Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Microsoft Ceo Nadella's Top Challenge: Figuring Out Mobile
Microsoft stands at a crossroads when it comes to mobile.
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Digital Platforms: When Is Participation Valuable?
Assessing the benefits and challenges of knowledge spillovers.
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An Integrated Approach to Safety and Security Based on Systems Theory
Applying a more powerful new safety methodology to security risks.
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Establishing a Nationwide CS Curriculum in New Zealand High Schools
Providing students, teachers, and parents with a better understanding of computer science and programming.
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Would Cybersecurity Professionalization Help Address the Cybersecurity Crisis?
Evaluating the trade-offs involved in cybersecurity professionalization.
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When Google Closes the Nest Deal, Privacy Issues For the Internet of Things Will Hit the Big Time
Google rocked the smart home market Monday with its intention to purchase connected home thermostat maker Nest for $3.2 billion, which will force a much-needed...
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'net Neutrality' Ruling Opens Door For Two-Tiered Internet Market
An "Open Internet" became endangered this week at a time when the U.S. increasingly relies on Internet services to deliver everything from education to entertainment...
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I Spent Two Hours Talking With the Nsa's Bigwigs. Here's What Has Them Mad
My expectations were low when I asked the National Security Agency to cooperate with my story on the impact of Edward Snowden’s leaks on the tech industry.
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Why Google Bought Nest: A Theory
Google is acquiring Nest, makers of a smart thermostat, for a reported $3.2 billion.
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Do We Want an Erasable Internet?
This is going to sound silly, but I think Snapchat was the most important technology of 2013.
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Whither Net Neutrality?
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...
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Publish Now, Judge Later
A proposal to address the problem of too many conference submissions and not enough time for reviewers to carefully evaluate each one.
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Estimation Is Not Evil
Reconciling agile approaches and project estimates.
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Actually, Turing Did Not Invent the Computer
Separating the origins of computer science and technology.
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Toward a Closer Integration of Law and Computer Science
Seeking better integration of the insights from the fields of law and technology.
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The Legacy of Steve Ballmer
Assessing the positive and negative components of the second Microsoft CEO's tenure.
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Google's Robot Army
A couple of weeks ago, shortly after the Amazon C.E.O. Jeff Bezos unveiled, on "60 Minutes," that his company plans to deliver packages to customers with a swarm...
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