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Amid growing outcry over controversial online videos, tech firms grapple with how best to police online advertising.
Sharing Secrets (without Giving Them Away)
Secure multiparty computation protects privacy while sharing vital data.
Digital technologies and new and better materials have stretched the boundaries of building design.
Why Blockchain Is Taking Over the World
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies are booming—and for good reason.
Paving the Way For Women, Minorities Into STEM
Harvey Mudd College president Maria Klawe on her career-long advocacy for greater diversity in technology education.
The State of Wireless Charging
Apple's recent wireless charging announcements highlight how far the tech has come—and how far it needs to go.
Stretchable Electronics to Top $1 Billion By 2030
A growing variety of stretchable polymers will help integrate electronics into medical implants, consumer products, and more.
Researchers are working to project an image directly into one's brain, completely bypassing the eyes.
A Summer Away From the Keyboard
Three computer science students explain the pros and cons of spending their summer away from coding.
E-Commerce Supports Data-Driven Economic Development
The integration of "pure play" e-commerce and brick-and-mortar goods and services is accelerating.
Bioprinting has generated bones, cartilage, and some muscles; hearts and livers are still years away.
Off-the-shelf computer components were hardened to the extremes of space with layers of "detection, correction, and protection."
Electronic eavesdropping is becoming ever more nefarious in the age of smartphones and digital devices.
Will Quantum Computers Surpass Encryption?
The fundamentally different paradigm of quantum computation will require fundamentally different security.
The Effectiveness of Coding Camps
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Researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to gain insights into factors that lead to poverty and other social problems.
Image recognition technology is advancing rapidly. Researchers are discovering new ways to tackle the task without enormous datasets.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
Get InvolvedCommunications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.
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