Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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The Research Value of Publishing Attacks
Security research can be improved by more effectively sharing what is learned from attacks on information systems.
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Ipad Mini Launch: Why Steve Jobs Thought 7in Tablets Would Fail
So if Apple is really launching a 7.85in "iPad mini", how does that square with what Steve Jobs said two years ago?
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Fresh Windows, but Where’s the Start Button?
Over the years, Keith McCarthy has become used to a certain way of doing things on his personal computers, which, like most others on the planet, have long run...
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Meet a Science Committee that Doesn't Get Science
In general, we only become aware of a politician's position on scientific issues during the campaign season. And, with a few exceptions like energy and climate...
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Where's the Discussion of Trojan Horses?
The Mykonos Vase, discovered in 1961 in the Cyclades, is one of the earliest accounts of the Trojan Horse, used as a subterfuge by the Greeks to enter the city...
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The Limits of Big Data
Stop me if you've heard this one: Three statisticians go rabbit hunting.
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The Chinese Steve Jobs Is Probably a Pirate
When discussing innovation, the Chinese like to tout the country’s "Four Great Inventions"—paper, gunpowder, the compass, and woodblock printing—and their enormous...
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A Better Approach to Huawei, Zte, and Chinese Cyberspying? Distrust and Verify
In the wake of the 60-page report from Congress’s Select Committee On Intelligence recommending U.S. companies stop buying Chinese-made telecommunications gear...
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The Apple Maps Debate and the Real Future of Mapping
The news of the last couple weeks about the stark differences between Apple and Google's mapshave shed light on how hard it is to build a mobile map.
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Digital First Isn't an Option for Media—It's the Only Way Forward
Everywhere you look in the traditional media industry, you can see signs of turmoil and disruption: to take just a few recent examples, the New York Times is ...
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Hp: Why Bill And Dave Would Back A Break-p Plan
The time has come to break up Hewlett-Packard into parts. That’s the view of UBS analyst Steve Milunovich, who goes so far as to assert that founders Bill Hewlett...
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How Steve Jobs' Legacy Has Changed
When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs succumbed to cancer in his California home a year ago today, the world rushed to eulogize him in glowing terms: Genius. Visionary...
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Facebook's 1 Billion sers and What They Say About the Future of Computing
After several months as the Internet's punching bag, Facebook finally has something to brag about: 1 billion active users.
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Ietf Approves Hsts as Proposed Standard
One of the things that makes attackers dance around their basement lairs is finding unencrypted Web sessions.
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Do Patent and Copyright Law Restrict Competition and Creativity Excessively?
To evaluate optimal patent protection for an invention, one has to consider both the cost of inventing and the cost of copying; the higher the ratio of the former...
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Apple-Google Maps Talks Crashed Over Voice-Guided Directions
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt says Apple should have continued to use Google’s mapping application in iOS 6 instead of swapping it out for its poorly received home...
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Apple Needs to Find Its Exit Strategy From China
"IPhone5 Launch Causes Riots" You'd expect to see headlines like this when consumers beat down doors and trample each other, yet these riots were in China, among...
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The Internet? We Built That
Who created the Internet and why should we care? These questions, so often raised during the Bush-Gore election in 2000, have found their way back into the political...
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Why Wi-Fi Is Often So Slow
A number of Internet service providers, including Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc., have recently upped the maximum speeds of broadband they offer...
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