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License Expired: The Ars Technica 2018 Deathwatch
From ACM Opinion

License Expired: The Ars Technica 2018 Deathwatch

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...

Defining American Greatness
From Communications of the ACM

Defining American Greatness: IBM from Watson to Trump

Reflections on a firm that encapsulated the American Century.

Technology and the Failure of the University
From Communications of the ACM

Technology and the Failure of the University

Considering the double-edged sword of learning technologies in various academic settings.

Ask Not What Your Postdoc Can Do For You . . .
From Communications of the ACM

Ask Not What Your Postdoc Can Do For You . . .

Seeking more effective strategies for training and nurturing CS postdocs to ensure their success.

Google, Amazon Find Not Everyone Is Ready For AI
From ACM Careers

Google, Amazon Find Not Everyone Is Ready For AI

Executives at ascendant tech titans like Amazon and Google tend to look down on their predecessor IBM.

The Death of Big Software
From Communications of the ACM

The Death of Big Software

We are past the tipping point in the transition away from 20th-century big software architectures.

Cold, Hard Cache
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Cold, Hard Cache

On the implementation and maintenance of caches.

Community Colleges
From Communications of the ACM

Community Colleges: A Resource For Increasing Equity and Inclusion in Computer Science Education

Challenging a simplistic pathway metaphor.

The Forgotten Engineer
From Communications of the ACM

The Forgotten Engineer

Engineering has been marginalized by the unhealthy belief that engineering is the application of science.

The Tech Giants' Secret War Against Fake News Is Too Secret
From ACM Opinion

The Tech Giants' Secret War Against Fake News Is Too Secret

Facebook, Google, and Twitter have a problem with harmful content.

Borders in the Cloud
From ACM Opinion

Borders in the Cloud

Amazon may well be one of the companies with the strongest data security in the world.

Blockchain ≠ Bitcoin
From ACM Opinion

Blockchain ≠ Bitcoin

Bitcoin ≠ blockchain. Blockchain ≠ bitcoin. This message bears repeating: You can be pro-blockchain and anti-bitcoin.

Is Technology About to Decimate White-Collar Work?
From ACM Careers

Is Technology About to Decimate White-Collar Work?

Kai-Fu Lee, one of China's best-known technologists and investors, thinks artificial intelligence is about to supplant many millions of the country's office workers...

Why Facebook and Twitter Can't Be Trusted to Police Themselves
From ACM Opinion

Why Facebook and Twitter Can't Be Trusted to Police Themselves

Google, Facebook and Twitter took a beating on Wednesday testifying in front of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees about their role enabling Russia's...

Does Facebook Even Know How to Control Facebook?
From ACM Opinion

Does Facebook Even Know How to Control Facebook?

Later today, executives from Facebook, Google, and Twitter will go before the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify about the ways that Russian operatives used...

Keeping the Machinery in Computing Education
From Communications of the ACM

Keeping the Machinery in Computing Education

Incorporating intellectual and developmental frameworks into a Scottish school curriculum.

Engaging the Ethics of Data Science in Practice
From Communications of the ACM

Engaging the Ethics of Data Science in Practice

Seeking more common ground between data scientists and their critics.

Disgorging Profits in Design Patent Cases
From Communications of the ACM

Disgorging Profits in Design Patent Cases

Does the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Apple v. Samsung case represent a quagmire?

What Facebook Did to American Democracy
From ACM Opinion

What Facebook Did to American Democracy

In the media world, as in so many other realms, there is a sharp discontinuity in the timeline: before the 2016 election, and after.

Misinformation Is the New Normal of Mass Shootings
From ACM Opinion

Misinformation Is the New Normal of Mass Shootings

On the morning after the deadliest shooting in modern American history, there was a certain predictability in the response to a tragedy that left at least 59 dead...
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