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...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | April 10, 2019
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...IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2019
Years into the robocalling frenzy, your phone probably still rings off the hook with "important information about your account," updates from the "Chinese embassy...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2019
In a recent newspaper advertisement, the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei appealed to common sense.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | April 3, 2019
Code seems cold and objective, the raw logic of the internet, and Silicon Valley likes it that way.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 1, 2019
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...The Conversation From ACM Opinion | April 1, 2019
Thomas Edison is often described as America's greatest inventor. His successes include electric power generation, sound recording, and the electric lightbulb.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 1, 2019
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...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 29, 2019
Young animals gallop across fields, climb trees and immediately find their feet with enviable grace after they fall.
Nature From ACM Opinion | March 29, 2019
As the computing industry grapples with its role in society, many people, both in the field and outside it, are talking about a crisis of ethics.
The Conversation From ACM Opinion | March 22, 2019
Criticism of big tech companies that track us across the internet without our informed consent misses a bigger picture: There are hundreds of ad-tracking companies...Bloomberg From ACM Opinion | March 20, 2019
The number of components in electronic circuits has doubled every two years since the 1960s—a trend known as Moore's law.
Nature From ACM Opinion | March 15, 2019
Two Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes have crashed under similar circumstances in the past six months, one in October in Indonesia and the other in Ethiopia last week....The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 14, 2019
As you read this, over a million people are in flight. Close to a third of the commercial airplanes in the sky at any given moment are Boeing 737s: it is the best...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | March 12, 2019
It is unclear how many intelligent civilizations have arisen in the Milky Way galaxy so far, but if some have, a pressing question comes to mind: Were they or are...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | March 5, 2019
President Donald Trump's trade war with China has left a trail of economic wreckage across American industries from soybean farms to auto manufacturers.
Politico From ACM Opinion | March 4, 2019
Researchers, companies and countries around the world are racing to explore—and exploit—the possibilities of artificial intelligence technology.
The Conversation From ACM News | March 4, 2019
The killer machines are coming. Robotic weapons that target and destroy without human supervision are poised to start a revolution in warfare comparable to the...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | March 1, 2019
The hunt is on for materials that have exotic properties, to enhance quantum computers, touch screens and electronic displays, and to double the efficiency of solar...Nature From ACM Opinion | March 1, 2019