Communications of the ACM
Guiding Students to Develop Essential Skills
Students should interact with one another to practice skills and construct their own understanding, with assistance from a teacher…
From ACM Opinion
Google and Amazon Make Us Worse People
The narrowing of choice online all but forces us into decisions driven by impulse and necessity, eroding our values and conscience over time.
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We're Banning Facial Recognition. We're Missing the Point.
The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.
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Don't Give Your Dot-org Domain Away to a Private Company
One of the Internet's most trusted assets — the dot-org domain used by nonprofits from UNICEF to your local food bank — is being hijacked.
From ACM Opinion
We're Approaching the Limits of Computer Power – We Need New Programmers Now
Ever-faster processors led to bloated software, but physical limits may force a return to the concise code of the past.
From ACM Opinion
Host of Problems with Facebook Deepfake Ban, Expert Says
Facebook's newly announced ban on deepfake videos presents a number of challenges in the fight against the spread of misinformation, says Tim Weninger, associate...
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Shaking Up the Diversity Pipeline
Jordan Pedraza of Handshake discusses how the company is democratizing access to career opportunities for college students of color.
From Communications of the ACM
Ethics of Technology Needs More Political Philosophy
Incorporating considerations of reasonable pluralism, individual agency, and legitimate authority.
From Communications of the ACM