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…
From ACM Opinion
'brutal Doom' Makes One of the Best Games Ever Made Even Better
I still measure every first-person shooter that's released today against the two decades-old Doom, or, more accurately, my memory of playing it as a tween.
From ACM Opinion
Finding Out What the Past Smelled Like
It was the smell that hit me first, a heady mixture of roasting meat, woodsmoke, and farmyard manure.
From ACM Opinion
How Apple's Embrace of the New sb Points to World Without Wires
Ready or not, Apple's new MacBook is cutting the computing industry's cables.
From ACM Opinion
The 12 Tech Nuisances That Annoy s Most
You know those days when your phone battery doesn't even make it to dinner?
From ACM Opinion
Smartphones Set For Large-Scale Health Studies
Countless owners of smartphones and wearable devices are already using their devices to track their sleep, exercise, blood pressure and other measures of health...
From ACM Opinion
Here's What Will Truly Change Higher Education: Online Degrees That Are Seen as Official
Three years ago, technology was going to transform higher education. What happened?
From ACM Opinion
Year Zero: Our Life Timelines Begin
In 10 years, every human connected to the Internet will have a timeline.
From ACM Opinion
The Mathematics Behind Internet Virality
For a few days in late February, the world stopped to argue over a photograph.
From ACM Opinion
How to Restore Trust in American Technology
Last November in the town of Wuzhen, China hosted its first large international summit on Internet governance and cybersecurity.
From ACM Opinion
There Is Actually One Thing You Can Do to Fight the Surveillance Machine
Reading this right now?
From ACM Opinion
Get Creative at Your Desk With a Little Playtime
Playing with a geometric puzzle or stress ball at your desk can seem like idle diversion. It may also spark clearer or more creative thinking.
From ACM Opinion
Are Your Devices Hardwired For Betrayal?
It's an interesting time to be a computer security researcher.
From ACM Opinion
After Net Neutrality Vote, an ncertain Future For the Internet
Thursday, during a rancorous meeting of the Federal Communications Commission, the agencyvoted 3-2 to impose public utility regulations on Internet access providers...
From ACM Opinion
The World Loves the Smartphone. So How About a Smart Home?
My coffee maker is texting me again. It's scheduled to make coffee tomorrow, the message says, but I need to refill its water tank.
From ACM Opinion
Why Everyone Was Wrong About Net Neutrality
Today, the Federal Communications Commission, by a vote of three to two, enacted its strongest-ever rules on net neutrality, preserving an open Internet by prohibiting...
From ACM Opinion
Surveillance-Based Manipulation: How Facebook or Google Could Tilt Elections
Someone who knows things about us has some measure of control over us, and someone who knows everything about us has a lot of control over us.
From ACM Opinion
Why Digital Natives Prefer Reading in Print. Yes, You Read That Right.
Frank Schembari loves books—printed books.
From Communications of the ACM
Why Did Computer Science Make a Hero Out of Turing?
Comparing the legacy of Alan Turing in computer science with that of Carl Friedrich Gauss in mathematics.
From Communications of the ACM