What is your private data worth, to you and to the companies willing to pay you for it?
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2022
Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2021
ISPs, app developers, and even the government may know more about you than you think.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2020
We need to mitigate the environmental impact of disposing of electronics at their end of useful life.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2020
The social media platforms like their freedom, but information gerrymandering may require legislation to fix.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2020
Translation devices are getting better at making speech and text understandable in different languages.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2020
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...Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2020
Why isn't IT regulated, when it can have such substantial impacts on people's lives?
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2019
Demand is expected to spike over the next few years, leading to higher prices and international trade issues.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2019
Why aren't better assistive technologies available for those communicating using ASL?
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2018
New data protection laws raise questions about whether certain jurisdictions are trying to thwart the ability of foreign governments to obtain data on their citizens...Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2018
A growing number of low-cost (and free!) solutions aim to open the Internet to developing regions.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2018
Three-dimensional printing and other new technologies are revitalizing the business of building buildings.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2018
Applications must be programmed to process instructions in parallel to take full advantage of the new multicore processors.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2017