Is the outlook for technology in 2018 exciting—or slightly terrifying? Flip a coin. You'd be right either way.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2017
Technologies to detect brain activity—fine, we'll come right out and call it mind reading—as well as to change it are moving along so quickly that "a bit of a gold...STAT News From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2017
Wow, that 2017, though. Quite a year. Let's grab a Juicero and take a moment to reflect on the utter dumpster fires that we've witnessed over the past 12 months...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2017
Considering the double-edged sword of learning technologies in various academic settings.
Henry C. Lucas From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2018
Seeking more effective strategies for training and nurturing CS postdocs to ensure their success.
Chitta Baral, Shih-Fu Chang, Brian Curless, Partha Dasgupta, Julia Hirschberg, Anita Jones From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2018
When it comes to cyberweapons, America is an elephant and Iran is a flea. Still, a flea can be a persistent nuisance, especially for the unprotected.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | December 27, 2017
On a spring day more than 5,000 years ago in the Mesopotamian city of Ur, a foreign merchant sold his wares in exchange for a large bundle of silver.
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | December 14, 2017
A somewhat neglected issue in discussions of bitcoin is the tremendous increase in power consumption used by miners. The rising power required to mine bitcoin conflicts...Wired From ACM Opinion | December 7, 2017
In spite of the billions of dollars companies collectively spend each year on cyberdefenses, hackers keep defeating them.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 4, 2017
We are past the tipping point in the transition away from 20th-century big software architectures.
Stephen J. Andriole From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2017