Communications of the ACM
Why American Workers Need to Be Protected From Automation
Bill de Blasio, New York City mayor and a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, says that as president he…
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Hackers Needed To Defeat Hackers
In an online world infested with hackers, we need more hackers.
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The Success of the Web: A Triumph of the Amateurs
Connecting the unique factors that influenced the origination and subsequent development of the World Wide Web.
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A Response to Fake News as a Response to Citizens United
How boundaries on speech could free the market for speech.
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Teaching AIs to Make Mistakes Like Kids Would Help Them Learn Faster
Teaching artificial intelligence to think like children may make them better learners.
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An Interview with David Brin on Resiliency
Many risks of catastrophic failures of critical infrastructures can be significantly reduced by relatively simple measures to increase resiliency.
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Continuity and Change in Internet Law
The fundamentals of the field of Internet law have remained consistent, but details have evolved in response to technological innovation.
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What Does It Mean for a Computing Curriculum to Succeed?
Examining the expansion, proliferation, and integration of computing education everywhere.
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As Governments Adopt Artificial Intelligence, There's Little Oversight and Lots of Danger
Artificial intelligence systems can—if properly used—help make government more effective and responsive, improving the lives of citizens. Improperly used, however...
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The FBI Wanted a Backdoor to the iPhone. Tim Cook Said No
In 2016, Tim Cook fought the law—and won.
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The .S. Campaign Against Huawei Can Offer No .S.-Based Alternatives
As U.S. officials have pressured allies not to use networking gear from Chinese technology giant Huawei over spying concerns, President Trump has urged American...
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Untold History of AI: The DARPA Dreamer Who Aimed for Cyborg Intelligence
At 10:30pm on 29 October 1969, a graduate student at UCLA sent a two-letter message from an SDS Sigma 7 computer to another machine a few hundred miles away at...
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U.S. Allies Should Heed the Warnings about Huawei
In a recent newspaper advertisement, the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei appealed to common sense.
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A Journey, If You Dare, Into the Minds of Silicon Valley Programmers
Code seems cold and objective, the raw logic of the internet, and Silicon Valley likes it that way.
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Despite Consumer Worries, the Future of Aviation Will Be More Automated
In the wake of the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes, people are thinking about how much of their air travel is handled by software...
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Huawei's Problem Isn't Chinese Backdoors. It's Buggy Software
A report on Thursday from a British government oversight group found that Chinese telecom-equipment maker Huawei has basic but deeply problematic flaws in its product...
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Robots on the Run
Young animals gallop across fields, climb trees and immediately find their feet with enviable grace after they fall.
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The Web Is Missing an Essential Part of Infrastructure: An Open Web Index
A proposal for building an index of the Web that separates the infrastructure part of the search engine—the index—from the services part that will form the basis...
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