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
Microsoft Corp largely missed the mobile market in the last decade, its recently departed chief executive officer said Tuesday.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | March 5, 2014
Shortly after Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple in August 2011, he told a confidant that he got up every morning reminding himself just to do the right...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | March 4, 2014
Many bitcoin users are probably too young to remember the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 rap hit "Mo Money Mo Problems."The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | February 21, 2014
In Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated, futuristic film 'Her,' computers compose music, carry on seamless conversations with humans, organize emails instantaneously,...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | January 29, 2014
A federal appeals court in Washington slapped the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday for overstepping its legal authority by trying to regulate Internet...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | January 15, 2014
This is going to sound silly, but I think Snapchat was the most important technology of 2013.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | December 26, 2013
Federal Judge Richard Leon has become a sudden political celebrity after his remarkable opinion holding that antiterror surveillance is unconstitutional and, even...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | December 18, 2013
In late September, on a crowded commuter train in San Francisco, a man shot and killed 20-year-old student Justin Valdez.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | October 28, 2013
As the world's second-largest supplier of telecommunications network equipment, Huawei plays a part in the technology industry's efforts to ensure network security...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | October 18, 2013
Computers seem to be replacing humans across many industries, and we're all getting very nervous.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | October 8, 2013
Internet usage—especially microblogging on Sina Weibo, China’s largest Twitter-like social media site—is presenting new challenges and new attempts to meet them...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | September 18, 2013
There's a widely shared image on the Internet of a teacher's note that says: "Dear students, I know when you're texting in class. Seriously, no one just looks down...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | September 10, 2013
As he closed the door, leaving me alone at the controls of a 41,000-pound bulldozer with list price of nearly $432,000, a Komatsu Ltd. executive shouted, "No worries...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 29, 2013
The year was 1988. George Michael's "Faith" was top of the pops. "Roseanne" was the number-one show on TV. Bruce Willis, starring in "Die Hard," still had hair.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | August 27, 2013
Today's report in The Wall Street Journal reveals that the National Security Agency's spying tools extend deep into the domestic U.S. telecommunications infrastructure...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | August 21, 2013
The co-editor of Boing Boing, novelist and fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation shares his tools for circumventing censorship in airports, easing back pain...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | August 5, 2013
"It's extraordinary that we live in this day and age with all our wonderful modern technology, and still we have shoes that give us blisters," says Hugh Herr, with...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | July 17, 2013
Once the civil libertarians have had their say, let's hope the really interesting questions start being asked.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 12, 2013