"The New Digital Age" is a startlingly clear and provocative blueprint for technocratic imperialism, from two of its leading witch doctors, Eric Schmidt and Jared...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 3, 2013
The future came crashing down on me this week at the Google I/O developer conference while I stood at a bathroom urinal.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2013
It might sound audacious to think that Microsoft, the arbiter of uncool, was at the forefront of design a few years ago. But it was.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 24, 2013
The settlement last week between a group of state attorneys general and Google over the company’s improper data collection from home wireless networks shows the...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 18, 2013
Video games, as their name suggests, combine the ancient human practice of formal play with moving pictures, a younger form.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 4, 2013
The Obama administration is planning a multiyear research effort to produce an "activity map" that would show in unprecedented detail the workings of the human,...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 26, 2013
Meeting Simon for the first time was one of the most sublime experiences I've had. With every coy head nod, casual hand wave and deep eye gaze, I felt he already...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 29, 2013
I've started making my way (skeptically) through Ray Kurzweil’s How to Create a Mind, and at the recommendation of a friend, I've also started keeping tabs on ...Time From ACM Opinion | December 17, 2012
If you read the newspapers on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, you would have been led to believe that Japan was poised to attack—but in Southeast Asia, not Pearl Harbor...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 7, 2012
Citing the usual sources-who-shall-remain-nameless, Bloomberg reports what everyone's been assuming all year—that Microsoft's going to launch its next game system...Time From ACM Opinion | December 4, 2012