Communications of the ACM
From Communications of the ACM
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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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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An Interview with Dave Parnas
A discussion of ideas about software engineering.
From ACM Opinion
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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The March Into the Black Hole of Complexity
Addressing the root causes of rapidly increasing software complexity.
From ACM Opinion
Who Has More of Your Personal Data Than Facebook? Try Google
Recent controversy over Facebook Inc.'s hunger for personal data has surfaced the notion that the online advertising industry could be hazardous to our privacy...
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The 'Terms and Conditions' Reckoning Is Coming
Eleanor Margolis had used PayPal for more than a decade when the online payment provider blocked her account in January. The reason: She was 16 years old when she...
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Can Europe Lead on Privacy?
"We have a responsibility to protect your information," Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, declared recently in a full-page newspaper advertisement...
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