Communications of the ACM
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Back of the Envelope
Back-of-the-envelope calculations are a powerful professional practice.
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Women's Lives in Code
Exploring Ellen Ullman's 'Close to the Machine' and AMC's 'Halt and Catch Fire.'
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Security Done Right Can Make Smart Cities Wise
Seeking security improvements for smart cities.
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Protecting the Global Internet from Technology Cold Wars
Considering the perceived dangers of the global information flow.
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Deloitte's Quantum Computing Leader on the Technology's Healthcare Future
Scott Buchholz believes it will improve healthcare analytics, disease tracking and diagnosis, supply chains, drug discovery, and more
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Why Tesla's 'Beta Testing' Puts the Public at Risk
Elon Musk has turned American streets into a public laboratory for the company's supposed self-driving car technology
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L. Peter Deutsch on the Fallacies of Distributed Computing
How relevant are the fallacies today?
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Embodied AI, Superintelligence, and the Master Algorithm
What will take us from potential to reality in the next 18 months?
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The Question Medical AI Can't Answer
It's unable to tell us why it came to a particular decision—and that's crucial information
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How to Create Successful Developer Products
Interested in building software for developers? Follow these three design principles from Akita Software CEO Jean Yang.
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Governing AI Safety through Independent Audits
Governance of highly automated systems is critical to garner widespread public trust
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A European Union Approach to Regulating Big Tech
Considering a new regulatory proposal for addressing digital market competition concerns.
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In Praise of the Disassembler
There is much to be learned from the lower-level details of hardware.
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Responsible AI: Bridging From Ethics to Practice
Recommendations for increasing the benefits of artificial intelligence technologies.
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Science Needs to Engage With Society: Some Lessons From COVID-19
Recent experiences toward communicating science to the general public.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Intelligence Community
The intelligence community's budget and acquisition processes rise to the top of the issues it must address before it can take full advantage of AI
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Why You Should Care About Your Right to Repair Gadgets
New legislation could simplify tech maintenance and make buying a new smartphone or computer the last resort.
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Improving Code Quality and Penetration Testing With DAST
Dynamic application security testing can provide developers with meaningful feedback loops.
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Faster Python Programming: How Developers Built Pyston and Where It Goes Next
Now in version 2.2, Pyston stakes its claim on the speed and performance of web applications.
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