Nov 02 Watch Campaigning through the cloud: How politicians target voters with digital ads By PBS News Hour Much of the analysis after the 2012 presidential election focused on how the Obama campaign had made better use of technology than the Romney campaign to get its supporters to the polls. So how are both major parties doing this… Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch Apple’s CEO helps open the corporate closet By PBS News Hour Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, is the first Fortune 500 executive to come out. "I'm proud to be gay and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," wrote Cook in an essay for Bloomberg Businessweek… Continue watching
Oct 30 Your eyes could open your bank account or play “World of Warcraft” By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy New biometrics technology could open your bank account, email, or help you play "World of Warcraft". Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch Space-inspired safety gear, contamination-cleaning robots: How innovation could aid Ebola prevention By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 21 Amazon signs five-year pricing deal with Simon & Schuster By Ashira Morris The contract, which both sides have labelled a success, allows the book publisher to set the price of electronic and print books sold on Amazon. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Will Apple Pay phase out the wallet? By PBS News Hour From wristwatch to wallet, the cell phone is absorbing more and more forms of personal technology. How does Apple Pay, a new financial transaction service from Apple, affect consumers and how we pay for things? Hari Sreenivasan explores the launch… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch #Gamergate leads to death threats against women in the gaming industry By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch News Wrap: Wave of Islamic State attacks strike Baghdad By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, bombings and mortar fire rocked mostly Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad. At least 50 people were killed in a wave of terror attacks by Islamic State forces. Also, Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying asked demonstrators to… Continue watching
Oct 16 FBI: cellphone encryption would impede criminal investigations By Eric Tucker and Jack Gillum, Associated Press FBI Director James Comey warned in stark terms Thursday against the push by technology companies to encrypt smartphone data and operating systems, arguing that murder cases could be stalled, suspects could walk free and justice could be thwarted by a… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 7:25 Did air conditioning play a role in Reagan’s election? Searching for ripple effects of history-making tech By PBS News Hour In the new book and PBS series “How We Got to Now,” Steven Johnson presents six game-changing innovations and how they shaped the modern world. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Johnson about surprising connections between invention and American society. Continue watching