Technology & Innovation

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: The school to prison pipeline, the economics of AI, and more

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

A FireEye information analyst works in front of a screen showing a near real-time map tracking cyber threats at the FireEye office in Milpitas, California, December 29, 2014. FireEye is the security firm hired by Sony to investigate last month's cyberattack against Sony Pictures. Picture taken December 29. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CRIME LAW) - RTR4JTQC

A federal backstop for insuring against cyberattacks?

Aaron Klein and Scott R. Anderson

Friday, September 27, 2019

Newark Prep Charter School students listen to academic coach, Robbie Garland, while taking part in an advisory session at the school in Newark, New Jersey April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION) - TM4E94Q0XVB01

AI is coming to schools, and if we’re not careful, so will its biases

Andre M. Perry and Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Members of a heritage tour group, who are traveling to Ghana to explore their ancestral roots, look at a mobile phone outside the palace of Nana Boakye Yam Ababio II, Chief of Nkwantakese, in Ashanti region, Ghana August 10, 2019. Picture taken August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko - RC1775814300

Figure of the week: Africa’s growing mobile economy

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Children attend their first class immediately after they got registered at the school in Hazema North Raqqa, Syria August 21, 2017. Picture taken August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC14C09853B0

4 types of data necessary for outcome-based financing

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Izzy Boggild-Jones

Friday, September 20, 2019

Graphic with password under a magnifying glass

Highlights: Where stakeholders fall in the privacy debate

Caitlin Chin and Marla Odell

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Unemployed worker Rose Mary Golden-Pasley looks for a job online

Jobs training programs are rarely flexible enough to succeed

Gregory Ferenstein

Monday, September 16, 2019

Technicians maintain a robotic bartender inside a space modul-like structure before its official opening in Prague, Czech Republic, November 28, 2018. REUTERS/David W Cerny - RC149B21AD60

Why should Czechia take Industry 4.0 seriously?

Anwar Aridi and Daniel Querejazu

Friday, September 13, 2019

A drone is seen during a demonstration for the media before a news conference by Chinese food delivery company Ele.me on its drone delivery service, in Shanghai, China May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1F52D05060

Highlights: New transportation technologies bring rewards and risks

Jack Karsten and Bhaargavi Ashok

Friday, September 13, 2019

An electroimpact automated fiber placement machine, which lays down carbon fiber strips onto the 777X spar, seen during a media tour of the Boeing 777X at the Boeing Composite Wing Center in Everett, Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. Picture taken February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson - RC1B1FA69A40

The differing impact of automation on men and women's work

Marcus Casey and Sarah Nzau

Wednesday, September 11, 2019