3D printing grows beyond its novelty roots VIEW
With the technology improving and costs falling, 3D printing could be poised to play a major role in manufacturing.
Why isn’t new technology making us more productive?
Economies grow not only by adding more capital and labor. Another vital ingredient is a nation’s skill in creating and commercializing innovation, which makes investment...
A 4-year degree isn’t the job requirement it used to be
New research finds companies are starting to rely less on the college filter in hiring. But it remains an obstacle to opportunity for many.
Google creates $100 million fund for skills training program
Google's $100 million fund is a big bet on scaling up programs that have proved effective in lifting low-income workers into middle-class jobs and careers.
Economists pin blame on tech for rising inequality
The economywide payoff of investing in machines and software has been stubbornly elusive. But some economists say rising inequality resulting from those investments, and from...
Jim Warren, early influencer in personal computing, dies at 85
Jim Warren, a charismatic trade show impresario, editor and activist who personified the blend of technical enthusiasm and counterculture values that shaped the early days...
In race for 5G, alarm and security services get stuck in the middle
AT&T’s rollout of ultrafast 5G wireless technology is a challenge to businesses whose products and services depend on wireless technology, from emergency alert pendants and...
The internet eats up less energy than you might think
The giant tech companies with their power-hungry, football-field-size data centers are not the environmental villains they are sometimes portrayed to be on social media and...
Once tech’s favorite economist, Paul Romer is now a thorn in its side
Nobel Prize winner Paul Romer was once Silicon Valley’s favorite economist. Not anymore. His call for government activism, particularly toward the big tech companies, reflects...