Technology Archives

Economics

Uber Raises Rates in Eight States to Offer Drivers Limited Injury Insurance

Riders in Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and West Virginia will pay $0.05 more per mile to cover the optional insurance.

Jack Denton

Social Justice

Political Activism on Social Media Has Grown Some Teeth

Social media is being galvanized to change public opinion, mobilize activists, and shape public policy.

Jonathan Moyer

Photo showing a Syrian family walking through O'Hare airport in Chicago

News in Brief

Nearly Four Years After the Snowden Revelations, the NSA Backs Off (Some) Warrantless Surveillance

Almost four years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden first began to unveil the size and…

Jared Keller

News in Brief

Another Way Facebook and Google May Be Undermining Democracy

Google and Facebook have, in recent months, belatedly began to engage in the battle against fake news. But…

Tom Jacobs

News in Brief

Yes, the Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs

In fact, they’ve been coming for quite a while.

Dwyer Gunn

News in Brief

A Judge Rules Against an Uber Exec in the Ride-Share Giant’s Legal Spat With Alphabet

(Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images) On Monday, a federal judge in Alphabet’s trade secrets lawsuit against Uber rejected a…

Jack Denton

News in Brief

The Long and Painful Decline of the Retail Store

Big-box retailers around the country are shuttering their storefronts. What does that mean for American workers?

Dwyer Gunn

To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death.

Magazine

How Technology Has Already Changed What It Means to Be Human

Pacific Standard recommends To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death, a new book that profiles members of the transhumanist movement.

Kristina Kutateli