Speculators might make money on cryptocurrency, but the arguments for its usefulness fail completely.
Current Affairs From ACM Opinion | April 23, 2021
Jeffrey Ullman, co-recipient of the 2020 ACM A.M. Turing Award, discusses the imposter syndrome, running a Burroughs 5500, and using applications to address social...The Stanford Daily From ACM Opinion | April 6, 2021
Considering the origins, interpretations, and possible changes to Communications Decency Act §230 amid an evolving online environment.
Pamela Samuelson From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2021
The University of Delaware's Sunita Chandrasekaran is leading an international team that is designing an app for the world's fastest supercomputer, set to come...University of Delaware From ACM Careers | January 5, 2021
Deliberating on how to regulate—or not regulate—online speech in the era of evolving social media.
Kate Klonick From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2021
Thirty years ago, Geoffrey Hinton's belief in neural networks was contrarian. Now it's hard to find people who disagree with him.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | November 4, 2020
Nature talks to Peter Shor 25 years after he showed how to make quantum computations feasible — and how they could endanger our data.
Nature From ACM Opinion | November 2, 2020
Reviewing the most significant changes recommended in the recently released U.S. Copyright Office Section 512 Study.
Pamela Samuelson From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2020
Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida discusses the PlayStation maker's "American" comeback, videogames he loves to play, and the reason for Sony's electric ca.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | September 23, 2020
Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer at Microsoft India, talks about life, ethics, the future, and the power of diversity and inclusion.
Microsoft From ACM Opinion | August 27, 2020
How more than 25years of experience with aviation safety-critical systems can be applied to autonomous vehicle systems.
Jaynarayan H. Lala, Carl E. Landwehr, John F. Meyer From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2020
Considering the recent increased attention to privacy law issues amid the typically slow pace of legal change.
Margot Kaminski From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2020
Google Vice President of Engineering Luiz André Barroso discusses his work, including improvements to the datacenter, Google Maps, and hardware design.
Association for Computing Machinery From ACM Opinion | August 14, 2020