America's nuclear arsenal depends on a surprising relic of the 1970s that few of us may recall: the humble floppy disk.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | May 31, 2016
Seeking to improve computer science publication culture while retaining the best aspects of the conference and journal publication processes.Boaz Barak From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2016
Making innovations happen is surprisingly easy, satisfying, and rewarding if you start small and build up.Peter J. Denning From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2016
The legal battle between Oracle and Google is about to come to an end. And nothing less is as stake than the future of programming.Wired From ACM Opinion | May 23, 2016
The humanities are kaput. Sorry, liberal arts cap-and-gowners. You blew it. In a software-run world, what's wanted are more engineers.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 23, 2016
"Seveneves," Neal Stephenson: This novel about how the human race responds to the end of life on Earth rekindled my love for sci-fi. Some readers will lose patience...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 20, 2016
After selling my startup, Shopkick, to SK Planet in 2014, and handing over my CEO role a year later, I packed up my 1- and 3-year-old sons and my wife Angel, and...Recode From ACM Opinion | May 13, 2016
Twitter's gloomy quarterly report last week unsettled investors. They might have anticipated trouble more than a year ago had they noticed one key indicator.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | May 4, 2016
How the future of general-purpose programming tools could include blocks-based structured editing, and how we should study students transitioning to text-based...R. Benjamin Shapiro, Matthew Ahrens From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2016
Last month, WhatsApp, the hugely popular messaging service that Facebook owns, made end-to-end encryption the default for its 1 billion users. On Tuesday, Viber...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 21, 2016
In 2011, developer and researcher Alexandra Elbakyan launched Sci-Hub, an online archive that shares research articles freely and openly without paywalls or restrictions...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2016