Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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New 'story of Stuff' Video Reminds S to Think Twice Before Buying New Gadgets
In the opening moments of the new Web video "The Story of Electronics," I found myself nodding in recognition as host Annie Leonard held up a tangled mess of...
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The Lessons of 10 Years of Talking Tech
It’s a special week in America. All over the country, families are gathering in warmly lighted homes. They’re sitting down to fancy feasts at decorated tables...
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The Birth of a .k. Tech Giant
British chip designer ARM will soon be 20 years old. Bill Thompson was there at the start.
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Long Live the Web: A Call For Continued Open Standards and Neutrality
The Web is critical not merely to the digital revolution but to our continued prosperity—and even our liberty. Like democracy itself, it needs defending.
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We Need a Research Data Census
The increasing volume of research data highlights the need for reliable, cost-effective data storage and preservation at the national scale.
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Literate Coding
While it is true that "programmers aren't English majors," there are many days that I wish they were, or that...
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The Long Quest For -Universal Information Access
Digital object repositories are on the cusp of resolving the long-standing problem of universal information access in the Internet.
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The Role of Hispanic-Serving Institutions in Contributing to an Educated Work Force
In order to thrive and even survive in the worldwide marketplace of ideas and innovation, the U.S. must aggressively...
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IBM's Single-Processor Supercomputer Efforts
Imagine a CPU designed to issue and execute up to seven instructions per clock cycle, with a clock rate 10 times faster than the reigning supercomputer. This is...
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The Coming African Tsunami of Information Insecurity
As the affordability and use of mobile phones in Africa increase, so too will security vulnerabilities.
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A Business Creator Sees Big Returns From Social Media
Asked to name the world’s wealthiest entrepreneurs, few people would think of Eric Lefkofsky, who is 40 and keeps a deliberately low profile in his hometown of...
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In the Grip of the New Monopolists
Do away with Google? Break up Facebook? We can't imagine life without them—and that's the problem.
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Why America Must Win the Supercomputing Race
Four decades ago, NASA put a man on the moon using a computer system less powerful than the electronics in many modern-day toasters. With that audacious act of...
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On Tech Issues, Obama Falls Short of High Expectations
Barack Obama was the embodiment of the modern, high-tech president when he took office. However, halfway through his first term, he has yet to deliver on much...
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Atari Co-Founder Nolan Bushnell on the Future of Software
Whether you know him by name, you almost certainly have firsthand experience with some of Nolan Bushnell's work. He's known by many as the father of video games...
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Web
The origins of our Webified age were hardly auspicious. Two decades ago, Tim Berners-Lee, a British software programmer at the CERN physics-research laboratory...
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What You Should Include in an Agreement with a Cloud Provider
Cloud computing is a lot like the weather: Everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. Just 9.3% of companies say they'll be using platform or...
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I'm Not a Real Scientist, and That's Okay
What kind of discipline is computer science? I thought it was a science when I received my bachelor's degree. I believed its subdiscipline software engineering...
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Could Terrorists Launch America's Nuclear Missiles?
The Air Force calls the situation "Launch Facilities Down." On Oct. 23, a Wyoming-based squadron of 50 nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)—enough...
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