Bad Tech

Proprietary social media networks need to be transformed into local and global digital commons.

In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit.

At 22, Marcus Hutchins put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story.

Employers plan new tools to measure office interactions and track workers’ health. Some offices say it’s the only way to reopen without a vaccine; others worry the new technology could remain in place even after the coronavirus pandemic is under control.

On the day Layla got out of prison and back to her home in Georgia, she was told she would need to purchase a smartphone—not an insignificant task for

For a long time, I clung to the idea that Silicon Valley was morally better than Wall Street. Even as my tech optimism began to crack and the two industries got more interdependent, I still firmly …

Even in a quarantine, innovation can help.

Some of these ideas caught fire — but not in the ways their creators hoped.

A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.

Technology and robotics is a threat to future job security, but University of Melbourne research finds it could free us to use our uniquely human skills.

The realities facing the ‘contractors’ are grim. No wonder their union is appealing to the high court, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The new ’Off-Facebook Activity' tool, available around the world Tuesday, reminds us we’re living in a reality TV program where we forget the cameras are always on. Here are the privacy settings to change right now.

When it comes to adapting to the effects of climate change, scientists and policymakers are thinking too small, according to a new research review.The authors argue that society should focus less on how individuals respond to such climate issues as flooding and wildfires and instead figure out what it takes to inspire collective action that will...

Smartphones have altered the texture of everyday life, digesting many longstanding spaces and rituals, and transforming others beyond recognition.

The Google, Apple and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race for human attention has created a world of perpetual distraction that could ultimately end in disaster

More than 60% of Sephora’s technology workers are female. Here is how the cosmetics retailer does it.

I didn’t even know I was looking for the things that now make me happiest.

Melissa Chadburn goes undercover as a temp worker.

The "Blade Runner" universe is visually Asian, so where are the Asian people?

Researchers found that people are generally better at recognizing fake news once they understand how it's generated and used to manipulate people.

Racial discrimination by algorithms or by people is harmful — but that’s where the similarities end.

The author of 'Digital Minimalism' explains how you can maximize your free time

Sheryl Sandberg preached fitting into the power structure. Instead, women are challenging it.

The Iranian couple that stole my account opened a window to my homeland.

America has the most military hardware of any country—but experts say the nature of war is shifting underground and online, and the U.S. may struggle to keep up.