From Communications of the ACM
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
Filippo Gualtiero Blancato| March 1, 2024
According to popular discourse, video games are either the divine instrument of education’s future or the software of Satan himself, provoking young men to carry...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | October 11, 2013
When was the last time you read an online review about a local business or service on a platform like Yelp?The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | October 4, 2013
Almost immediately after receiving their new school-issued iPads this fall, students in Indiana and in California (and probably elsewhere) managed to bypass the...The Atlantic From ACM Careers | October 2, 2013
How will police use a gun that immobilizes its target but does not kill? What would people do with a device that could provide them with any mood they desire? What...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 20, 2013
Over half of the world’s population lives in urban environments, and that number is rapidly growing according to the World Health Organization.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 20, 2013
Last year, while cleaning out the basement of my childhood home, I discovered a plastic storage bin marked "Calcusoft." Inside were piles of notebooks filled with...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | August 30, 2013
Last Sunday, David Miranda was detained while changing planes at London Heathrow Airport by British authorities for nine hours under a controversial British law—the...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | August 26, 2013
As an old reporter who has from time to time outed classified information, I have watched the cases of Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden with professional interest...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | August 23, 2013
Seems like everything gets hacked these days. Baby monitors. White House employees' personal email. Toilets.The Atlantic From ACM News | August 19, 2013
"People love Facebook. They really love it," Biz Stone wrote earlier this month. "My mother-in-law looks hypnotized when she decides to put in some Facebook time...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | August 1, 2013
Let's start at the end point: what you're doing right now. You are pulling information from a network onto a screen, enhancing your embodied experience with a communication...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | July 10, 2013
It is the rare entrepreneur who hits it truly big twice. Those who do—such as Ev Williams, Ted Turner, and Elon Musk—tend to stay within the original industry that...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | June 21, 2013
Forty-five years after Intel was founded by Silicon Valley legends Gordon Moore and Bob Noyce, it is the world's leading semiconductor company.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2013
One day in March, I was sitting across from Facebook's design director, Kate Aronowitz, at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park when she told me, "It takes a lot of work...The Atlantic From ACM News | May 3, 2013
Our government collects a lot of information about us. Tax records, legal records, license records, records of government services received—it's all in databases...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 1, 2013