Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Fed Up With Google, Conspiracy Theorists Turn to DuckDuckGo
The embrace by some conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists is part of a broader effort to shift people away from Big Tech.
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Google Seeks to Break Vicious Cycle of Online Slander
The search giant is changing its algorithm, part of a major shift in how Google polices harmful content.
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U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly
A victory for the government could remake one of America's most recognizable companies and the internet economy that it has helped define.
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Facebook Tackles Rising Threat: Americans Aping Russian Schemes to Deceive
When Christine Blasey Ford testified before Congress last month about Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's alleged sexual assault, a website called Right Wing News sprang...
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Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap
When you're browsing a website and the mouse cursor disappears, it might be a computer glitch—or it might be a deliberate test to find out who you are.
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Google, Seeking a Return to China, Is Said to Be Building a Censored Search Engine
Google withdrew from China eight years ago to protest the country's censorship and online hacking.
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Inside China's Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras
In the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, a police officer wearing facial recognition glasses spotted a heroin smuggler at a train station.
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How a Pentagon Contract Became an Identity Crisis for Google
Fei-Fei Li is among the brightest stars in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, somehow managing to hold down two demanding jobs simultaneously: head...
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The Next Privacy Battle in Europe Is Over This New Law
The new European data privacy legislation is so stringent that it could kill off data-driven online services and chill innovations like driverless cars, tech industry...
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.S. News Outlets Block European Readers Over New Privacy Rules
American news outlets including The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times and The Arizona Daily Star abruptly blocked access to their websites from Europe on Friday...
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Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match
Past the end of a remote mountain road, down a rutted dirt track, in a concrete house that lacked running water but bristled with smartphones, 13 members of an...
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A Tough Task for Facebook: European-Type Privacy for All
Next month, a comprehensive new data protection law goes into effect in the European Union, placing greater requirements on how companies like Facebook and Google...
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For the .S. and China, a Technology Cold War That's Freezing Over
A cold war is being waged across the world's most advanced industries. And it just got a lot chillier.
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The New .S.-China Rivalry: A Technology Race
As the United States and China look to protect their national security needs and economic interests, the fight between the two financial superpowers is increasingly...
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It’s True: False News Spreads Faster and Wider. And Humans Are to Blame.
What if the scourge of false news on the internet is not the result of Russian operatives or partisan zealots or computer-controlled bots? What if the main problem...
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After Florida School Shooting, Russian 'Bot' Army Pounced
One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links to Russia released hundreds of posts taking...
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Tech Giants Brace For Europe's New Data Privacy Rule
Over the past two months, Google has started letting people around the world choose what data they want to share with its various products, including Gmail and...
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How Do You Vote? 50 Million Google Images Give a Clue
What vehicle is most strongly associated with Republican voting districts? Extended-cab pickup trucks. For Democratic districts? Sedans.
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Google Missed Out on China. Can It Flourish in India?
Every month, about four million more Indians get online. They include people like Manju, a 35-year-old seamstress in this city of ancient palaces, who got her first...
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