How Design Keeps You From Screwing Up—and Prevents Disaster When You Do Anyway
A look at defensive—or foolproof—product design. By Lena Groeger A coffee grinder that only works when the lid…
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The Geographic Legacy Costs of the Manufacturing Economy
The evolution of how we consume will re-structure where we reside. By Jim Russell An overgrown parking lot…
Should Police Body Camera Footage Be Public Record?
Police departments across the country are struggling to figure out how to deal with this new type of evidence.
Why Getting Pacific Island Nations on the Internet Is Difficult
And why telecommunications executive Denis O’Brien—the 219th richest person in the world—thinks Google and Facebook should start financing…
The Rickety Smartphone Bridge
As a point of connectivity for low-income populations, the phone is less useful, more expensive, and ultimately more…
Cybersecurity Is About Solving Problems — Let’s Tackle the Diversity One Next
The not-so-secret methods that can get women and people of color to join the field of information security,…
Meet the Hackers Collecting Big Rewards for Bug-Sized Bounties
A growing number of Whitehat hackers have begun to search for and report bugs to websites like Facebook or Google in exchange for cash.
The State of Cuban Internet
Rick Paulas travels to Havana and navigates the bureaucracy of Web access. But will the country’s citizens ever…
A History of the Subtle Sexism of Home Technology
For over a century, technology companies have peddled sophisticated solutions to liberate housewives, but when the tech fails…
Meet PRIME, the New App That Wants to Help Treat Schizophrenia
Researchers from the University of California-San Francisco are turning to an unlikely source to combat schizophrenia: the very people suffering from the disease.