Technology & Innovation

An employee of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc, poses with Zozoglass and its smartphone application, used to measure skin tone for ordering cosmetics online, during a demonstration at the company's office in Tokyo, Japan, January 28, 2021. Picture taken January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Innovation quality and global collaborations: Insights from Japan

Dany Bahar and Selen Özdoğan

Friday, January 29, 2021

Illustration depicting data flows across borders

How APEC can address restrictions on cross-border data flows

Joshua P. Meltzer

Friday, January 29, 2021

A Chinese man looks at the main gate of Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound, in central Beijing, January 12, 2004. The Chinese Communist Party will launch its first "Party Supervisor Regulation" during a meeting of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission which starts in middle of January. The Commission is the Party's corruption watchdog. The regulation will pave the way for inspection of China's top leaders in the central government and provinces, the semi-official China News Service reported. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE REUTERS/Guang Niu GN/TW - RP4DRIIDKXAA

How will China’s privacy law apply to the Chinese state?

Jamie P. Horsley

Friday, January 29, 2021

Contact tracing app TraceTogether, released by the Singapore government to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen on a mobile phone, in Singapore March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su

How our outdated privacy laws doomed contact-tracing apps

Thursday, January 28, 2021

A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a vaccination center.

Building robust and ethical vaccination verification systems

Baobao Zhang, Laurin Weissinger, Johannes Himmelreich, Nina McMurry, Tiffany Li, Naomi Schinerman, and Sarah Kreps

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

A robotic arm collects a pre-packaged dish from cold storage, done according to the diners order at Haidilao's new artificial intelligence hotpot restaurant in Beijing, China, November 14, 2018. Picture taken November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC1EBC52A040

Independent auditors are struggling to hold AI companies accountable

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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)

The other 4+1: Biological, nuclear, climatic, digital, and internal dangers

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 25, 2021

COVID 19 vaccine distribution Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 at UH Samaritan on Main. TOM E. PUSKAR/TIMES-GAZETTE.COMCovid 19 Vaccine Distribution018

Who is getting a COVID-19 vaccination?

Darrell M. West

Friday, January 22, 2021

A photo illustration shows the suspended Twitter account of former President Donald Trump on a smartphone in front of the White House.

What does the day after Section 230 reform look like?

Derek E. Bambauer

Friday, January 22, 2021

Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives take their oath of office on the floor of the House Chamber during the first session of the 117th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

With new House rules, more diversity in technology legislation and hearings is possible

Caitlin Chin, Jackson Gode, Nicol Turner Lee, and Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, January 21, 2021