Technology & Innovation

People work on their computers during a weekend Hackathon event in San Francisco, California, U.S. July 16, 2016. REUTERS/Gabrielle Lurie SEARCH "LURIE TECH" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1E2E809C80

Tech is (still) concentrating in the Bay Area: An update on America’s winner-take-most economic phenomenon

Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton

Monday, December 17, 2018

Unifor National President, Jerry Dias, speaks to GM workers at a union meeting near the General Motors' assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio - RC1196CCCEC0

What GM’s layoffs reveal about the digitalization of the auto industry

Mark Muro and Robert Maxim

December 13, 2018

A worker walks past second-hand robots in a factory in Shanghai, August 21, 2015. More than a hundred second-hand robots used to make Audi A3s at a German car factory are going through refurbishment at a Wecan Group factory in Shanghai. Picture taken August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song - GF10000184124

The robots are coming. Let’s help the middle class get ready.

Harry J. Holzer

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Federal Trade Chairman Joseph Simons, (L), Federal Trade Commissioners (2nd L-R), Rohit Chopra, Noah Phillips, Rebecca Slaughter and Christine Wilson testify on the "Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission" before the U.S. Senate Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security Subcommittee in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2018. REUTERS/ Leah Millis - RC1654D52A80

The FTC should match tech company innovation with oversight innovation

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Steve Mollenkopf, Qualcomm CEO, speaks at the opening ceremony of the fifth World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, November 7, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC16BEB82C90

Can China have difficult conversations about the internet?

Cameron F. Kerry

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Members of the Russian Emergencies Ministry take part in a training session, part of the preparation for Russian Orthodox Epiphany celebrations, on the suburbs of Moscow, January 13, 2016. Orthodox believers will mark Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in icy waters regardless of the weather. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF20000093324

How emergency responders are using drones to save lives

Jack Karsten and Darrell M. West

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

A researcher plants a semiconductor on an interface board during a research work to design and develop a semiconductor product at Tsinghua Unigroup research centre in Beijing, China, February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - D1AETETVAHAA

Protecting sensitive technologies without constricting their development

Robert D. Williams

Friday, November 30, 2018

United States Postal Service clerks sort mail at the USPS Lincoln Park Carriers Annex in Chicago

Brookings survey finds 57 percent are positive about their online shopping experiences

Darrell M. West

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees joint hearing

The Federal Trade Commission will safeguard privacy in name only

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

A vehicle drives past the solar panels near wind turbines at a wind and solar energy storage and transmission power station in Zhangjiakou

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is poised to transform the clean energy industry

Tuesday, November 27, 2018