Digital Government
New Research Shows 'Digital Natives' Are No Better at Technology Than the Rest of Us
Millennials do not necessarily possess special skills at basic computer programs compared to older generations.
Digital Government
More Silicon Valley Tech Workers Were Born Outside the U.S. Than In It
It turns out that almost every major tech hub has more foreign-born workers than domestic ones.
Digital Government
Robot Exoskeletons Are Finally Here, And They’re Nothing Like the Suits From 'Iron Man'
After years of tinkering and military adventures, the first exoskeleton suits are finally walking out of the lab and into the market.
Emerging Tech
Silicon Valley’s Finest Are Finally Developing a Code of Ethics
Software engineers and executives in the Valley are writing up a set of civic values.
Emerging Tech
People Are Ready For Flying Cars—But Only If They Drive Themselves
According to one poll, many would prefer a robot escort them above the Earth.
Digital Government
Programming While Black Will Cost You $10,000 in Salary
Racial discrimination may be alive and well in the technology industry.
Digital Government
San Francisco Is Actually One of the Worst-Paying Places in the US for Software Engineers
The cost of living in the Bay Area is high
Emerging Tech
Documents Reveal Tesla Is Spending Nearly $1 Billion on Its Updated Gigafactory
Tesla is showing no signs of slowing.
Emerging Tech
President of Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator Is Funding Trump Promise-Tracker
“One of the lesson from startups is more measurement almost always leads to better decision making,” Altman says.
Emerging Tech
Robotics Expert Predicts Kids Born in 2017 Will Never Drive a Car
The auto industry is racing toward a driverless future.
Digital Government
We Already Have a Muslim Registry. It’s Called Facebook
The U.S. government will never need to ask anyone to build Muslim registries because tech companies have already built them.
Digital Government
Silicon Valley’s Newest Congressman Wants Tech Giants like Apple to Move Jobs to the Midwest
“I care about my district, but we also have an obligation to the nation”
Artificial Intelligence
Truckers Think Automation Won’t Take Their Jobs for 40 Years. Silicon Valley Strongly Disagrees.
The disconnect about the timing for the arrival of such technology, and the political forces it may unleash, reveals a massive split in how the groups believe the transport industry will evolve.
Digital Government
In Silicon Valley, Savvy Founders Are Networking All Around Town by Driving for Uber and Lyft
As more companies crowd into San Francisco and Silicon Valley, and the road from to idea to venture financing gets harder, the startup hustle is getting even more challenging.
Modernization
Dumping 4.3M Samsung Phones is an Environmental Fiasco That Could Show Us How to Recycle Smartphones
Exploding batteries has forced the company to issue a worldwide recall.
Emerging Tech
We May Finally Make Our Homes Smart by Listening to the Flow of Their Electricity
Every appliance speaks a secret language. Now we know what they’re saying.
Cybersecurity
It Will Soon Be Legal to Hack Your Tesla (And Every Other Car) in the US
The modern automobile, say cybersecurity experts, is not a car with a computer in it. It’s a computer with four wheels and a motor.
Digital Government
In the Future, Everyone Will Be a Software Engineer and Barely Any Will Know How to Code
The problem is no one has a clue how to actually teach everyone to code.
Digital Government
Silicon Valley May Finally Get Special Approval for Foreign Founders to Enter the US
The hardest part of building a startup for many is just arriving in the United States.
Digital Government