Our smartphones are a tool for democracy, even as we fear the privacy invasions that come with a device we have within arms-reach 23 hours of every day. Read More
Our smartphones know more about us than our spouses, partners and friends. It’s no surprise we guard them with more than just screen protectors, considering the secrets they hold. But if we were to hand over the metadata to our devices and those of about 3 million of our neighbors,... Read More
On March 2, a tech journalist posted a video he pulled from a Jibo Owners Facebook Group. It was heartbreaking to watch the little “social robot” announce that his servers were about to be shut down and he would not function any longer. He even thanked his human owners for... Read More
From the moment we wake up in the morning to the time we throw our heads back down on our pillows at night, we’re organizing our lives into little quantifiable bits; counting how many days until an upcoming vacation, marking down important dates, managing household budgets – the list goes... Read More
This article is the first part in a series on smart cities. See more from Christine Wong. Smart cities are coming under siege. In Songdo, South Korea, clusters of concrete high-rises sit empty, waiting for an influx of foreign workers that hasn’t materialized. The $40 billion smart city, which was... Read More
“Hey, Google! Can you turn the temperature in the bedroom down to 65 degrees?” Seconds later the air conditioning kicks in and I drift off. It still floors me that I can talk to a device to control my home environment, get help with a recipe (“Hey, Google! What’s the... Read More
As a consumer, I barely use my mobile phone for “talking” anymore, which makes me wonder if I should even call it a phone. Though it rings all of the time, I never answer it. Why? Because 9 times out of 10, it’s a robocall or some sort of telemarketer.... Read More
