Disputed Google research is receiving further scrutiny, despite the company's inaction in open-sourcing its data or source code…
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It's been fashionable in military circles to talk about cyberspace as a "fifth domain" for warfare, along with land, space, air, and sea.Wired From ACM News | December 14, 2012
It's been a week since Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire pausing their war in Gaza. But on the internet, a different kind of fighting never stopped—and has actually...Wired From ACM News | November 29, 2012
Freelance security researchers who hunt for exploitable software bugs for cash rewards posted by vendors can sometimes make a decent wage, but some of the largest...Wired News From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2012
The night before the end of Google's Pwnium contest at the CanSecWest security conference this year in Vancouver, a tall teen dressed in khaki shorts, tube socks...Wired From ACM Careers | November 9, 2012
Four years after discovering that militants were tapping into drone video feeds, the U.S. military still hasn't secured the transmissions of more than half of its...Wired From ACM News | November 1, 2012
The FBI recently put out a mobile malware alert, providing us with a sobering reminder of this "evil software" for phones and tablets.Wired From ACM Opinion | October 25, 2012
Craig Venter imagines a future where you can download software, print a vaccine, inject it, and presto! Contagion averted.Wired From ACM Opinion | October 17, 2012
Everyone agrees health care in the United States is a colossal mess, and IBM is betting that artificially intelligent supercomputers are just what the doctor ordered...Wired From ACM News | October 17, 2012
In the years to come, a top group of military scientists believe, the Pentagon may be able to use genomics and bio-markers to spot when a soldier is about to snap...Wired From ACM News | October 15, 2012
The Supreme Court closed a 6-year-old chapter Tuesday in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s bid to hold the nation’s telecoms liable for allegedly providing the...Wired From ACM News | October 9, 2012
Hugo Campos has a cardiac defibrillator implanted in his body. It sends data about his heart to his doctors and back to the manufacturer, but it takes days to get...Wired From ACM Opinion | September 27, 2012
Twitter on Friday reluctantly complied with a judge's order to divulge the tweets and account information connected to an Occupy protester.Wired From ACM News | September 18, 2012
There was a time, not all that long ago, when the U.S. military wouldn't even whisper about its plans to hack into opponents' networks.Wired From ACM News | September 5, 2012
Don't you dare even think about your banking account password when you slap on those fancy new brainwave headsets.Wired From ACM News | August 31, 2012
A rogue state is on the verge of developing a deadly biological weapon against which the rest of the world has no defense.Wired From ACM News | August 30, 2012
NASA's Curiosity Rover has had a historic week on the surface of Mars, executing a flawless landing on the Red Planet and firing up for its mission. But under the...Wired From ACM News | August 15, 2012
A newly uncovered espionage tool, apparently designed by the same people behind the state-sponsored Flame malware that infiltrated machines in Iran, has been found...Wired From ACM News | August 9, 2012
The federal government may spy on Americans' communications without warrants and without fear of being sued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a decision...Wired From ACM News | August 8, 2012