Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is ready for a future where his smart mattress monitors sleep patterns and alerts the curtains to allow daylight in, waking...Slate From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2013
Bitcoin. Everybody's talking about it. What's true, and what's hype? Perhaps the only thing that's clear about Bitcoin is that it's not going away anytime soon.Wired From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2013
One day in March, I was sitting across from Facebook's design director, Kate Aronowitz, at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park when she told me, "It takes a lot of work...The Atlantic From ACM News | May 3, 2013
Google has stoked our collective imagination via relentless promotion of its Google Glass wearable computer in recent months.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | May 2, 2013
Due to Congressional rules, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology had to choose new leadership this year.ArsTechnica From ACM Opinion | May 1, 2013
The Internet, in the popular imagination, is supposed to be free—"the last bastion of our economy untouched by the government," as they say on Fox News.Slate From ACM Opinion | May 1, 2013
Our government collects a lot of information about us. Tax records, legal records, license records, records of government services received—it's all in databases...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 1, 2013
For people of a certain age in the technology industry, one of the ways of establishing a connection with someone is by asking some version of the following question...Threatpost From ACM Opinion | April 30, 2013
The interesting thing about Bitcoin isn't what it is today. What's interesting is that this experiment is turning into a serious proving ground for the idea of...CNET From ACM Opinion | April 30, 2013
After the Boston Marathon bombings, the process by which breaking news and information are generated and disseminated looked more ragged and exposed than ever: ...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | April 29, 2013
The first official announcement that law enforcement agencies had concluded their manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev didn't come at a...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | April 29, 2013
Google has always been an artificial intelligence company, so it really shouldn't have been a surprise that Ray Kurzweil, one of the leading scientists in the field...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 26, 2013
The race to build ever-faster supercomputers is on, with more contenders than ever before. However, the current goals set for this race may not lead to the fastest...Michael J. Flynn, Oskar Mencer, Veljko Milutinovic, Goran Rakocevic, Per Stenstrom, Roman Trobec, Mateo Valero From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2013
Combining computing and psychology, J.C.R. Licklider's prescient ideas are being applied in contemporary educational settings.Mark Guzdial From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2013
Examining the mismatch between copyright law and technology-influenced evolving social norms in the European Union.
P. Bernt Hugenholtz From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2013
"We fear that the natural action for, in particular, autocratic governments experiencing what we describe as 'virtual urbanization' will be to balkanize the Internet...NPR From ACM Opinion | April 24, 2013