Communications of the ACM
Self-Driving Vehicle Technology: Progress and Promises
Seeking the answer to the elusive question, 'Are we there yet'?
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Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
Cache is king. And if your cache is cut, you are going to feel it.
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Providing Equitable Access to Computing Education
Seeking the best measures to reach advantaged and less-advantaged students equally.
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Designing Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Through the Lens of OpenCellular
Understanding the unique local context, as well as technical considerations, are essential components of successful project deployment.
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Why Did the European Commission Fine Google Five Billion Dollars?
Acording to some estimates, about eighty-five per cent of the world's smartphones run on Google's Android operating system.
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A New Perspective on Computational Thinking
Addressing its cognitive essence, universal value, and curricular practices.
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Beyond Diversity
Considering the confluence of research questions and sociopolitical dynamics.
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Copyright Blocks a News-Monitoring Technology
An evolving technological landscape has made application of copyright law increasingly difficult.
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Forget 'Techlash,' The Biggest Problem for Tech Is a Widening Transatlantic Rift
Like a geeky alternative to the ice bucket challenge, the latest global trend to go viral is railing on Big Tech.
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Self-Driving Cars Likely Won't Steal Your Job (ntil 2040)
The self-driving robots are coming to transform your job. Kind of. Also, very slowly.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Screen Time Controls, Working with China
Tim Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep in a wide-ranging interview on Monday as the company kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers...
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Europe's New Data Protections Will Affect You Too. Here's How.
Starting tomorrow, a new framework for consumer data protection goes into effect in Europe.
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Getting a Flood of G.D.P.R.-Related Privacy Policy pdates? Read Them.
You have probably noticed a flood of emails and alerts from companies in the past few weeks informing you about changes to their privacy policies.
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Silicon Valley Must Consider Tech Ethics, DeepMind Chief Says
Big technology companies must rethink the way they develop products and services to put ethical considerations in the forefront, DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman...
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An Interview with Dave Parnas
A discussion of ideas about software engineering.
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An Interview with Dave Parnas
A discussion of ideas about software engineering.
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How Tech Can Turn Doctors Into Clerical Workers
There are times when the diagnosis announces itself as the patient walks in, because the body is, among other things, a text.
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The Facebook Controversy: Privacy Is Not the Issue
Cambridge Analytica's wholesale scraping of Facebook user data is familiar news by now, and we are all "shocked" that personal data are being shared and traded...
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When John Doerr Brought a 'Gift' to Google's Founders
On a fall day in 1999, in the heart of Silicon Valley, I arrived at a two-story, L-shaped structure off the 101 freeway. It was young Google's headquarters, and...
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