The anti-virus software company AVG has created PrivacyFix, an app to help you get a handle on just how much you're worth to big-time data players Facebook and...Business Insider From ACM Opinion | May 9, 2014
Like many people in this modern world, I struggle with the tension between the conveniences offered by the latest technology and the loss of privacy that comes...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 8, 2014
On October 29, 2012, when Hurricane Sandy made landfall, I was in my Brooklyn apartment, refreshing Twitter.The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2014
Modern smartphones have helped shed a light on the power of user interfaces that are driven by gesture and touch. It’s increasingly clear that touch will play a...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | April 30, 2014
In 2007, at a public forum at Coe College, in Iowa, Presidential candidate Barack Obama was asked about net neutrality.The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | April 25, 2014
Bringing educators together and focusing their interests toward improving computer science education in high schools.Steve Cooper, Shuchi Grover, Beth Simon From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2014
Reflections on a British computer engineer who influenced several important machines, including the first stored-program computer.David Anderson From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2014
The best way to think about Aereo, the company at the center of this week's Supreme Court battle over the future of computing, is as an example of legal performance...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 24, 2014
A quantum computer is a device that could exploit the weirdness of the quantum world to solve certain specific problems much faster than we know how to solve them...PBS From ACM News | April 22, 2014
Five weeks into the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, more than $30 million has been spent scouring great swatches of the southern Indian Ocean.Slate From ACM Opinion | April 21, 2014
No Exit, the new book from Gideon Lewis-Kraus, should be required reading for anybody who thinks it might be a good idea to found a startup in Silicon Valley.Reuters From ACM Opinion | April 21, 2014
In the movie Transcendence, which opens in theaters on Friday, a sentient computer program embarks on a relentless quest for power, nearly destroying humanity in...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | April 21, 2014