The breach came nearly three years after Edward Snowden stole and disclosed classified information about NSA surveillance operations.
The Washington Post From ACM News | June 16, 2020
A New York University report urges social media companies to stop outsourcing the moderation of their content.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | June 10, 2020
The report says big social media companies need to use more of their own employees to make calls about which posts and photos should be removed.
The Washington Post From ACM News | June 8, 2020
The University of Southern California Election Security Initiative is scrambling to virtually train campaign and election officials across the U.S. before the November...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | May 13, 2020
Thermal imaging may be used to identify those suspected of having the coronavirus, but civil liberties experts warn such systems will monitor some who may not know...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 29, 2020
U.K. lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously voted to hold a "virtual Parliament" to maintain the machinery of democracy via the Zoom videoconferencing platform.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 22, 2020
In recent years, there's been serious talk about how to build the Metaverse, the next version of the Internet, and who will build it first.
The Washington Post From ACM News | April 21, 2020
The quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted teachers to utilize popular video games to conduct lessons on a range of topics.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 20, 2020
Coronavirus may have forced people to stay at home, but the Internet these scientists envisioned long ago is keeping the world connected.
The Washington Post From ACM News | April 7, 2020
With digital services swamped by the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. state and local governments are asking technologists to volunteer to assist with response strategies...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 27, 2020
Facebook has placed its army of human moderators on paid leave, forcing the company to police disinformation without them.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 25, 2020
Facebook and Twitter suspended a Russian-linked campaign designed to inflame racial tensions among African Americans in the U.S.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 13, 2020
New three-dimensionally (3D)-printed homes are taking shape at the Community First Village affordable housing development in Austin, TX.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 11, 2020
An unpublished U.S. State Department study estimated that about 2 million tweets promoted conspiracy theories about the coronavirus over the three-week period when...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2020
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has contracted for two new supercomputers, which would triple the organization's computing capacity.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 6, 2020
Maryland officials said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have run facial recognition searches on millions of state driver's license photos without...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 2, 2020
Employers are providing workers with high-tech tools to help them get more sleep, in the hope of improving productivity and reducing healthcare costs.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 28, 2020
Nevada's Democratic Party hopes to avoid the fiasco seen in Iowa when it holds its caucuses Saturday with an in-house electronic voting system that it had to assemble...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 21, 2020
Google and other online mapmakers revise borders depending on who is viewing them, in deference to diplomats, policymakers, and their own executives, according...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 20, 2020