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Digital Nudging: Guiding Online User Choices through Interface Design
Designers can create designs that nudge users toward the most desirable option.
Making Machine Learning Robust Against Adversarial Inputs
Such inputs distort how machine-learning-based systems are able to function in the world as it is.
The ABCs of Effectiveness in The Digital Society
Digital effectiveness is not the same as mastering the ICTs, rather it is the art of using them in a purposeful, healthy way.
Technical Perspective: The Rewards of Selfish Mining
"Majority Is Not Enough: Bitcoin Mining Is Vulnerable," by Eyal and Sirer, questions the 2009 Bitcoin white paper's implicit assumption of perfect information—that all miners have the same view of the blockchain.
A New Perspective on Computational Thinking
Addressing its cognitive essence, universal value, and curricular practices.
I see ACM as a continual 'work in progress' as computing and our community evolves. In the future, I believe ACM will need to constantly reassess priorities and activities to ensure we remain vital to the global computing community.
How the Hippies Destroyed the Internet
Communism is the most famous 20th-century attempt to build market-free economies. It required coercion on a colossal scale. The Internet is the second major attempt to build a market-free economy, limited to information.
Today's programmers offer more valuable skills than simply being able to hack algorithms and make data structures, says Yegor Bugayenko.
Why Cryptocurrencies Use So Much Energy
The electricity consumption of mining for cryptocurrencies is becoming a real concern. Here's what to do about it.
Bringing the Internet to the (Developing) World
A growing number of low-cost (and free!) solutions aim to open the Internet to developing regions.
Copyright Blocks a News-Monitoring Technology
An evolving technological landscape has made application of copyright law increasingly difficult.
Considering the confluence of research questions and sociopolitical dynamics.
The Case for Disappearing Cyber Security
A proposal for keeping cyber security both out of sight and out of mind for end users.
James Bond-like spies have been eclipsed by a new generation of operatives who don't travel the world (not physically, anyway) or drink martinis, shaken or stirred.
Exploring Cyber Resilience for Electricity
Challenges face the use of microgrids, but they hold the potential for increased grid security.
The Fake News Wars Have Only Begun
The next generation of false news will feature realistic-looking videos and a battle of algorithms.
Privacy in Decentralized Cryptocurrencies
When it comes to anonymizing cryptocurrencies, one size most definitely does not fit all.
3D Sensors Provide Security, Better Games
A variety of techniques allow sensors to locate and recognize objects in space.
Are technology companies maximizing profits by making users addicted to their products?
By focusing on users' abilities rather than disabilities, designers can create interactive systems better matched to those abilities.
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