Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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The All-American Iphone
Donald Trump says that if he becomes president, he will "get Apple to start making their computers and their iPhones on our land, not in China." Bernie Sanders...
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Jobs Threatened By Machines: A Once 'stupid' Concern Gains Respect
They replaced horses, didn't they? That's how the late, great economist Wassily Leontief responded 35 years ago to those who argued technology would never really...
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The Real Reason America Controls Its Nukes with Ancient Floppy Disks
America's nuclear arsenal depends on a surprising relic of the 1970s that few of us may recall: the humble floppy disk.
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Q&A: Finding New Directions in Cryptography
Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman on their meeting, their research, and the results that billions use every day.
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A Byte Is All We Need
A teenager explores ways to attract girls into the magical world of computer science.
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Privacy Is Dead, Long Live Privacy
Protecting social norms as confidentiality wanes.
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Computer Science Should Stay Young
Seeking to improve computer science publication culture while retaining the best aspects of the conference and journal publication processes.
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An Interview with Yale Patt
ACM Fellow Professor Yale Patt reflects on his career in industry and academia.
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An Interview with Yale Patt
ACM Fellow Professor Yale Patt reflects on his career in industry and academia.
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How to Produce Innovations
Making innovations happen is surprisingly easy, satisfying, and rewarding if you start small and build up.
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What Are You Trying to Pull?
A single cache miss is more expensive than many instructions.
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The Oracle-Google Case Will Decide the Future of Software
The legal battle between Oracle and Google is about to come to an end. And nothing less is as stake than the future of programming.
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To Write Better Code, Read Virginia Woolf
The humanities are kaput. Sorry, liberal arts cap-and-gowners. You blew it. In a software-run world, what's wanted are more engineers.
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My 10 Favorite Books: Bill Gates
"Seveneves," Neal Stephenson: This novel about how the human race responds to the end of life on Earth rekindled my love for sci-fi. Some readers will lose patience...
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Google Doubles Down on AI
Google announced something for everyone yesterday at its 10th annual I/O developer conference.
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After Three Weeks in China, It's Clear Beijing Is Silicon Valley's Only True Competitor
After selling my startup, Shopkick, to SK Planet in 2014, and handing over my CEO role a year later, I packed up my 1- and 3-year-old sons and my wife Angel, and...
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Like It or Not, Facebook Has the Right to Choose Your News
There's an old saying that you shouldn't pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel.
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Promoting Women in Science
Utrecht University professor Lynda Hardman discusses the pressing need to promote participation of women in science in the Netherlands.
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Is the Tech Bubble Popping? Ping Pong Offers an Answer
Twitter's gloomy quarterly report last week unsettled investors. They might have anticipated trouble more than a year ago had they noticed one key indicator.
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