Our growing reliance on the ‘quantify everything’ economy
Some courts use software to help set prison terms by assessing the likelihood that an individual will commit future crimes.
Streaming’s ‘over the top’ philosophy now on backburner
Soon we might be paying more for fewer good options, feeling wistful about the olden days of limitless streaming binges, and sitting through irksome...
Privacy in peril: Tech is not representative government
Many people believe that Donald Trump and other Republican officials won’t stop making false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.
The crests and troughs of online shopping post COVID
For most of the decade before 2020, Americans bought more and more online at a predictable pace. E-commerce sales went up by about 10 to 15 percent a...
Electronic overkill: Gadgets were hot. Now they’re not
The magnitude of change after two flush years of gadget purchases has surprised many people. From January through May, electronics and appliance...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane: Where are the delivery drones?
Drone deliveries are a significant improvement for some tasks, like bringing medicine to people in remote areas.
Layoffs and poaching aside, tech hiring is still bonkers
There are two big reasons the workers remain in demand. There’s a long-term trend of companies wanting to hire more tech workers, and the number of...
Fixation of tech majors to bank on bloatware in devices
Tech experts told me that only a small percentage of people adjust anything about how their electronics or software come from the manufacturer.
