Economics Surviving in the Shadow of Fortress Twitter Twitter reportedly received tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks to stay in San Francisco. Has it given anything back to the community? Maria Bustillos
Environment Paranoid Technology for Paranoid Times A new entry in the sousveillance market, Alibi is a smartphone app that can constantly record audio and video of your surroundings—and surrounders. Kyle Chayka
Environment The League Perpetuates the Same Privilege That Society Does Don't hate the app, hate the game. Susie Cagle
Environment Why Are We Blaming Technology for Our Lack of Focus? We complain that we’ve become addicted to glowing screens, but it’s less the screens themselves than what's behind them that’s the big draw. Kyle Chayka
Environment Who’s Afraid of Robot Culture? Fear not the machines of the future. We can—and should—use the tools we’ve been developing to be both more critical and more creative. Kyle Chayka
Social Justice What Tech Talent Shortage? Microsoft Trims 18,000 Employees From Payroll Like manufacturing before it, the Innovation Economy has reached a turning point, with jobs moving to places where labor is cheaper. Jim Russell
Environment Do Fonts Actually Matter? On Android's ever-changing quest to find a working typeface for all of its devices. Noah Davis
Economics Why Mobile Wallets Are Failing and Will Keep Failing Normal wallets are simply too effective, no matter that the technology is millennia old. Kyle Chayka
Education Cracking the Code of the New Economy: You Don’t Need a STEM Degree to Work in a STEM Field Don’t be afraid to stick with your liberal arts education. If history is any guide, it could be just as valuable as knowing how to write code. Mark P. Mills & M. Anthony Mills