Since Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan implemented a ban on Twitter late last week, Tor usage in the country has surged—with connections nearly doubling...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 24, 2014
On Friday, what had been the world's leading Bitcoin exchange declared bankrutpcy, claiming that hackers had exploited a technical issue called "transaction malleability...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | March 3, 2014
A new report from the Pew Research Center and the Social Media Research Foundation says that Twitter conversations have distinct shapes—at least six of them with...The Washington Post From ACM News | February 21, 2014
Back in 2003, when he was a law professor at the University of Virginia, Tim Wu wrote the definitive paper on net neutrality.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | January 15, 2014
By now, most people have heard of Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer currency whose value has soared over the past couple of years.The Washington Post From ACM News | December 30, 2013
Google X is responsible for some of Google's most literally fantastic projects: Google Glass, self-driving cars, gigantic inflatable balloons that beam Internet...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | November 13, 2013
On November 3, 1988, 25 years ago Sunday, people woke up to find the Internet had changed forever.The Washington Post From ACM Careers | November 5, 2013
When your browser landed on this article, it didn't just talk to the friendly servers at washingtonpost.com.The Washington Post From ACM News | October 31, 2013
HealthCare.gov, the Web site at the center of President Obama's federal health insurance exchange, has been plagued with problems since it opened for business Oct...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | October 22, 2013
A new report from The Washington Post, based on documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden, reveals that the National Security Agency is collecting hundreds...The Washington Post From ACM News | October 15, 2013
The head of the National Security Agency delivered a vigorous defense Wednesday of his agency's collection of Americans' phone records for counterterrorism purposes...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | September 27, 2013
It's not evident from the way his hair flops casually down and across, nor from his equally relaxed demeanor, but John Hanke is one of Google's most important idea...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | August 21, 2013
Until recently, scanning the entire Internet, with its billions of unique addresses, was a slow and labor-intensive process.The Washington Post From ACM News | August 19, 2013
Twelve years later, the cranes and earthmovers around the National Security Agency are still at work, tearing up pavement and uprooting trees to make room for a...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 26, 2013
In 1984, the Supreme Court rejected Hollywood's argument that the record button on the Betamax VCR made its manufacturer, Sony, liable for copyright infringement...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 25, 2013
In late 2005, as Iraqi roadside bombings were nearing an all-time peak, the National Security Agency's newly appointed chief began pitching a radical plan for halting...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 24, 2013
A secret court on Friday extended the National Security Agency's authority to collect and store the phone records of tens of millions of American cellphone customers...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 23, 2013
Given that Bitcoin first broke into mainstream attention when Gawker explained how to use it to buy drugs, perhaps the surprise is that it took federal regulators...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | May 15, 2013
Federal investigators in Northern California routinely used a sophisticated surveillance system to scoop up data from cellphones and other wireless devices in an...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 29, 2013