Let us hope for a clear investigation, clear rules, and more transparency. http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/17/politics/twitter-republicans-outside-groups/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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How far can we go with science and technology?
As technologists, we have an obligation to boldly go where no man, or woman, has gone before.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/world/comet-landing-countdown/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Network neutrality is not neutral
It’s all fun and games, and nobody gets hurt
Kudos to the Internet Archive for preserving our electronic history!
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/04/tech/900-arcade-games-internet/?cid=ob_articlesidebarall&iref=obinsite
Thou shalt not experiment, without permission
The shoemaker’s children go barefoot. Perhaps some of the administrators and technologists at Harvard University should sit in some ethics courses.
Do not drive and think
On the morality of self-driving vehicles: who lives, who dies?http://www.cnet.com/news/self-driving-car-advocates-tangle-with-messy-morality/
The good, the bad, and the ugly
In the JPMorgan security breach, a problem of many hands, who is the good, who is the bad, and who is the ugly? http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/discovery-of-jpmorgan-cyberattack-aided-by-company-that-runs-race-website-for-bank/
Online harassment statistics
Civility, where are you? What can we do to address this problem: education, technologies, laws or fines? http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/tech/web/trolling-online-abuse/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5
Tim Cook is gay and brave
Bravo, Tim Cook! One step at a time, one courageous leader at a time, we move towards embracing diversity in technology. Others: learn, move, faster.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-30/tim-cook-im-proud-to-be-gay
Non-diversity on corporate boards
We need more diversity in technology leadership. For the record, I do not seat on the board of Oracle, although I share last names with my Sanford colleague, Hector Garcia-Molina. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/24/jesse-jackson-rainbow-push-tech-silicon-valley-corporate-boards-facebook-twitter-yahoo-ebay-google/17861401/