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
As it advances now beyond Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is sending back data from its historic encounter with the dwarf planet like a long sigh of relief.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | July 20, 2015
In the past decade, Moxie Marlinspike has squatted on an abandoned island, toured the U.S. by hopping trains, he says, and earned the enmity of government officials...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | July 10, 2015
In the past several decades, there has been a monumental shift in the distribution of wealth on the planet.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 29, 2015
Internet pioneer Vinton G. Cerf warned Thursday that political and technological forces threaten universal access and integrity, which he described as the foundation...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | May 18, 2015
Theodore Beale had a big day when the nominations for science fiction's annual Hugo Awards were announced last month: He received two nominations for his editing...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | May 15, 2015
When I was 10 years old, my friend Sarah and I found a newly minted copy of "The Joy of Sex" under her parents' bed.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | April 27, 2015
Imagine an America where federal, state, and municipal law enforcement agencies cannot access critical communications, even when legally authorized to do so.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | April 24, 2015
People's distress over the privacy of their communications has never been more acute. Whether the fear is over U.S. surveillance or breaches by hackers of unknown...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | April 24, 2015
Humans will face their biggest test when computers surpass human intellectual capabilities, according to Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and CEO of SoftBank...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | April 20, 2015
Robots are becoming more of a reality in everyday life, and movies have started to overhaul their depiction of them. They're gentler, friendlier, and often better...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | February 27, 2015
What Stanford University is to Silicon Valley, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is to Israel’s booming tech sector.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | February 17, 2015