Tech news
-
The Case for Making Public Transit Free Everywhere
But the rush for free or heavily-discounted tickets can have the opposite effect. In Germany, the first long weekend of…
Read More » -
The CHIPS Act Passes Congress to Boost US Semiconductor Production
“There is a really deep interconnection between the chip industry and the US defense industry,” says Chris Miller, an assistant…
Read More » -
Martin Shkreli Is Back With a Web3 Drug Discovery Platform
Martin Shkreli—the notorious ex-pharmaceutical executive fresh from prison after his 2017 fraud conviction—announced his latest, eyebrow-raising venture this week: the…
Read More » -
The Fallout From Apple’s Bizarre, Dogged Union-Busting Campaign
At a roundtable that Bowles attended in May, a meeting leader said they were going to answer “questions from the…
Read More » -
Why Google Sued the Descendants of a Railroad Tycoon and a Civil War General
“Writing up legal descriptions was far less of a science back in the day,” says Nanci Klein, director of real…
Read More » -
How Limits on CDC Studies Shaped the New Federal Gun Law
“Yeah, I think that was,” Republican senator Thom Tillis says of Cornyn’s unscientific news clipping. JFK’s Legacy For Tillis, what…
Read More » -
EV Makers Think They’ve Figured Out What Women Want
In countries like Norway, EVs are expensive, and that means families often have the budget for just one car, says…
Read More » -
The Chip Shortage is Easing—But Only For Some
But the turnaround is far from uniform. Everstream’s data shows that lead times for some advanced chips needed for medical…
Read More » -
How Electronic Arts Tries to Make Diverse Video Games
Tülay McNally, director of inclusive design at Electronic Arts, chooses her words carefully as we chat about creating diverse characters…
Read More » -
The Right to Travel Out of State for an Abortion Isn’t as Secure as You May Think
Now that Congress has failed to pass a bill that would guarantee a right to travel across state lines to…
Read More »