The biggest lie tech people tell themselves — and the rest of us They see facial recognition, smart diapers, and surveillance devices as inevitable evolutions. They’re not. By Rose Eveleth Updated Oct 8, 2019, 6:05am EDT Share this story Share…
In her new health care agenda for the first 100 days of her presidency, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) makes a tacit concession: The health care plan Democrats are most likely to pass in the near term is a robust public…
This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. GitHub, which hosts an important platform for software developers, is the latest prominent Silicon Valley company to…
How biohackers are trying to upgrade their brains, their bodies — and human nature 9 questions about biohacking you were too embarrassed to ask. By Sigal Samuel Updated Nov 15, 2019, 12:10pm EST Share this story Share this on Facebook…
This story is part of a group of stories called Finding the best ways to do good. Made possible by The Rockefeller Foundation. Dressed in hazmat-like jumpsuits, wearing smartphones strapped to their heads, the activists who descended upon Congress on…
This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. Apple has been more successful in China than any other consumer tech company. Now that’s a problem…
This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. The challenge at last year’s investment conference in Saudi Arabia was convincing Silicon Valley celebrities not to…
This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. For the past few years, there has been a loud and contentious debate about the need to…
This story is part of a group of stories called Finding the best ways to do good. Made possible by The Rockefeller Foundation. Have people gotten happier over time — or are we becoming more miserable as history marches on?…
This story is part of a group of stories called Finding the best ways to do good. Made possible by The Rockefeller Foundation. In the past few years, AI systems have gotten a lot better at, well, everything — from…