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The Battle For Power on the Internet
From ACM Opinion

The Battle For Power on the Internet

We're in the middle of an epic battle for power in cyberspace.

The Decline of Wikipedia
From ACM Opinion

The Decline of Wikipedia

The sixth most widely used website in the world is not run anything like the others in the top 10.

Augmented Reality Browsers
From Communications of the ACM

Augmented Reality Browsers: Essential Products or Only Gadgets?

How lessons learned from the evolution of the Web and Web browsers can influence the development of AR browsers.

Making Computer Science Count
From Communications of the ACM

Making Computer Science Count

Combining efforts and expertise, ACM and Code.org are partnering to address a rapidly changing education landscape.

Why Not Immortality?
From Communications of the ACM

Why Not Immortality?

A question of biology, technology, and society.

No Limits to Watching?
From Communications of the ACM

No Limits to Watching?

Considering the ethical questions raised by technologies that are moving from knowing what we are doing (and where) to knowing who we are.

Is Software Patentable?
From Communications of the ACM

Is Software Patentable?

Assessing the shifting perspectives on patentability standards for software.

What Regulators Can Do to Advance Privacy Through Design
From Communications of the ACM

What Regulators Can Do to Advance Privacy Through Design

Seeking to address the challenges of privacy by design through regulatory process and formal law.

Why I Am ­napologetic About Paywalls or Promotion
From ACM Opinion

Why I Am ­napologetic About Paywalls or Promotion

Late last week I posted a short essay on LinkedIn, where I am an Influencer, called "The best case study you'll ever read."

Twitter: Tweets and Hashtags Will Shape How We Think
From ACM Opinion

Twitter: Tweets and Hashtags Will Shape How We Think

One day, a user of Twitter decided to do something no else had tried before.

How to Design—and Defend Against—the Perfect Security Backdoor
From ACM Opinion

How to Design—and Defend Against—the Perfect Security Backdoor

We already know the NSA wants to eavesdrop on the Internet. 

A Court Order Is an Insider Attack
From ACM Opinion

A Court Order Is an Insider Attack

Commentators on the Lavabit case, including the judge himself, have criticized Lavabit for designing its system in a way that resisted court-ordered access to user...

Think You Can Live Offline Without Being Tracked? Here's What It Takes
From ACM Opinion

Think You Can Live Offline Without Being Tracked? Here's What It Takes

Nico Sell, the cofounder of a secure communication app called Wickr, has appeared on television twice.

Attn Girls: Stay Interested in STEM
From ACM Opinion

Attn Girls: Stay Interested in STEM

I was a freshman in college when I first laid my hands on a computer. It gave me an instant connection to loved ones and the world around me. That computer ignited...

Here's Everything You Should Know About Nsa Address Book Spying in One Faq
From ACM News

Here's Everything You Should Know About Nsa Address Book Spying in One Faq

A new report from The Washington Post, based on documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden, reveals that the National Security Agency is collecting hundreds...

Breaking the Internet
From ACM Opinion

Breaking the Internet

Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff's recent indictment of the United States' cyber-spying practices has profound global repercussions for the U.S vision of a borderless...

The Nobel Prize in Physics Is Really a Nobel Prize in Math
From ACM Opinion

The Nobel Prize in Physics Is Really a Nobel Prize in Math

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to François Englert and Peter W. Higgs for the prediction of the Higgs boson, which was experimentally confirmed...

Playing War: How the Military ­ses Video Games
From ACM Opinion

Playing War: How the Military ­ses Video Games

According to popular discourse, video games are either the divine instrument of education’s future or the software of Satan himself, provoking young men to carry...

The Double Danger of the Nsa's 'collect It All' Policy on Surveillance
From ACM Opinion

The Double Danger of the Nsa's 'collect It All' Policy on Surveillance

By now, most people are aware that the NSA collects massive amounts of information on ordinary Americans.

The Evil Genius of Fantasy Football
From ACM Opinion

The Evil Genius of Fantasy Football

Watching football means watching young men damage their brains.
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