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Don't Track Me, Bro
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Don't Track Me, Bro

Here is how Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, describes the current state of affairs on the Internet: "Say I’m walking through a mall...

Rise of the Machines
From ACM News

Rise of the Machines

With factories swapping technology for workers during the recovery, jobs may not come back for decades.

Google's Marissa Mayer
From ACM News

Google's Marissa Mayer

Who says you have to be a guy to be a geek? This Google senior executive is teaching a new generation that femininity and technology are a winning formula.

The Shadow War
From ACM News

The Shadow War

Someone is killing Iran’s nuclear scientists. But a computer worm may be the scarier threat.

From ACM News

Britain's Biggest Security Threat

Cyberwarfare, not conventional armed conflict, is the country’s No. 1 national-security concern, says a new report from the U.K.'s National Security Council.

Android Invasion
From ACM News

Android Invasion

How a tiny piece of software created by a few Google engineers is ushering in the mobile revolution and reshaping the fortunes of the world's biggest tech companies...

Steming the Tide
From ACM TechNews

Steming the Tide

Many recent studies have shown that cultural attitudes are a problem for women in STEM fields.

Robots Are the Key to Stopping the Oil Spill
From ACM News

Robots Are the Key to Stopping the Oil Spill

At its greatest depths, the sea floor is a dark, tranquil, and foreboding place, beyond the reach of both sunlight and human divers. Yet the area around the Deepwater...

From ACM News

Educating Elite Hackers

It started with Michael Coppola taking things apart at the age of five: the remote control, his mother's house lamps, the family's VCR. He was curious about how...
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