murder.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | August 22, 2014
For all of its history, the Internet has enjoyed the fruits of an openness principle: the idea that anyone can reach any site online and that information and data...Wired From ACM Opinion | August 22, 2014
In a fast-moving war with an elusive foe like the Islamic State militants, information is as important as guns, jet fighters and bombs.Reuters From ACM Opinion | August 21, 2014
Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager who was shot during an encounter with police in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9, was recorded by a convenience store surveillance camera...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 21, 2014
Just as Islamic State (IS) has swept across Iraq, so too has it swarmed over social media—using the platform with a sophistication never before witnessed in this...BBC News From ACM Opinion | August 21, 2014
A growing stack of companies would like you to pay a monthly fee to read e-books, just like you subscribe to Netflix to binge on movies and TV shows.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | August 13, 2014