In December 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security disclosed that malicious software (malware) found on a computer system owned by a Vermont utility called the Burlington Electric Company was the same variant as that used to breach the Democratic National Committee (DNC). This admittedly...

As sci-fi fans will recall, the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey is focused on the interaction between humans and artificial intelligence. In the movie, HAL (Heuristically programmed Algorithmic Computer) 9000 computer is an artificial intelligence and the onboard computer on the spaceship Discovery...

Although the atmosphere and cyberspace are distinct arenas, they share similar problems of overuse, difficulties of enforcement, and the associated challenges of collective inaction and free riders. Moreover, “[m]illions of actors affect the global atmosphere[,]” just as they do the...

In September 2015 the crowd-funding site Kickstarter announced that it would adopt a new corporate form, that of a benefit corporation. Kickstarter is far from alone in this decision; in fact, it joined a growing list of tech firms that are moving towards adopting a benefit corporation...