The real capabilities and behavior of the U.S. surveillance state are almost entirely unknown to the American public because, like most things of significance done...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2013
Forecasting future technology has never been easy. In the 1950s, scientists and technologists envisaged that by now the world would be free from disease, traversed...CNN From ACM Opinion | May 3, 2013
The Internet, in the popular imagination, is supposed to be free—"the last bastion of our economy untouched by the government," as they say on Fox News.Slate From ACM Opinion | May 1, 2013
Our government collects a lot of information about us. Tax records, legal records, license records, records of government services received—it's all in databases...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 1, 2013
For people of a certain age in the technology industry, one of the ways of establishing a connection with someone is by asking some version of the following question...Threatpost From ACM Opinion | April 30, 2013
The interesting thing about Bitcoin isn't what it is today. What's interesting is that this experiment is turning into a serious proving ground for the idea of...CNET From ACM Opinion | April 30, 2013
For hundreds of years, physicians have been dissecting the dead to learn about the inner workings of the human body.LiveScience From ACM Careers | April 29, 2013
After the Boston Marathon bombings, the process by which breaking news and information are generated and disseminated looked more ragged and exposed than ever: ...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | April 29, 2013
The first official announcement that law enforcement agencies had concluded their manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev didn't come at a...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | April 29, 2013
Combining computing and psychology, J.C.R. Licklider's prescient ideas are being applied in contemporary educational settings.Mark Guzdial From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2013
How do you explain to people that they are a YouTube sensation, when they have never heard of YouTube or the Internet?The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | April 24, 2013
It might sound audacious to think that Microsoft, the arbiter of uncool, was at the forefront of design a few years ago. But it was.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 24, 2013
Barely two days after cops apprehended Suspect #2 in the Boston Marathon bombings, supporters of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are rallying online.Wired From ACM Opinion | April 22, 2013
Kids used to ask each other: If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears, does it make a sound? Now there's a microphone in every tree and a loudspeaker on every...New York magazine From ACM Opinion | April 22, 2013
The Exploratorium science museum, which reopened Wednesday on a new nine-acre campus by the San Francisco Bay, is striking for how closely it has hewed to its quirky...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 19, 2013
On Thursday afternoon, the FBI released photos and video of two persons of interest in the Boston Marathon bombing.Slate From ACM Opinion | April 19, 2013