Russia and other countries are turning to more stringent Internet controls that threaten the free flow of information.
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Talented Programmers Don’t Tolerate Chaos
Talented programmers will strive to structure chaos and write perfect code.
Why IT Professionals Get A Bad Rap For Their Communications
Tips for improving business IT communications.
Making the Internet Civil Again
Researchers are exploring ways to improve discourse in online discussion groups and social media sites.
‘Everything Fails All the Time’
Werner Vogels, an expert on ultra-scalable systems, talks about listening to customers, reconceptualizing the stack, and building a product-centered culture.
Retailers of all stripes are using technology to follow consumers through their brick-and-mortar stores in order to develop detailed profiles of their shopping habits and preferences.
Dark Web’s Doppelgängers Aim to Dupe Antifraud Systems
Digital doppelgängers that fool online payment fraud detection systems are a threat to your bank balance.
Numbers Are for Computers, Strings Are for Humans
How and where software should translate data into a human-readable form.
Opening Up the Baseboard Management Controller
If the CPU is the brain of the board, the BMC is the brain stem.
Directions for Professional Social Matching Systems
Future PSM systems will require diversity-enhancing yet contextually sensitive designs.
Toward ML-Centric Cloud Platforms
Exploring the opportunities to use ML, the possible designs, and our experience with Microsoft Azure.
Fuzzing: Hack, Art, and Science
Reviewing software testing techniques for finding security vulnerabilities.
Top ACM TechNews articles of 2019
One of the most popular topics among the 10 most-clicked-on items in ACM TechNews during 2019 was, once again, programming and programming languages.
Why Is There No Well-Known Swiss IT Industry?
Herbert Bruderer asks why no information technology industry emerged in Switzerland in the 1950s, despite the appearance of computers from several sources.
Cybersecurity specialists are working to head off hackers trying to use the Internet of Things as their gateway into smart homes.
Can Antiferromagnetic Materials Replace Silicon in Future Computers?
Seeking alternatives to silicon as Moore’s Law approaches its end.
New MacArthur Fellow Takes Aim at Online Harassment, Doxing
Danielle Citron, a privacy scholar who has done pioneering work in combating hate crimes and other abuses in cyberspace, has been named a 2019 MacArthur fellow.
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Evolution Through Revolution: Getting Your Team to Embrace Change
Don't accept the status quo. Instead, build a team willing to fight for positive change.
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