Over the past year, the U.S. government has begun to think of Anonymous, the online network phenomenon, as a threat to national security.Foreign Affairs From ACM Opinion | April 5, 2012
When I tell people that I work on "evolving robots," their common response is to joke—semi-seriously—about Skynet or some other sci-fi nightmare in which machines...Slate From ACM Opinion | April 4, 2012
The chances that your tombstone will read "Killed by Asteroid" are about the same as they'd be for "Killed in Airplane Crash." From ACM Opinion | April 3, 2012
Jeffrey Bigham's research uses Web-based applications and crowdsourcing to help people with disabilities in near real-time. Is it any surprise he won a NSF Career...Karen A. Frenkel From ACM News | April 3, 2012
For the last two months, senior government officials and private-sector experts have paraded before Congress and described in alarming terms a silent threat: cyberattacks...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 3, 2012
When you "like" something on Facebook or read an online newspaper, perhaps a dozen or more companies are squirreling away data on your tastes, your habits, whether...Reuters From ACM Opinion | April 3, 2012
Information technology is changing the way nations wage war, with philosophical and ethical perspectives struggling to keep pace with those changes. The Atlantic From ACM TechNews | March 30, 2012
Mr. Cerf, often called the father of the Internet, said that the so-called "right to be forgotten" online was "not possible to achieve."The Telegraph From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2012
From state-sponsored cyberattacks to autonomous robotic weapons, 21st century war is increasingly disembodied.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2012
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about streaming. I was marveling how easy it’s becoming to beam a live video feed, anywhere, not only to a friend...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2012
A mile or two away from Facebook's headquarters in Silicon Valley, Helen Nissenbaum of New York University was standing in a basement on Stanford's campus explaining...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2012
In an interview, Massachusetts Institute of Technology research scientist David D. Clark says the Internet's biggest benefit is its intermediation of people getting...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 28, 2012
Fifty years after The Jetsons promised us a future of robot maids, flying cars, video phones and meals at the push of a button, it seems that reality may actually...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | March 29, 2012
One fine night in November 2011 I got an opportunity to get my hands dirty, working on a project for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.CircleID From ACM Opinion | March 29, 2012
Andrew Blake is managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, the U.K. lab responsible for the machine learning software behind Kinect.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | March 29, 2012