The Coming Technology Policy Debate

STANFORD – What do the leaks of unflattering email from the Democratic National Committee’s hacked servers during the 2016 US presidential election campaign and the deafening hour-long emergency-warning siren in…

Alphabet claims Uber was hiding the self driving technology that it allegedly ripped off

A new court filing from Alphabet claims that Uber hid a key piece of self-driving technology that it allegedly copied from Waymo, the Google parent company’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary. “They…

Facebook is developing mind-reading technology

Facebook is developing mind-reading technology Facebook is turning its attention to "silent speech communications", working on a system that will let people type words on a computer using only their…

BankThink Banks technology woes are shortlived

As an ex-consumer banker, I am bullish about traditional U.S. consumer banking making a technology comeback over the next two to three years. In the years following the financial crisis,…

Apple to test self-driving car technology in California

Apple will begin testing self-driving car technology in California, its first public move into a highly competitive field that could radically change transportation. On Friday, the California Department of Motor…

Technology set to dish up takeaway revolution, says Just Eat

As if ordering takeaway wasn’t already easy enough, technological developments mean consumers need not lift a hand to order food these days. While food tech has tended to lag behind…

Medication errors in hospitals don’t disappear with new technology

A pharmacy technician counts prescription medication at a pharmacy in Edmond, Okla. In the first six months of 2016, Pennsylvania hospitals reported 889 medication errors or close calls that were…

The 20 Most Successful Technology Failures of All Time

The graveyard of technology is riddled with failed products: remember the Apple Newton? Or Microsoft's Zune? How about Amazon's Fire Phone? And yet in Silicon Valley "failing fast" is heralded…

Top 10 ‘breakthrough’ technologies for 2017

File photo: A visitor speaks to Baidu's robot Xiaodu at the 2015 Baidu World Conference in Beijing, China, September 8, 2015. Xiaodu, an artificial intelligent robot developed by Baidu, has…

How Technology Is Making Expense Reporting Easier

With the right app, business travelers can record travel expenses by simply speaking into a smartphone. ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPH HITZ FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Good news for road warriors: Keeping…