On Tuesday afternoon, while most people were focused on the latest news from the House Intelligence Committee, the House quietly voted to undo rules that keep internet...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2017
Amid an opioid epidemic, the rise of deadly synthetic drugs and the widening legalization of marijuana, a curious bright spot has emerged in the youth drug culture...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 13, 2017
Defenders of globalization are on solid ground when they criticize President Trump's threats of punitive tariffs and border walls.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 22, 2017
Trucks that can drive themselves along delivery routes. Computers capable of defeating world champions in a notoriously complex game. Apps that can translate sentences...Time From ACM Opinion | January 12, 2017
We will awaken Sunday to yet another disturbance in the chronosphere—our twice-yearly jolt from resetting the clocks, mechanical and biological.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 7, 2016
You probably already know that you have precious little privacy, and that shadowy data brokers have built the buying and selling of people’s personal information...Los Angeles Times From ACM Opinion | October 28, 2016
Every four years, pundits race to anoint this or that newfangled tech trend as the next disruptive force to forever alter the mechanics of American democracy.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 19, 2016
During his 2008 campaign, President Obama vowed to assert greater oversight of the massive surveillance apparatus built in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, arguing...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 11, 2016
Google is hoping to develop its Assistant, a Siri-like technology to be included on the company's new smartphones and other products, into something like the computer...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 4, 2016
Here's a question I’m hoping comes up at Monday's presidential debate: Secretary Clinton and Mr. Trump, what would you do about self-driving trucks?The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 21, 2016
I found myself on a desolate desert road, in front of a man who was leaning against the hood of a banged-up sedan and next to a United States Border Patrol agent...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 14, 2016
For years, science-fiction moviemakers have been making us fear the bad things that artificially intelligent machines might do to their human creators.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 1, 2016
A recent fatal crash in Florida involving a Tesla Model S is an example of how a new technology designed to make cars safer could, in some cases, make them more...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 12, 2016
As the driverless car gets closer to reality, so too does the dilemma of how to insure the car and its owner.Los Angeles Times From ACM Opinion | June 23, 2016
A sense of menace stirs right off the elevator on the fifth floor of Kaspersky Lab's Moscow headquarters, where a small television screen displays cyberthreatsa...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 10, 2016
They replaced horses, didn't they? That's how the late, great economist Wassily Leontief responded 35 years ago to those who argued technology would never really...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 9, 2016
My instinct upon leaping into id Software's hyper-gruesome Doom, a gonzo shooter out May 13 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, is to dawdle.Time From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2016