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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
Non-human employees are filling positions in all sorts of workplaces, and they are proving themselves to be fast, accurate, and reliable—more so than their human...Wired From ACM Opinion | July 28, 2014
On Sept. 7, 2000, in the waning days of the Clinton administration, a U.S. Predator drone flew over Afghanistan for the first time.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | July 28, 2014
There's a box on a shelf in my closet stuffed with smart smoke detectors, old smartphones, chargers, battery cases, fitness trackers, a Kindle that I sat on and...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 25, 2014
Invoke the word autocorrect and most people will think immediately of its hiccups—the sort of hysterical, impossible errors one finds collected on sites like Damn...Wired From ACM Opinion | July 24, 2014
The bad news is that only people who were actually at Dallas' QuakeCon last night were able to see the world-premiere gameplay footage from the next Doom game,...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | July 23, 2014
Twenty five years ago, the historic World War II codebreaking center Bletchley Park faced demolition.Google Europe Blog From ACM Opinion | July 22, 2014
EFF is releasing an experimental hacker alpha release of wireless router software specifically designed to support secure, shareable Open Wireless networks.Electronic Frontier Foundation From ACM Opinion | July 21, 2014
Soon after Maryanne Wolf published "Proust and the Squid," a history of the science and the development of the reading brain from antiquity to the twenty-first...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | July 18, 2014
As an academic, Cynthia Breazeal pioneered research into social interaction between humans and robots, developing Kismet, a robot that used facial expressions in...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | July 18, 2014
In his celebrated journey around the world on the HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836, Charles Darwin collected a plethora of information on the geology, animals, plants...Nature From ACM Opinion | July 16, 2014
"A grass roots effort is under way to stop the project... 'Mediocre science, terrible science policy,' begins the spirited letter…"New Scientist From ACM Opinion | July 16, 2014
Space fans were startled—and perhaps a little skeptical—in May when the Russians announced that they intend to build a manned moon base.Slate From ACM Opinion | July 15, 2014
A year after Edward Snowden's digital heist, the NSA's chief technology officer says steps have been taken to stop future incidents. But he says there's no way...NPR From ACM Opinion | July 14, 2014
The fields of data communication, fabrication, and ultrasound imaging share a common challenge when it comes to improving speed and efficiency: light's diffraction...MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | July 14, 2014