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Technology
Rolling back degree requirements expands the pipeline for tech
Apr 27, 2022
Hiring based on skills rather than degrees is more labor intensive.
Visual artists see NFTs as a new opportunity to connect with their communities
by
Emil Moffatt
Apr 13, 2022
NFTs can help artists bypass traditional channels, such as art galleries. But artists also have to navigate environmental, legal questions surrounding them.
Russia wakes up to big technological weaknesses
by
Justin Ho
Mar 15, 2022
Russia's economy relies on imported tech, like aircraft parts and semiconductors. That leaves it vulnerable as sanctions multiply.
China's COVID outbreak causing new manufacturing slowdowns
by
Matt Levin
Mar 14, 2022
China’s zero-tolerance approach to the virus is affecting American as well as Chinese companies.
Tech companies around the world depend on Ukrainian workers. Now they're trying to help them.
Mar 3, 2022
Ukraine has become essential to global tech. Now companies are relocating employees and dealing with disrupted communications.
The last to use 3G phone service, rural America prepares to do without it
Feb 21, 2022
Wireless companies want to convert the frequencies 3G uses to faster 5G service.
Here's why Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard
Jan 18, 2022
Microsoft plans to spend nearly $70 billion for the video game maker, whose problematic workplace culture will present challenges.
For public good, not for profit.
Could nuclear fusion solve the climate crisis?
Jan 10, 2022
A small British company says it is on track to decarbonize the economy with an abundant, safe and cheap source of energy — eventually.
Could new Texas anti-abortion law hamper high tech recruitment?
Sep 22, 2021
One Austin high tech entrepreneur said he's already hearing from potential workers who have questions about whether the state is a good cultural fit.
The tech economy needs minerals and metals, and Afghanistan has got a lot of them
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Anais Amin
Sep 3, 2021
Journalist and book author Guillaume Pitron explains the barriers to getting those minerals out of the ground and putting them to use.