Seven months ago, the world began to learn the vast scope of the National Security Agency's reach into the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the United...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 6, 2014
Last month two judges issued two different opinions about the NSA's controversial bulk metadata collection program.Slate From ACM Opinion | January 2, 2014
While we're all wiping the champagne-induced sleep from our eyes, inevitably we have to sober up for 2014.ArsTechnica From ACM Opinion | January 2, 2014
By now, most people have heard of Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer currency whose value has soared over the past couple of years.The Washington Post From ACM News | December 30, 2013
Turn an ordinary table into a touch screen, monitor your kids' whereabouts, and place the power of 3D printing in the palm of your hand—and there’s more.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | December 30, 2013
One of the dangers of a 304 -page report on a complex subject is that everyone gets to choose what he or she thinks is the bottom line.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | December 30, 2013
Last month, several people appeared before a U.S. Senate committee to defend bitcoin, among them Patrick Murck, general counsel of the Bitcoin Foundation...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | December 26, 2013
In defending the NSA's telephony metadata collection efforts, government officials have repeatedly resorted to one seemingly significant detail: This is just metadata—numbers...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | December 26, 2013
This is going to sound silly, but I think Snapchat was the most important technology of 2013.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | December 26, 2013
As the new Federal Communications Commission chairman, Tom Wheeler, has kicked up some dust in the tech community by laying the groundwork for a grand vision for...Slate From ACM Opinion | December 26, 2013
Right now, the average person's data footprint—the annual amount of data produced worldwide, per capita—is just a little short of one terabyte.Newsweek From ACM Opinion | December 26, 2013
In a sharp and unexpected shift, the national debate over U.S. government surveillance seems to be turning in favor of reining in the National Security Agency's...The Associated Press From ACM Opinion | December 23, 2013
A proposal to address the problem of too many conference submissions and not enough time for reviewers to carefully evaluate each one.Doug Terry From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2014
Assessing the positive and negative components of the second Microsoft CEO's tenure.Michael A. Cusumano From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2014