Apr 26 The flip phone is back. Have people had enough of constant connection? By Elizabeth Flock Seventy-seven percent of Americans own a smartphone. A growing body of research suggests that comes with costs. Continue reading
Apr 23 5 books about Silicon Valley you need to read right now By Elizabeth Flock Want to understand the tech industry? "Brotopia" author Emily Chang shares her favorite picks. Continue reading
Apr 23 Coming to store shelves: cameras that guess your age and gender By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press Eyeing that can of soda in the supermarket cooler? Or maybe you're craving a pint of ice cream? A camera could be watching you. Continue reading
Apr 16 What it’s like to be a young girl in the male-dominated field of tech By Elizabeth Flock Emily Chang's "Brotopia" exposes the gender discrimination of Silicon Valley -- and the girls who are fighting back. Read an annotated page from Chang's book. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch 7:24 How the FCC is trying to pave the way for widespread 5G technology President Trump announced a series of moves Friday aimed at boosting development of a new frontier of high-speed mobile networks. Known as 5G, as in the fifth generation of cellular networks, the technology could eventually offer speeds up to 100… Continue watching
Apr 12 WATCH: Trump discusses 5G service, high-speed internet access By Tali Arbel, Associated Press 5G will mean faster wireless speeds and has implications for technologies like self-driving cars and augmented reality. Watch the president's comments in our player. Continue reading
Apr 08 WATCH: House Judiciary Committee looks at hate crimes, white nationalism and tech By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press The Judiciary Committee hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday follows a series of violent incidents fueled in part by online communication. Watch live in our player. Continue reading
Apr 08 Emily Chang’s advice for writers: It’s good not to know all the answers By Elizabeth Flock "Brotopia" author Chang was worried about tackling a subject as big as women in tech. But then she learned the best books come out of not knowing all the answers up front. Continue reading
Mar 28 ‘Brotopia’ is April’s pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club By Elizabeth Flock Emily Chang's "Brotopia" is an exposé of the dark, misogynistic side of Silicon Valley. Continue reading
Mar 20 WATCH: ‘Artists are our only hope,’ T Bone Burnett says in critique of big tech By Joshua Barajas Award-winning producer, songwriter and musician T Bone Burnett made a fire-and-brimstone rebuke against big tech “surveillance capitalists” last week at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, saying Silicon Valley is destroying humanity. Continue reading