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The future of the modern car is actually digital

by Bob O'Donnell

The technological and business model for autos is slowly but surely moving toward a software-and-services-focused approach.

The next looming battle in the tech world will be based around digital assistants

by Bob O'Donnell

Like Google Assistant, which is moving to iOS to take on Siri, digital assistants may completely devalue the platforms they run on.

Companies using AI will add more jobs than they cut

by Dave Wright

As companies embrace automation to stay competitive, these changes will eventually create more jobs than they destroy.

Amazon’s new Echo Show proves that the smart home phenomenon is finally moving into the mainstream

by Bob O'Donnell

One-quarter of U.S. households now have at least one piece of smart home gear.

Uber needs a win. It could start by helping people in ‘food deserts’ access healthy foods.

by Mark Lowenstein

Imagine if Uber could say, “We enabled one million food-shopping trips for low-income Americans who lacked good transportation options.”

No one is getting internet TV right — yet

by Jan Dawson

Now there are five companies in search of the mythical $35 price point for OTT pay TV.

We’re living in a digital world, but analog is making a comeback

by Bob O'Donnell

Older analog technologies provide the kind of tactile physical experience that a purely digital world has started to remove.

The uproar over Unroll.me selling user data to Uber shows most people don’t understand ad-based business models

by Jan Dawson

Nothing really comes for free.

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We’ve seen so many scary movies about robots we can no longer be objective about them

by Bob O'Donnell

From “The Jetsons” cartoons to the “Terminator” movies, we all have preconceived notions about robotics.

You’re more likely to buy from your phone when you’re commuting

by Anindya Ghose

An excerpt from the new book “Tap: Unlocking the Mobile Economy.”

Of course Apple could build a self-driving car — but should it?

by Bob O'Donnell

Bottom line: Apple could really use a completely different kind of hardware hit.

Autonomous driving is here, and it’s going to change everything

by Nabeel Hyatt

Welcome to the hands-free world.

Tech companies should take a page from the MLB playbook and create ‘farm teams’ to close the talent deficit

by Tarlin Ray

Companies like LinkedIn, Intuit, Adobe and GE are experimenting with tech apprenticeship programs filled with diverse bootcamp grads.

Workplace culture should be measured, just like sales or ROI

by Taro Fukuyama

Uber’s issues should have leadership everywhere asking, “How healthy is our culture?”

With Walt Mossberg retiring, let’s review the tech reviewers

by Phil Baker

In 1991, Mossberg created a much different approach to tech reviews that not only made it easier to assess a new product but also changed how they would be designed.

How to be a parent in a digital world and not lose your mind

by Carolina Milanesi

Some thoughts on staying tech-informed so you can be a good guide to your kid’s online life.

We all thought having more data was better. We were wrong.

by Bob O'Donnell

“Little data” is not exactly a sexy, attention-grabbing topic. But is more and bigger data really better?

Our education and career systems need deep changes to prepare us for digital globalization

by Gary Smith

Surviving and thriving in this new industrial revolution will require never-before-seen collaboration across governments, corporations and educational institutions.

With its Galaxy S8, Samsung is building a powerful platform without an OS

by Bob O'Donnell

Samsung is uniquely positioned to deliver the most comprehensive connected hardware (and connected home) story of almost any company in the world.

Silicon Valley is living in a bubble of technology that’s not accessible to the rest of the world

by Jan Dawson

Many of the innovations that we take for granted are simply not available elsewhere.

The government just gave your ISP even more power. Here’s how to fight back.

by Albert Wenger

It’s time to tunnel all home internet traffic through a proxy server.

Augmented reality can save the idea of 3-D experiences

by Bob O'Donnell

Depth cameras with integrated AR will drive the creation of the first significant new product category the tech world has seen in some time: Augmented-reality headsets.

There’s no easy fix for Google’s YouTube problem

by Jan Dawson

After big U.S. and U.K. brands pull advertising, Google needs to reconsider programmatic advertising.

We need a software revolution for the greater social good

by Jim Fruchterman

Silicon Valley has failed to fill the massive unmet needs of the social sector on issues ranging from poverty and education to human rights and the environment.

We have too many passwords. We only need one trusted, strong online identity.

by Tom Gonser

Can you imagine carrying 295 driver’s licenses? Of course not — so why is it okay in the digital world?

We think technology can solve the world’s problems, but it can’t even stop robocalling

by Phil Baker

Now that we have a new head of the FCC, let’s see if he can fix this once and for all.

Facebook’s new features like Messenger Day are distracting and obtrusive

by Jan Dawson

Facebook is breaking the user experience to promote a feature it cares about more than its users.

The future of advanced-edge computing is actually in autonomous cars

by Bob O'Donnell

Companies like Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm see connected cars as essentially “the” computing device of the next decade or so.

If Google, Uber and others want self-driving cars, they need to work on regulations together

by Tim Bajarin

A lack of consistent and concise rules of the road will keep self-driving cars from reaching their potential anytime soon.

Five things you should never, ever say to a woman in tech

by Jesse Genet

For starters, don’t invite me to your event and admit it’s because you want women there.

Apple may have already lost the battle to Google for a new generation of students

by Phil Baker

Chromebooks accounted for 58 percent of the 12.6 million mobile computing devices shipped to primary and secondary schools in the U.S. in 2016 — up from 50 percent in 2015.

How white women in tech can harness their privilege to help create diversity

by Aubrey Blanche

For starters, focusing on “women” as a category is reductionist and counterproductive.

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