Communications of the ACM
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September 2021
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Can We Handle the Truth about Cybersecurity?
Standardizing disclosure rules while ensuring transparency can strengthen our total cybersecurity landscape
From ACM Opinion
There's a Better Way to Stop Ransomware Attacks
Adopt and enforce regulations for the cryptocurrency industry that are equivalent to traditional banking
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Protecting the Global Internet from Technology Cold Wars
Considering the perceived dangers of the global information flow.
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Security Done Right Can Make Smart Cities Wise
Seeking security improvements for smart cities.
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Women's Lives in Code
Exploring Ellen Ullman's 'Close to the Machine' and AMC's 'Halt and Catch Fire.'
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Back of the Envelope
Back-of-the-envelope calculations are a powerful professional practice.
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Testing Educational Digital Games
Diversifying usability studies utilizing rapid application development.
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Whose Smartphone Is It?
Should two private companies have complete control over the world's cellphones?
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AI Ethics: A Call to Faculty
Integrating ethics into artificial intelligence education and development.
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Playing With, and Against, Computers
2019 ACM Computing Prize recipient David Silver on developing the AlphaGo algorithm, his fascination with Go, and on teaching computers to play.