Communications of the ACM
Pen-Based Computing: Still Looking For The Write App
The sector, once popular, is searching for applications and users.
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Bitcoin Technology's Next Big Test: Trillion-Dollar Repo Market
Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., a firm at the center of Wall Street’s trading infrastructure, is about to give the technology behind bitcoin a big test: seeing...
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Massive Robots Keep Docks Shipshape
At one of the busiest shipping terminals in the U.S., more than two dozen giant red robots wheeled cargo containers along the docks on a recent morning, handing...
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Apple Case Highlights Struggles Cios Face in Balancing Privacy, Law Enforcement Requests
As technology advances, there's a delicate balance between individual privacy and law enforcement’s requests for information.
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Companies Find Tech Talent in Robust Freelance Market
Companies are turning to private marketplaces of software developers to assemble teams for specific projects, rather than hiring permanent personnel.
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Silicon Valley Faces Showdown as Lawmakers Fume Over Encryption
A number of lawmakers on Thursday expressed a growing frustration with technology companies and signaled Congress would consider either curbing encrypted communications...
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Statisticians' Plea: Please Pick Up the Phone
In the era of big data, when demand for statistics is higher than ever, a shadow of danger looms over the numbers revolution: People are increasingly refusing to...
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Google Says It Reviewed 1.2 Million Web Pages For 'right to Be Forgotten'
Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Wednesday said it has evaluated more than 1.2 million Web pages for compliance with Europe's "Right to Be Forgotten" ruling, and removed...
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New Report Puts Numbers on Data Scientist Trend
Data scientist–a job that barely existed a decade ago–has become one of the hottest and best-paid professions in the U.S.
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Google Reveals How It Scales Its Network
Google Inc., Tuesday, outlined its decade-long journey with software-defined networking in a new paper that it presented at the ACM SIGCOMM 2015 conference in London...
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Defensive Stats Shift Back Toward Irrelevance
Baseball's statisticians have long been looking for a way—any way—to figure out what a player is worth on defense. It was nothing less than the holy grail of baseball...
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Moore's Law Is Showing Its Age
No company sounds more religious about Moore’s Law than Intel Corp., whose co-founder made a famous observation about the miniaturization of chip circuitry 50 years...
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IBM Researchers Try to Measure Employee Well-Being Using Technology
Researchers at IBM and the Delft University of Technology are working to develop computer systems that could help foster well-being among employees. The project...
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When Does a Hack Become an Act of War?
A tremendous number of personnel records—including some quite personal records—have likely been stolen by computer hackers.
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U.s. Surveillance Backlash Could Cost Tech Companies More Than $35 Billion By 2016
The U.S. government's widespread data surveillance practices are likely to cost U.S. cloud computing and other technology companies more money than originally expected...
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At the Heart of Facebook's Artificial Intelligence, Human Emotions
Facebook Inc. doesn't yet have an intelligent assistant, like the iPhone's Siri.
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.s. Is Faulted For Risking Edge in R&d
A new report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is faulting the U.S. government for failing to maintain its investments in basic scientific research...
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Should Law Enforcement Have the Ability to Access Encrypted Communications?
People's distress over the privacy of their communications has never been more acute. Whether the fear is over U.S. surveillance or breaches by hackers of unknown...
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How Factory Workers Learned to Love Their Robot Colleagues
Workers at a Navistar truck plant in Ohio weren't eager to make friends when a new colleague showed up on the factory floor nearly 40 years ago.
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Google Lab Puts a Time Limit on Innovations
Google is facing increased scrutiny on return-on-investment from its research and development spending, prompting a leaner, faster approach.
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