Technology & Innovation

Literature is a reflection of life, situated in the present culture but reflecting its universal values. How will the information age be brought to bear on writers and their works?

Now that Google has consolidated all user information across all its platforms, creating a massive and profound collection of personal data, have our expectations of privacy been given the death knell. 

Jad Abumrad won a 2011 MacArthur Genius grant for his work as creator/producer of WNYC’s Radiolab. The Macarthur foundation describes his work thus:  As co-host and producer of the nationally […]

IBM has built a fully integrated control center that monitors Rio de Janeiro like no other city in the world, collecting and analyzing data to help prevent catastrophe and create a more livable metropolis. 

China has at once decreased it economic forecast and bolstered its military budget. The change signals its search for higher-quality manufacturing and a modest military ambition. 

While welfare programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid did not directly cause the recession, they may be responsible for aggravating the problem. Might they even cause a depression.

You may think you are a good listener. Who doesn’t, after all? But many people show they are listening without hearing a word, resulting in miscalculations and bad decisions. 

A budding technology industry is making Detroit a small Silicon Valley, replete with dense office space and access to a growing community of entrepreneurial expertise. 

Two business professionals differ in their views of launching a start up. One says entrepreneurs should trust their instinct. The other says being mindful of data pays dividends. 

The Raspberry Pi computer has been met with huge public demand. Its creators hope to change the face of education, emphasizing open-source computer programming skills. 

Alan Beattie’s new book, “Who’s in Charge Here?” takes a planet-wide look at what’s been going wrong with the global economy. 

The chipmaker has announced a $100 million fund to support investment in ‘connected cars’, an innovation that will lead both the computing and automobile industries in the years ahead. 

Novel mobile phone chargers are on display at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, demonstrating innovative fixes to the growing energy requirement of our mobile devices. 

What’s the big idea? During an interview with the New Yorker in 2007, Karl Rove arguedthat information technology is influencing Americans to become more fiscally conservative. He said: “There are […]

What’s more offensive than crushed heads and mangled limbs? Exposed female nipples, according to Facebook’s criteria for deleting user content, published for the first time on Gawker two weeks ago.

A company that makes low-cost batteries for high energy storage will begin scaling production soon in Pennsylvania, looking to replace power grids in the developing world. 

Despite the company’s mantra, “Don’t be evil”, a spate of privacy violations have occurred over the last two months like never before, leaving many to wonder if Google has gone bad.

An editorial in the scientific journal Nature argues that software used to interpret data from scientific experiments must be open source so that others can attempt to repeat the experiment.

The stateless media organization has released five million emails taken from the private security firm Stratfor, which carries out its own assignments and those of the Pentagon.

Given the pervasiveness of information technology, electronic attacks on Internet infrastructure can prove debilitating. The stakes are getting higher as technology advances.

Conventional measures of economic performance, such as investment and productivity, are often skewed to favor short-term profits. Here is how capitalism can take a longer view.

When the World Bank presidency becomes vacant in July, the US should break with tradition and help appoint an economist and development expert to the post, says Jeffrey Sachs.

A number of grocery companies are testing virtual storefronts which allow shoppers at bus stops and subway platforms to buy groceries with their smartphones. Do you dread the supermarket?

Businesses are increasingly turning to social networking sites to filter job applicants and get a more transparent assessment of prospective employees’ strengths and weaknesses.

Reverse innovation starts in the developing world, but it also brings big benefits to rich countries.

Have a business? Want to find more customers? Pitching your business on Facebook can be awkward so here are some ways to get your idea out without pestering potential clients.

Baratunde Thurston, author of How to Be Black, unveils his ambitious, three step plan for “the future of blackness.” 

In Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance,Michael Powers examines how risk impacts our lives, health, and possessions and how we can go about analyzing the uncertainty. In […]

The multinational corporation Cisco Systems estimates that mobile-connected devices will outnumber humans by 2012. By 2016, mobile connection speed will increase ninefold.

Start ups that encourage people to share their personal vehicles are becoming increasingly popular. Each offers their own system to entice you to make money from lending out your car.