Eighty thousand people recently applied for a trip to Mars, an excursion that will allegedly be funded by selling reality-TV show rights for the voyage.Slate From ACM Opinion | June 6, 2013
The camera pushes in. And there, near the meridian line, you see a faint scattering of red lights. Something is in the tar. And it's glowing.NPR From ACM Opinion | June 5, 2013
At last, some good news about America's dysfunctional patent system: the White House has noticed there's a problem.The Guardian From ACM Opinion | June 5, 2013
Facebook, which once seemed poised to take over the Internet, is showing its limitations: a host of newer services are gaining ground among trend-setting youth;...Reuters From ACM Opinion | June 5, 2013
When we talk about design nowadays, the focus has been on the lures (or dangers) of flat design and skeumorphism; whether there should be (or really are any) ...Wired From ACM Opinion | June 3, 2013
Whether or not your child grows up to be the next Zuckerberg, programming is a highly useful skill for him or her to learn.NBC News From ACM Careers | June 3, 2013
"The New Digital Age" is a startlingly clear and provocative blueprint for technocratic imperialism, from two of its leading witch doctors, Eric Schmidt and Jared...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 3, 2013
Today, EFF announced that it was making a formal objection to including consideration of digital rights management (DRM) in the First Public Working Draft from...Electronic Frontier Foundation From ACM Opinion | May 30, 2013
It's been a year since the first reports of the Flame malware surfaced, and looking back at the 12 months since then, it seems more and more each day that the discovery...Threatpost From ACM Opinion | May 28, 2013
Recently, the FBI has been attacking the "going dark" problem—that is, its inability to read all electronic communications—from both legal and technological angles...Slate From ACM Opinion | May 28, 2013
At some point in the not-too-distant future, building powerful, miniature computing systems will be considered a hobby for high schoolers, just as robotics or even...HPC Wire From ACM News | May 24, 2013
With the grand unveiling of Apple’s next operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch approaching, sources have provided detailed descriptions of what...9to5Mac From ACM Opinion | May 24, 2013
Pew Internet and American Life Project (in collaboration with Berkman) unveiled a brilliant report about "Teens, Social Media, and Privacy." As a researcher who's...Danah Boyd | Apophenia From ACM Opinion | May 24, 2013
Connecting Internet access with freedom of expression and creativity.Stephen B. Wicker, Stephanie M. Santoso From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2013