Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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What I Learned Surrendering My Life to Algorithms
What happens when someone leaves daily choices about music, food, wardrobe, and more up to online algorithms for a week
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Why Tech Made Racial Injustice Worse, and How to Fix It
The better design of future systems will help overcome current injustices, says Professor Ruha Benjamin of Princeton University.
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Google and Amazon Make Us Worse People
The narrowing of choice online all but forces us into decisions driven by impulse and necessity, eroding our values and conscience over time.
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This 11-Year-Old CEO Wants to Teach Kids Everywhere to Code
Samaira Mehta, co-founder of CodeBunnyz and founder of the Yes, 1 Billion Kids Can Code initiative, talks about why age is just a number, her dream of becoming...
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FBI Head Christopher Wray: We Can't Let Criminals Hide Behind Encryption
Encryption should have limits. That's the message FBI Director Christopher Wray had for cybersecurity experts Tuesday.
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How NASA Was Born 60 Years Ago from Panic Over a 'Second Moon'
The origins of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration can be traced all the way back to the Wright brothers, but the real story happened over less than...
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What Trump's Pick of Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Means for Tech
President Trump has made his Supreme Court justice pick: Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
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Article 13: Europe's Hotly Debated Revamp of Copyright Law, Explained
First they came for the privacy violations, then they came for the memes.
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Why 2001: A Space Odyssey's Mystery Endures, 50 Years On
Michael Benson's new book Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece offers a fresh look at the making of Stanley Kubrick's...
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Blockchain Explained: It Builds Trust When You Need It Most
These days, we're having a harder and harder time trusting each other.
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In 2018, Voice Assistants Will Make the Leap Out of Your Home
At one section of Google's giant outdoor booth at CES was an impromptu, carney-style one-man show, with a guy wearing dark sunglasses and a white Google Assistant...
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As AI and Robots Rise Up, Do Humans Need an Upgrade Too?
There is a chip implanted in my hand. I'm serious.
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Enigma: Why the Fight to Break Nazi Encryption Still Matters
It was night when three British sailors and a 16-year-old canteen assistant boarded a sinking U-boat off the coast of Egypt.
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Hacker Knows Best: Privacy Tips from Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick knows all the ways your privacy could be violated through your phone, computer and tablet.
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At Ces 2017, You Have to Ask: What Makes a Robot a Robot?
Tall, small, dancing, singing, cleaning, sassy, silly, cute and scary—CES 2017 was awash with robots.
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10 Ways the Iphone Changed Everything
Ten years ago, Nokia was the world's largest phone maker. Microsoft was gearing up to launch Windows Vista. And the best new products at CES included a wireless...
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Orwell Was Right: Oliver Stone on What Makes Snowden Exciting
Oliver Stone wants you to know he's not an activist.
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