How do you explain to people that they are a YouTube sensation, when they have never heard of YouTube or the Internet?The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | April 24, 2013
Kids used to ask each other: If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears, does it make a sound? Now there's a microphone in every tree and a loudspeaker on every...New York magazine From ACM Opinion | April 22, 2013
Two elders of information security came to Source Boston 2013 Wednesday morning to encourage the next generation to grab the torch from them and to urge great caution...Threatpost From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2013
A British astrobiology conference has revived a years-old debate over the best place to look for life elsewhere in the solar system: Mars, or the moons of Jupiter...NBC News From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2013
Which is more intrusive: security screening and metal detectors every few blocks, or a drone flying high above it taking video of every little thing you do?Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2013
Whether you call it a data-driven prediction or think of it as a self-fulfilling prophecy, Moore's Law has been going strong.Wired From ACM Opinion | April 17, 2013
Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) project, which President Obama announced in his State of the Union address in February, will...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 16, 2013
Ray Kurzweil must encounter his share of interviewers whose first question is: What do you hope your obituary will say?The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | April 16, 2013
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that could decide whether it's possible to patent specific human genes that have been "snipped" out of our DNA...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | April 16, 2013
Eight years of work, thousands of researchers around the world, $1 billion spent—and finally it was done.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 16, 2013
Dr. Ivan Sutherland is the 2012 winner of the Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology. The award, created by Dr. Kazuo Inamori, founder of not one but two major Japanese...Time From ACM Opinion | April 15, 2013
Earlier this year I started teaching a class on entrepreneurship at an after-school program in my community.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | April 12, 2013
Do you like video games? More to the point, do you like developing games and making money? Then here's some great news: The gaming boom that's been underway for...ReadWrite From ACM Opinion | April 12, 2013
Visualize the TV service you've always wanted: a gorgeous interface that does away with clunky (and often ad-strewn) programming grids; a simple remote that isn't...Advertising Age From ACM Opinion | April 11, 2013
When Markus Persson visited Las Vegas in 2011, for the first international convention held in honor of Minecraft, the video game he designed and built, a young...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2013
Steve Jobs was a stickler for detail, requiring final approval on everything from ads to wording on his Keynote presentations. It's no surprise then that the company...CNN From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2013