Thursday, during a rancorous meeting of the Federal Communications Commission, the agencyvoted 3-2 to impose public utility regulations on Internet access providers...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | March 2, 2015
My coffee maker is texting me again. It's scheduled to make coffee tomorrow, the message says, but I need to refill its water tank.NPR From ACM Opinion | February 27, 2015
Today, the Federal Communications Commission, by a vote of three to two, enacted its strongest-ever rules on net neutrality, preserving an open Internet by prohibiting...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | February 27, 2015
Robots are becoming more of a reality in everyday life, and movies have started to overhaul their depiction of them. They're gentler, friendlier, and often better...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | February 27, 2015
Someone who knows things about us has some measure of control over us, and someone who knows everything about us has a lot of control over us.Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | February 26, 2015
In our elation about rising CS enrollments, we are overlooking a growing shortage of computing technicians. Our education system is not responding to this need.Peter J. Denning, Edward E. Gordon From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2015
Introducing children to fundamental computing concepts through Computer Science Unplugged.
Thomas J. Cortina From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2015
In Akira Kurosawa's film "Rashomon," a samurai has been murdered, but it's not clear why or by whom.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 23, 2015
Citizenfour is filmmaker Laura Poitras' account of the first meetings between herself, Glenn Greenwald, and Edward Snowden.Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | February 23, 2015
Freeman Dyson, 91, the famed physicist, author and oracle of human destiny, is holding forth after tea-time one February afternoon in the common room of the Institute...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | February 23, 2015
Good news! A major hack you don't have to worry about! Unless, that is, you happen to be an executive or security employee at one of the hundreds of banks targeted...Slate From ACM Opinion | February 19, 2015