Gallery: Old Media, Digitized, Make New Forms
Computers are changing art in unexpected ways
Story Archive
ICANN's Boondoggle
The group that oversees Internet domain names is shaking things up for no good reason. For details, check out www.mass.confusion.
King Natural Gas
Will cheap natural gas give us an opportunity to reduce emissions while inventing new technologies? Or will we simply become addicted to another fossil fuel?
You Will Want Google Goggles
I thought that glasses with "augmented reality" would be hopelessly dorky and could never go mainstream—until I saw the technology in action.
Can Energy Startups Be Saved?
If small companies are to survive in the highly competitive energy business, they'll have to work with the large companies they once hoped to replace.
Social Intelligence
Siri may not be the smartest AI in the world, but it's the most socially adept.
Through a Camera, Darkly
The technology of lenses has made art richer and more meaningful for hundreds of years. A Gerhard Richter retrospective shows Germany's most famous artist responding to the camera over a lifetime of painting.
The Law of Online Sharing
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will eventually have to deal with the fact that all growth has limits.
Technological Healing
A leading researcher says digital technologies are about to make health care more effective. But is so much data really beneficial?
"Tectonic Shifts" in Employment
Information technology is reducing the need for certain jobs faster than new ones are being created.
