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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
Q: There's a concern that, because of all the in-house perks, tech companies don't help local economies that much.
A: I feel the opposite. We have done two studies...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 12, 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
Google Ideas, the New York City–based "think/do tank" run by the Internet search giant, is launching several new technologies designed to highlight hacker attacks...Time From ACM Opinion | October 31, 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
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
Craig Mundie is Microsoft's senior advisor to the CEO, spending his time on big-picture stuff such as (according to his bio) "key strategic projects within the...Time From ACM Opinion | October 15, 2013
In a video interview, Lavabit founder Ladar Levison discusses how he has become a symbol in the backlash against U.S. government spying.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 10, 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
In 1982, polls showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had created human beings in their present form. Thirty years later, the fraction of the population...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 22, 2013
Ten years ago this week, Senator James M. Inhofe, the Republican from Oklahoma, used a two-hour floor speech to launch his campaign on the credibility of climate...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 2, 2013
Here are three topics much in the news these days: Prism, the surveillance program of the national security agency; the death of Trayvon Martin; and Google Glass...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 17, 2013