Dec 21 How the emerging tech hubs of Africa are getting connected to Silicon Valley By Larisa Epatko “The Africa I know and I represent is one where youth, technology, entrepreneurship and innovation will thrive,” said Stephen Ozoigo of African Technology Foundation. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 3:13 The alarming challenge of building a safer, fairer internet By PBS News Hour When Martha Lane Fox was starting her career in tech, the internet felt like the "most incredible, redistributive, democratic, empowering force for good." So what went wrong? Fox, a current board member of Twitter and founder of Doteveryone, offers her… Continue watching
Nov 30 LISTEN: These kayaks turn ocean science into music By Teresa Carey New kayaks, rigged with custom sensors by British scientists, can serenade paddlers with music made from environmental data. Continue reading
Nov 24 How to avoid toxic toys this holiday season By Lesley McClurg, KQED Science The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG), a consumer watchdog group, just released their annual Trouble in Toyland report. Continue reading
Oct 29 Why we'll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters By Leo Braudy, The Conversation All the popular monsters you'll see out trick-or-treating, from Frankenstein to Dracula, were born out of fear and anxiety about change and technology. Continue reading
Oct 19 Analysis: Teens are sleeping less. Why? Smartphones By Jean Twenge, The Conversation By 2015, 43 percent of teens reported sleeping less than seven hours a night on most nights – meaning almost half of U.S. teens are significantly sleep-deprived. Continue reading
Oct 18 Top Facebook executive says company will release data on Russia-linked ads, but doesn't offer more details By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Previously, Facebook declined to make the ads public. While Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, now favors the release, she didn't say Thursday when the company would do so. Continue reading
Oct 12 Why the director of 'Tangerine' is trading iPhone filmmaking for 35mm By Frank Carlson For Baker’s new follow-up, “The Florida Project,” a summer adventure about a mother and daughter living in the shadows of Disney World, the filmmaker traded his iPhone rig for 35mm film. Continue reading
Sep 19 Facebook may be facing an 'era of accountability' By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press The problems keep piling up for Facebook, and it's unclear how long the internet giant will be able to brush them aside as it barrels toward acquiring its next billion users. Continue reading
Sep 14 How tech giants have shredded our privacy and what we should do about it By Sam Lane NewsHour business and economics correspondent Paul Solman sat down recently with Franklin Foer to discuss Foer's new book, “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech.”… Continue reading