In spite of the billions of dollars companies collectively spend each year on cyberdefenses, hackers keep defeating them.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 4, 2017
Even the most futuristic applications of AI, from robotic servants to instant health scans, somehow already seem familiar because they have been endless fodder...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | October 26, 2017
If, like an ever-growing majority of people in the U.S., you own a smartphone, you might have the sense that apps in the age of the pocket-sized computer are designed...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | October 23, 2017
We are surrounded by hysteria about the future of artificial intelligence and robotics—hysteria about how powerful they will become, how quickly, and what they...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | October 13, 2017
On July 17, 2014, as passengers checked in at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, "Necro Mancer"(@666_mancer) tweeted about an unusual...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | May 8, 2017
Serial entrepreneur Andrew "Bunnie" Huang believes that consumer product companies should make their hardware designs publicly available so that anyone can study...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | March 10, 2017
Few in the technology sector besides Peter Thiel had much love for Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 13, 2016
For decades Hollywood has treated computers as magic boxes from which endless plot points could be conjured, in denial of all common sense.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 7, 2016
Last summer, an audience of government officials, military personnel, and foreign ambassadors gathered in Aspen, Colorado, to hear John Carlin, then an assistant...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | October 26, 2016
Despite what your local election officials may tell you, you can’t trust the Internet with your vote.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | September 26, 2016
When Apple CEO Tim Cook refused to help the FBI get into a mass murderer's iPhone last winter, he was hailed for his boldness in fighting the government on ...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | September 12, 2016
Sure, legitimate telemarketers will refrain from calling you if you've put your phone number on it. But criminal telephone spammers will call you anyway because...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | September 8, 2016
State-sponsored Russian hackers appear to be behind attacks on voter databases in Arizona and Illinois.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | August 31, 2016
To celebrate five years as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook has given a very long, exclusive interview to the Washington Post about his experiences so far. But what he didn’t...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | August 16, 2016
Cisco Systems designs, makes, and sells the routers, switches, and other networking equipment with which businesses connect their computers, manage data centers...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | June 14, 2016
Soon after Devon Godfrey was shot to death in his apartment in Harlem on the evening of April 12, 2010, officers with the New York Police Department thought they...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 7, 2016
Shortly after Robert Hannigan took over the British signals-intelligence agency GCHQ in 2014, he implored technology companies to do more to facilitate investigations...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | March 14, 2016
Apple's refusal to comply with a judge's demand that it help the FBI unlock a terrorist's iPhone has triggered a roiling debate about how much the U.S. government...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | March 11, 2016