Communications of the ACM
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January 2018
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Even Realistic Videogames Like Call of Duty Won't Help S Win Wars
Millennials can now storm the beaches of Normandy and fight Nazis with a new level of realism.
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Trust in Digital Technology Will Be the Internet's Next Frontier, For 2018 and Beyond
After decades of unbridled enthusiasm—bordering on addiction—about all things digital, the public may be losing trust in technology.
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The Big Tech Trends to Follow at Ces 2018
Imagine this: When you leave the house, your air conditioner and lights turn off automatically. Then when a motion sensor detects a person in the house, like your house cleaner, it sends an alert to your phone.
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8 Overly Confident, Mostly Pessimistic Predictions About Tech in 2018
It was a very strange year for technology companies. They have become a "bipartisan whipping boy," a new sexist institution, responsible for the muddying of the presidential election, "ripping apart the social fabric," destroying…
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What Telegram Owes Iranians
After the 2009 Green Movement—a failed attempt to overturn a stolen presidential election through street protests—the Iranian political establishment took away one searing lesson: Never lose control of social media.
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The Sharing Economy Meets Reality
Assessing the uncertainties of the business models driving the sharing economy.
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How Law and Computer Science Can Work Together to Improve the Information Society
Seeking to remedy bad legislation with good science.
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Defining American Greatness: IBM from Watson to Trump
Reflections on a firm that encapsulated the American Century.
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Ask Not What Your Postdoc Can Do For You . . .
Seeking more effective strategies for training and nurturing CS postdocs to ensure their success.
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Technology and the Failure of the University
Considering the double-edged sword of learning technologies in various academic settings.