After Orlando and San Bernardino and Paris, there is new urgency to understand the signs that can precede acts of terrorism.The New York Times From ACM News | June 17, 2016
Europe likes to think it leads the world in protecting people’s privacy, and that is particularly true for the region’s so-called right to be forgotten.The New York Times From ACM News | June 3, 2016
Harry Brignull, a user-experience consultant in Britain who helps websites and apps develop consumer-friendly features, has a professional bone to pick with sites...The New York Times From ACM News | May 16, 2016
Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the district attorney of Manhattan, visited Washington late last month to argue his case on a pressing issue: encryption.The New York Times From ACM News | May 10, 2016
Google is a top target for European regulators and privacy watchdogs, who openly fear and distrust its dominance.The New York Times From ACM News | April 19, 2016
The latest standoff between Europe and American tech companies runs through a quiet street just north of the Louvre Museum, past chic cafes and part of the French...The New York Times From ACM News | January 25, 2016
Taking inspiration from the way humans seem to learn, scientists have created AI software capable of picking up new knowledge in a far more efficient and sophisticated...The New York Times From ACM News | December 11, 2015
When a lonely Virginia teenager named Ali Amin got curious about the Islamic State last year and went online to learn more, he found a virtual community awaiting...The New York Times From ACM News | December 10, 2015
The agricultural revolution was one of the most profound events in human history, leading to the rise of modern civilization.The New York Times From ACM News | November 24, 2015
Shelves of law books are an august symbol of legal practice, and no place, save the Library of Congress, can match the collection at Harvard's Law School Library...The New York Times From ACM News | November 2, 2015
In a brightly lit room on the third floor of the Museum of Natural History here, stacks of wooden drawers are covered in glass, some panes so dusty that it is difficult...The New York Times From ACM News | October 21, 2015
The Chinese government, which has long used its country's vast market as leverage over American technology companies, is now asking some of those firms to directly...The New York Times From ACM News | September 17, 2015
In private sessions this summer, giant publishers and media companies from Germany, France and elsewhere have met with European officials about proposals to regulate...The New York Times From ACM News | August 31, 2015
The New York Times' article recommendation algorithm has been overhauled, using Collaborative Topic Modeling as its inspiration.The New York Times From ACM TechNews | August 14, 2015
Shortly after its founding, Google posted a document on its site called "Ten things we know to be true," an effort to distill its unusual corporate culture into...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 11, 2015
Among the many promises of the Internet of Things—a network of Wi-Fi-connected devices and equipment managed with smartphones—is the automation of everyday life...The New York Times From ACM News | July 23, 2015
A central component of President Obama's effort to give consumers more control over how companies collect and share their most sensitive personal details has run...The New York Times From ACM News | June 16, 2015
At a mock airport in an underground laboratory here at Northeastern University, students pretending to be passengers head through a security exit in the right direction...The New York Times From ACM News | May 12, 2015