How Amazon, Google, and Facebook Will Bring Down Telcos
These tech titans didn’t plan to take down the telcos. But they depend upon you having fast, reliable internet, so they’re bringing…
The Cloud Needs to Get a Whole Lot Greener in 2017
Last year, Greenpeace estimated that within two years, information tech will account for between seven and 12 percent of all…
The White House’s Fix for Robots Stealing Jobs? Education
A new White House report predicts that millions of jobs could be displaced by AI and automation. The answer, it…
Tech’s Alcohol-Soaked Culture Isn’t a Party for Everybody
Beer fridges and boozy parties are meant to make the tech industry more appealing. But it’s time for tech to…
Tom Wheeler Resigns From the FCC—So Long, Net Neutrality
The man who saved net neutrality is stepping aside. The post Tom Wheeler Resigns From the FCC—So Long, Net Neutrality…
Amazon’s Snowmobile Is Actually a Truck Hauling A Huge Hard Drive
Amazon is now moving data by the truckload. That might sound old-fashioned, but it’s actually faster than the speediest internet…
Oracle Just Bought Dyn, the Company That Brought Down the Internet
An attack on internet infrastructure company Dyn last month cut off access to some of the world’s biggest sites last…
Facebook Shouldn’t Bother Policing Fake News—It Should Go Local Instead
Civic-minded technologist Clay Johnson warns that putting Facebook in charge of deciding what’s true isn’t a good way to stop…
Twitter Is Adding New Filtering Tools in an Effort to Curb Abuse
Twitter hopes to curb harassment once and for all by giving users the ability to filter keywords and hashtags while…
IBM Is Using Tiny Tubes to Grow the Chips of the Future
Carbon nanotube are too tiny to carve. So IBM is using chemistry to grow chips like crystals. The post IBM…