Some smartphone-carrying millennials and Gen Zers are so used to texting upon arrival that the sound of a ringing doorbell freaks them out.
Christopher Mims writes Keywords, a weekly column on technology. Before joining the Journal in 2014, he was the lead technology reporter for Quartz and has written on science and tech for publications ranging from Technology Review, Smithsonian, Wired, the Atlantic, Slate and other publications. Mims, who has degree in neuroscience and behavioral biology from Emory University, lives in Baltimore.
Some smartphone-carrying millennials and Gen Zers are so used to texting upon arrival that the sound of a ringing doorbell freaks them out.
As facial-recognition technology moves into mobile devices, we will soon take it for granted not just in smartphones but also in smart-home speakers, doorbells and locks, writes Christopher Mims.
The memo written by a Google employee about gender diversity hit a raw nerve in an industry already beset by accusations of sexism and discrimination. Research, meanwhile, has established the business case for diversity.
Most owners of electric vehicles charge them overnight at home, but a few companies are looking ahead to an era of rapid adoption—and building a charging-station infrastructure.
Apple is said to be contemplating a price in the $1,000 to $1,400 range for its coming 10th-anniversary iPhone—which would be extremely expensive and extremely smart, Christopher Mims says.
The cloak-and-dagger doings of global powers are now entangled with businesses’ day-to-day operations, writes Christopher Mims.
Engineers are using cognitive psychology, including techniques for studying how human children learn, to uncover the inherent biases built into AIs and machine learning that can lead to mistakes.
A wave of interest in modular design and building from tech-focused startups may finally bring down costs and lift productivity in the construction industry.
Apple Inc. will still sell an iPhone, but expect the device to morph into a suite of apps and services, enhanced with AI and AR, part of a ‘body area network’ of devices, batteries and sensors.
Uber and its new leadership will have to come to grips with a fundamental vulnerability that is increasingly apparent in the company’s business model.
A handful of tech giants are spreading their tentacles into industries no one ever expected them to and reshaping our world in their image.
