Communications of the ACM
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June 2018
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The Importance of Teaching Robots to Hug
Hugs make us feel warm and safe and comforted and loved.
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The Researchers Who Study Alien Linguistics
Sheri Wells-Jensen is fascinated by languages no one has ever heard—those that might be spoken by aliens.
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Trump's Lack of Cyber Leader May Make .S. Vulnerable
The absence of senior cybersecurity leaders in President Donald Trump's administration may be leaving the United States more vulnerable to digital warfare and less prepared for attacks on election systems, according to lawmakers…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Screen Time Controls, Working with China
Tim Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep in a wide-ranging interview on Monday as the company kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.
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The Responsibility of Immortality: Welcome to the New Transhumanism
In the summer of 1990, I was running a pretty weird nightclub in the Roppongi neighborhood of Tokyo.
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What Is Consciousness?
Consciousness is everything you experience.
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Effectiveness of Anonymization in Double-Blind Review
Assessing the effectiveness of anonymization in the review process.
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An Interview with Dave Parnas
A discussion of ideas about software engineering.
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Watchdogs vs. Snowflakes
Taking wild guesses.
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Risks of Cryptocurrencies
Considering the inherent risks of cryptocurrency ecosystems.