On Alpine Road in Portola Valley, a few miles southwest of the campus of Stanford University, where the flat suburban landscape begins to give way to the vistas...Vanity Fair From ACM Opinion | December 13, 2013
When you clicked on the link to read this article, your computer, tablet or phone sent a request that traveled hundreds or perhaps thousands of miles at the speed...Smithsonian magazine From ACM Opinion | December 3, 2013
A program to encourage and support girls and women in pursuing their computer science interests.
Wendy M. DuBow, Ruthe Farmer, Zhen Wu, Malia Fredrickson From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2013
Design thinking is the newest fashion for finding better solutions to problems. Combining it with computational thinking offers some real possibilities for improving...Peter J. Denning From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2013
On October 21, the Wikimedia Foundation issued a statement from Sue Gardner, our executive director, condemning the black hat practice of paid advocacy editing...Wikimedia Foundation From ACM Opinion | November 22, 2013
Forget extra cupholders or power windows: the new Renault Zoe comes with a "feature" that absolutely nobody wants.Electronic Frontier Foundation From ACM Opinion | November 14, 2013
We believe that our customers have a right to understand how their personal information is handled, and we consider it our responsibility to provide them with the...Apple From ACM Opinion | November 7, 2013
The Internet is piling yet more vitriol on the shoddy Obamacare rollout in response to a report, by Bloomberg's Alex Wayne, that the administration has recruited...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | November 4, 2013