The Problem with Our Data Obsession
The quest to gather ever more information can make us value the wrong things and grow overconfident about what we know.
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Brian Bergstein
Deputy Editor
I'm deputy editor of MIT Technology Review. I’ve been a technology journalist for 12 years, reporting on the Web, computing, telecom, and the business of technology from Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston. Before I came to MIT Technology Review, I was the technology and media editor for the Associated Press.
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Our Primer on HTML5
Progress is finally being made on the next version of the open programming standard that originally made the Web blossom.
In Online Exams, Big Brother Will Be Watching
How can you tell if an online student has done the work? That’s where webcam proctoring comes in.
Disregard Social-Media Stats about the Election
Counting Facebook likes and Twitter followers makes Obama look great, but the close race shows how meaningless those numbers are.
EmTech: Some Wisdom from Joi Ito
The head of MIT’s Media Lab extols the benefits of being a “now-ist."
Research Archive JStor Moves Toward Open Access
A nonprofit organization that holds millions of pieces of academic work will soon let the public see it for free.
The Year on the Web
Social networking grew up in 2011, becoming more of a fundamental underpinning of the Web.
Why Groupon's IPO Shouldn't Erase Skepticism
Shares in the company soared on their first day of trading, but that has more to do with technical factors than the underlying prospects for the business.
Going Offline
Google reveals how often governments ask it to banish things from its services and how often it complies.
Research Archive Widens Its Public Access—a Bit
JStor, which has been criticized by advocates of "open access" to scientific knowledge, will begin letting the public read old articles for free.
