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Would you wear a smart jacket?
by
Jon Gordon
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Apr 9, 2018
The tech wearables wardrobe is expanding. Are privacy measures keeping up?
Apple unveils a cheaper iPad aimed at conquering the classroom
by
Erika Beras
Mar 27, 2018
It wasn’t that many years ago that Apple’s devices dominated classrooms, but now they are third behind Google’s Chromebook and Microsoft’s Surface. And the $7 billion education market isn’t the only thing at stake. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Big Tech is slowly, carefully creeping into banking
by
Molly Wood
and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 13, 2018
After disrupting retail, bookstores and media, tech companies are tiptoeing into the highly-regulated world of banking.
China moves to tighten control of the internet
by
Scott Tong
Mar 12, 2018
In China, the internet is censored. You can’t get access to Google, or Facebook or Twitter unless you have a workaround known as a virtual private network. VPN technology lets users jump over the so-called Great Firewall of China. But now those jumping days could be ending. By month’s end, Beijing plans to block all VPN […]
Should we trust Silicon Valley to fix itself?
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Feb 23, 2018
Some tech pioneers want to repair the problems they helped create, like addictive technologies.
Unilever threatens to pull ads from Google and Facebook
by
Andy Uhler
Feb 13, 2018
Unilever’s head of marketing, Keith Weed, told an advertising conference in California that digital platforms had become “swamps” of fake news, racism and sexism. What will this mean for advertising on social media? Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
When companies choose not to go public, does that hurt the public?
by
Molly Wood
and Stephanie Hughes
Feb 5, 2018
Fewer companies are going public than did 20 years ago. How does that change the fortunes of all Americans?
For public good, not for profit.
The Waymo vs. Uber driverless car war lands in court
Jan 31, 2018
Waymo claims a former employee took trade secrets to rival Uber. The intellectual property dispute could have implications for a range of industries. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Small talk: Pink lights, games with cats, Google ads
Jan 22, 2018
The news that didn't quite make the headlines. This week: using pink lights to deter criminals, an interspecies iPad game you can play with your cat, Google replacing ringtones with ads.
Will 2018 be the year of less tech, not more?
by
Amy Scott
, Molly Wood
and Shaheen Ainpour
Jan 1, 2018
In 2017, tech companies experienced a series of bad headlines. Could that mean less tech enthusiasm in 2018?