In the early 1970s, at Silicon Valley's Xerox PARC, Alan Kay envisioned computer software as something akin to a biological system, a vast collection of small cells...Wired From ACM News | June 14, 2016
If you follow the ongoing creation of self-driving cars, then you probably know about the classic thought experiment called the Trolley Problem.Wired From ACM News | June 9, 2016
Security flaws in software can be tough to find. Purposefully planted ones—hidden backdoors created by spies or saboteurs—are often even stealthier.Wired From ACM News | June 1, 2016
IBM's Watson supercomputer hardly needs any more resumé-padding. It’s already wonJeopardy, written a cookbook, and dabbled in revolutionizing healthcare. Wired From ACM News | May 13, 2016
Stingrays, a secretive law enforcement surveillance tool, are one of the most controversial technologies in the government’s spy kit.Wired From ACM News | May 9, 2016
Deep neural networks are remaking the Internet. Able to learn very human tasks by analyzing vast amounts of digital data, these artificially intelligent systems...Wired From ACM News | May 6, 2016
End-to-end encryption by default is quickly becoming the new standard for any communications app that claims to care about the privacy of those who use it.Wired From ACM News | April 27, 2016
Aftershocks continue shaking the cities of Kumamoto, Japan and Muisne, Ecuador, almost a week after earthquakes rocked the two cities, frightening residents still...Wired From ACM News | April 22, 2016
There is something special happening in a generic office park in an uninspiring suburb near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Wired From ACM News | April 21, 2016
Apple's move to encrypt your iPhone and WhatsApp's rollout of end-to-end encrypted messaging have generated plenty of privacy applause and law enforcement controversy...Wired From ACM News | April 14, 2016
For most of the past six weeks, the biggest story out of Silicon Valley was Apple's battle with the FBI over a federal order to unlock the iPhone of a mass shooter...Wired From ACM News | April 6, 2016
Until the FBI backed down from its battle with Apple over accessing the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, it seemed the agency had chosen...Wired From ACM News | April 1, 2016
Early last December, two days after Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik murdered 14 people at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California, the married couple’s landlord...Wired From ACM News | March 30, 2016