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 abruptly cancel. The challenge this year is to convince them…
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 reform and regulate Silicon Valley. But it hasn’t come up…
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? A group of researchers has developed a creative new way…
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 playing strategy games to writing news stories to creating photorealistic…
don’t text or email, either. /> Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. Each generation is more connected than the last, but the latest generation, those born after 1998, wants to buck the trend.…
Capitalism is turning us into addicts How Big Business shapes our habits and desires. By Sean Illing@seanilling Updated Oct 19, 2019, 9:02am EDT Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email Capitalism…
How to stop looking at your phone Don’t use it as an alarm, and other tips to break your insidious little habit. By Rachel Saslow Updated Oct 23, 2019, 7:15am EDT Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share…
How fake news conquered the world A new book explores the latest revolution in political propaganda. By Sean Illing@seanilling Oct 24, 2019, 8:30am EDT Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email…
Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. WeWork, a real estate business with a tenuous claim on being a tech company, might be imploding, but tech real estate is thriving. Tech companies accounted for…