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  Digital theory
Fazi M., Galloway A., Handelman M., Weatherby L., UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS, Minneapolis, MN, 2025. 120 pp.  Type: Book (1517920191)

Digital theory is a concise yet conceptually dense exploration of the philosophical foundations of digitality and the forms of thought, representation, and experience that emerge from computational systems. At 120 pages, the book opts for p...

Mar 30 2026
  Shaping AI’s impact on billions of lives
Cuéllar M., Dean J., Doshi-Velez F., Hennessy J., Konwinski A., Koyejo S., Moiloa P., Pierson E., Patterson D. Communications of the ACM 69(1): 54-65, 2026.  Type: Article

Artificial intelligence (AI) discussion in the popular press is quite polarized--there are those that see only benefits, and those that see only doom. In this paper, Cuéllar et al. develop a nuanced take on AI’s impact, encouraging futu...

Mar 26 2026
   Against imaginary friends: why digital companions are no solution to social isolation
Sparrow R., Brown J. Communications of the ACM 69(2): 60-68, 2026.  Type: Article

This provocative article debates the technological progress toward “digital humans” versus “digital companions.” The argument: less is more, but not necessarily good enough....

Mar 20 2026
  Like: the button that changed the world
Reeves M., Goodson B., Harvard Business Review Press, Brighton, MA, 2025. 272 pp.  Type: Book (9798892790451)

The title immediately piqued my curiosity. A book about social media’s like button? But how much is there to say about such a (seemingly) small component? The book covers a lot of territory, from the button’s origins to its future: Whe...

Jan 30 2026
   The inattention economy: how women of color built the Internet
Nakamura L. (ed), UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS, Minneapolis, MN, 2026. 200 pp.  Type: Book (0816699062)

The inattention economy: how women of color built the Internet offers an incisive re-examination of digital labor through the lens of race, gender, and the often invisible contributions that sustain contemporary networked life. Rather than ...

Dec 30 2025
   Trans technologies
Haimson O., MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachucetts, 2025.  Type: Book (9780262551861)

Oliver L. Haimson’s Trans technologies is a timely, deeply researched, and profoundly necessary contribution to the fields of transgender studies and human-computer interaction (HCI). This monograph navigates the complex landscape of ...

Dec 10 2025
  Enhancing electric vehicle security and privacy through decentralized identity management
Aydeger A., Zeydan E., Mangues-Bafalluy J., Arslan S., Turk Y. Digital Threats: Research and Practice 6(3): 1-20, 2025.  Type: Article

In this paper, Aydeger et al. present “a comprehensive analysis of the integration of blockchain based SSI [self-sovereign identity] with EV [electric vehicle] charging systems to improve security and privacy.” Given the rapid spread o...

Dec 8 2025
  The singularity is nearer: when we merge with AI
Kurzweil R., Penguin Random House, New York, NY, 2024. 432 pp.  Type: Book (9780399562761)

This book is a successor to the author’s earlier work The singularity is near [1], where he predicted machine intelligence reaching a tipping point with human intelligence in 2029. It is one of a group of related speculative titles [2...

Nov 12 2025
   Navigating uncertainty using foresight intelligence: a guidebook for scoping scenario options in cyber and beyond
Garvey B., Svendsen A., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2024. 283 pp.  Type: Book (9783031661143)

In an era when uncertainty increasingly dominates global landscapes--be it in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), or digital finance--Garvey and Svendsen’s Navigating uncertainty using foresight intelligence emerges...

Oct 20 2025
   AI for senior citizens
Ceurstemont S. Communications of the ACM 68(9): 1-4, 2025.  Type: Article

Ceurstemont’s article is a brief and concise depiction of a speculative future to improve the health and well-being of senior citizens. It asks a big question: Is it possible for medicine and healthcare to transform themselves by taking adva...

Sep 15 2025
 
 
 
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