Communications of the ACM
Intel's Gordon Moore Speculates on the Future of Tech and the End of Moore's Law
Gordon Moore appeared in person to talk about the 50th anniversary of Moore's Law, the prediction that he made that has fueled
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The Mathematics Behind Internet Virality
For a few days in late February, the world stopped to argue over a photograph.
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There Is Actually One Thing You Can Do to Fight the Surveillance Machine
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Frank Drake Thinks It's Silly to Send Messages to ET
Making contact with aliens: the subject of many a sci-fi story, and a variety of imagined outcomes. Though no one knows what will happen if we encounter intelligent...
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Astro Teller, Google's ‘Captain of Moonshots,' on Making Profits at Google X
Google is all over the place.
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Google's Vint Cerf Warns of 'Digital Dark Age'
Vint Cerf, a "father of the internet", says he is worried that all the images and documents we have been saving on computers will eventually be lost.
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A 100-Year Study of Artificial Intelligence? Microsoft Research's Eric Horvitz Explains
It's challenging enough to sustain any scientific study for a decade. Now Eric Horvitz, managing director of the Microsoft Research lab in Redmond, Washington,...
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Google CEO on Moonshots: Find a 'Zero Million Dollar' Research Problem
To succeed at a moonshot, you need curiosity, impulse, and a problem that no one seems to be investing in.
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William Gibson: I Never Imagined Facebook
Even if you've never heard of William Gibson, you're probably familiar with his work.
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Google Scholar Pioneer on Search Engine's Future
Anurag Acharya, co-creator of Google Scholar, talks about the service's history and what he sees for its future.
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FT Interview with Google Co-Founder and CEO Larry Page
Wouldn't the world be a happier place if 90 per cent of the people with jobs put their feet up instead and left the robots to do the work?
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William Gibson Writes the Future
William Gibson lives in an overwhelmingly green suburb with old-money roots south of Vancouver's downtown, and it is in this suburb that I am currently wandering...
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FBI Director on Privacy, Electronic Surveillance
James Comey, the director of the FBI, says the Internet is the most dangerous parking lot imaginable.
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5 Insights from Vint Cerf on Bitcoin, Net Neutrality and More
When Vint Cerf, often called the "father of the Internet," is speaking, it's wise to listen.
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How The Cold War And George Orwell Helped Make The Internet What It Is
The story of how the digital age came to be involves a cast of more than 40 people, ranging from a 19th century English countess to California hippies.
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Q&A;: Finding Themes
ACM-Infosys Foundation Award recipient David Blei recalls the origins of his famous topic model, its extensions, and its uses in areas that continue to amaze him...
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The Defenders of Anonymity on the Internet
You may not realise it, but every time you open up your laptop or switch on your phone, you are at the heart of one of the greatest battles now taking place in...
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Where Tech Is Taking Us: A Conversation With Intel's Genevieve Bell
Genevieve Bell grew up among Aboriginal people in Australia, taught anthropology at Stanford and for the past 16 years has worked for Intel.
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Three Questions for J. Craig Venter
Genome scientist and entrepreneur J. Craig Venter is best known for being the first person to sequence his own genome, back in 2001.
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Take a Virtual Voyage Into Darwin's Library
In his celebrated journey around the world on the HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836, Charles Darwin collected a plethora of information on the geology, animals, plants...
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