Why advertising is no longer the holy grail of tech revenue

Aug 3, 2018
This tech earnings season, services, gadgets, and the cloud won. Advertising ... took a hit.
A picture taken on November 20, 2017 shows logos of Google displayed on computers' screens. 
LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images

How tech steals our time — and how to get it back

Jul 26, 2018
A former Googler weighs in on how much time we should spend with technology and how we should make those choices.
A Chinese couple tests the new iPhone 7 during the opening sale launch at an Apple store in Shanghai on September 16, 2016. 
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images

EU's Google fine signals stronger European role in regulating tech sector

Jul 18, 2018
The European Commission on Wednesday fined Google $5 billion over charges that prepackaging apps on its Android operating system for phones and other devices had stifled competition. Google denies the claim and plans to appeal, but the fine may have larger implications for the tech industry beyond Google. The move is the latest example of […]

The European Union fines Google a record $5 billion over its mobile system

Jul 18, 2018
This is on top of a $2.7 billion fine the company received back in 2017 for favoring its shopping listings in search results.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Should a machine have to tell you if it's a machine?

May 23, 2018
Can a robot make a dinner reservation? Google is working on it, but should they?
The Shadow Robot company's dextrous hand robot holds an Apple at the Streetwise Robots event held at the Science Museum's Dana Centre on May 6, 2008 in London, England. 
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Google watches as Mr. Zuckerberg goes to Washington

Apr 9, 2018
Google has had its own troubles as a tech giant in a brave new world, but this time, Facebook takes the heat. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

Would you wear a smart jacket?

The tech wearables wardrobe is expanding. Are privacy measures keeping up?
Apple Watches are one example of  tech wearables.
JIM YOUNG/AFP/Getty Images

For public good, not for profit.

Apple unveils a cheaper iPad aimed at conquering the classroom

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

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

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 […]