Communications of the ACM
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Huge MIT Media Lab Inventions That Transformed Our World
For the last 30 years, the MIT Lab has been a breeding ground for technological progress that’s pushed the world into the future.
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Pop Culture Is Finally Getting Hacking Right
The idea of a drill-wielding hacker who runs a deep-web empire selling drugs to teens seems like a fantasy embodying the worst of digital technology.
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What Digital Trash Dumped in Games Tells S About the Players
A strawberry Christmas cake, sexy pants, a pool table, three red jet planes, a hippy bandana, a dog sled, a jetpack, a pair of Adidas trainers, a Tudor throne,an...
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Creating a New Generation of Computational Thinkers
Experiences with a successful school program in Scotland.
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The Case For Banning Killer Robots: Point
Ban the bots? Considering both sides of the argument for and against.
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I Can't Let You Do That, Dave
Computers should not treat their owners as adversaries.
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Increasing the Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in Computing
Lessons learned from a decade of practice.
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Coupled Ethical-Epistemic Analysis in Teaching Ethics
Critical reflection on value choices.
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Why Our Theories of Innovation Fail Us
Until we moderate our fascination with creating ideas, we will not achieve the rate of innovations we seek.
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I'm Going to Make Facebook's AI Predict What Happens in Videos
What are the big challenges ahead for you?
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How the Internet Has Changed Bullying
This summer, American Psychologist, the official journal of the American Psychological Association, released a special issue on the topic of bullying and victimization...
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When Technologies Manipulate Our Emotions
Implications of the Facebook emotions study.
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An Interview with Fred Brooks
ACM Fellow and A.M. Turing Award recipient Fred Brooks reflects on his career.
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Programming in K-12 Science Classrooms
Introducing students to visual programming as a pathway to text-based programming.
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Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety
Examining the effects of electronic health records on the safety of patients in medical facilities.
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Software Patents Are Falling Down
Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's new test for patentable subject matter.
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How the Scariest Video Games se Our Own Minds to Terrify s
I think he’s gone—Oh! He's not gone he’s not gone no no no he’s not gone oh Jesus Christ look at his face
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