Technology & Innovation

A view of Zhangbei data center of Alibaba is pictured in Zhangbei county, Zhangjiakou city, north China's Hebei province, 12 September 2016.China's e-commerce giant Alibaba is expanding its cloud facilities vigorously. After announcing a cloud data center in Silicon Valley in the US this March, it has launched a large cloud data center in North China. The Zhangbei cloud data center broke ground in the Miaotan Industrial Park in Zhangbei County, Hebei Province, in April 2015. It is expected to host 80 percent of Alibaba's cloud and big data in North China and to serve as the group's North China settlement center. Currently, cloud only accounts for one percent of Alibaba's total income, but the group has bet its future on cloud. The Zhangbei data center, which covers about 165 acres, will cost 18 billion yuan (US$2.9 billion), according to Haifeng Qu, research fellow in the technical support department of Alibaba.No Use China. No Use France.

Tech cannot be governed without access to its data

Thursday, September 10, 2020

"To make distance learning work, vulnerable families need emergency broadband relief, which can be done through increased investments in home broadband, schools, and libraries."

Nicol Turner Lee The Hill Thursday, September 10, 2020

A woman has her face scanned by a facial recognition device that identifies people when they wear masks to gain access to the office of the Chinese electronics manufacturer Hanwang (Hanvon) Technology in Beijing as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), China, March 6, 2020. Picture taken March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

The new urgency of global tech governance

Landry Signé, Mark Esposito, and Sanjeev Khagram

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Flyers are posted on the doors of Deming Public School bus 68 near the Mexican border in Columbus, NM. The flyers give students the username and password for internet access and also remind students to wear masks.Bus2

Broadband in red and blue states: Three solutions to low-income internet access

Tom Wheeler

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Computer network equipment is seen in a server room in Vienna, Austria, October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

Podcast: Alissa Starzak on Cloudflare, content moderation, and the internet stack

Alissa Starzak, Quinta Jurecic, and Evelyn Douek

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Dr. Randall Reese, a pediatrician at Pensacola Pediatrics, logs on to meet with a patient during a telehealth session at his office in Gulf Breeze on Monday, May 18, 2020.Teledoc Reese

How to make telehealth more permanent after COVID-19

Nicol Turner Lee and Niam Yaraghi

Friday, September 4, 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks via video conference during an Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee hearing, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, on "Online platforms and market power. Examining the dominance of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple" No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How a compliance mindset undermines antitrust reform proposals

David Morar and Anne Washington

Thursday, September 3, 2020

Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs talks about the Universal basic income (UBI) that 125 families are participating in Stockton.Xxx Stockton Ubi 43 Jpg Usa Ca

Why philanthropies play an important role in welfare innovation

Gregory Ferenstein

Thursday, September 3, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump is using a mobile phone during a roundtable discussion on the reopening of small businesses in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 18, 2020.

How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweet

Jacob Gursky and Samuel Woolley

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies via video conference during a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on "Online Platforms and Market Power", in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2020. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS

TechTank Podcast Episode 3: Why Rep. David Cicilline thinks we need a Glass-Steagall Act for the internet

Darrell M. West

Wednesday, September 2, 2020