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
"MIT Professor Exposes 'Egregious Error' & Evidence Tampering in US Report on Syria Sarin Incident." Pretty good headline, right?
Wired From ACM Opinion | May 31, 2017
Look at economic data closely and the trends aren't pretty: People with elite backgrounds are hoovering up an increasing share of new income and wealth.
Wired From ACM Opinion | February 23, 2017
The best Super Bowl halftime shows leave indelible memories, be it a notorious wardrobe malfunction, that goofy Left Shark, or every last second of Beyoncé's two...Wired From ACM Opinion | February 7, 2017
Twenty-five years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee unleashed the World Wide Web, publishing the first public webpage. Well, maybe.Wired From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2016
If you played Doom during its heyday in the 90s, I have some disappointing news: it's not as frightening as you remember.Wired From ACM Opinion | July 29, 2016
The Juno space probe is now in orbit around Jupiter, meaning space buffs around the world are eagerly awaiting whatever new data the probe sends back.Wired From ACM Opinion | July 15, 2016
Boris Sofman taps his phone, and the robot on the conference room table in front of him wakes up. Not in that gadget-y way, like when a laptop screen turns on,...Wired From ACM Opinion | June 27, 2016
Laura Poitras has a talent for disappearing. In her early documentaries like My Country, My Country and The Oath, her camera seems to float invisibly in rooms where...Wired From ACM Opinion | February 5, 2016
Tom was discussing the film star Tang Wei with a chatbot named XiaoIce, and the bot was excited: "A goddess! She stole my heart … and then went off and married!"...Wired From ACM Opinion | January 26, 2016
For the last 30 years, the MIT Lab has been a breeding ground for technological progress that’s pushed the world into the future.Wired From ACM Opinion | December 4, 2015
There's something about the Red Planet—so close yet so far, inhospitable yet perhaps not totally uninhabitable—that keeps us dreaming about getting there one day...Wired From ACM Opinion | September 30, 2015
There are seminal books, movies, articles, and more that you've been meaning to get to but just haven't made the time for.Wired From ACM Opinion | September 1, 2015
Since 1953, to be nominated for a Hugo Award, among the highest honors in science fiction and fantasy writing, has been a dream come true for authors who love time...Wired From ACM Opinion | August 26, 2015
The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s "2001: A Space Odyssey" documents in nearly scientific detail exactly that: the story of how the iconic science-fiction film came...Wired From ACM Opinion | August 20, 2015
It's not a game or social media site, but OldNYC.org is as addictive as Angry Birds and as time consuming as Facebook.Wired From ACM Opinion | July 24, 2015
When sci-fi author Andy Weir went to visit mission control at NASA's Johnson Space Center, the International Space Station was going through a crisis—an air leak...Wired From ACM Opinion | July 22, 2015
Extreme weather events, changes in precipitation levels, species migration and extinction—climate change promises so many fun things. But why wait?Wired From ACM Opinion | July 17, 2015
Internet companies make billions of dollars by capturing one of the world's most precious commodities: your attention.Wired From ACM Opinion | June 24, 2015