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
A mysterious new technology emerges, seemingly out of nowhere, but actually the result of two decades of intense research and development by nearly anonymous researchers...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 22, 2014
Ann Cavoukian is the information and privacy commissioner in Ontario, Canada, and a longtime advocate of default online confidentiality.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 21, 2014
Seven months ago, the world began to learn the vast scope of the National Security Agency's reach into the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the United...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 6, 2014
Theodor Holm Nelson, who coined the term hypertext, has been a thorn in the side of the computing establishment for more than a half century.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 18, 2013
Tony Fadell is the founder and chief executive of Nest, a company that is trying to bring a high-end technology experience to some of the most prosaic areas of...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 11, 2013
Clifford I. Nass, a professor of communication at Stanford who died on Saturday, regaled me several times over the years about his method for torturing students...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 6, 2013
Consumer trust is a vital currency for every big Internet company, which helps to explain why the giants of Silicon Valley have gone to great lengths in recent...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 28, 2013
Syrian-born Dina Katabi is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was awarded a MacArthur last...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 21, 2013
The director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith B. Alexander, said in an interview that to prevent terrorist attacks he saw no effective alternative to...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 17, 2013
There is a scene in the television series "Boss" in which the mayor of Chicago, played by Kelsey Grammer, is discovered by his wife washing bed sheets by hand at...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 23, 2013
I am not a tech industry maven, so I am busy coming up to speed on the implications of the Ballmer resignation.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 26, 2013
During the sweltering heat wave earlier this month, it seemed too hot to wear much, carry much or do much of anything at all.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 29, 2013