I used to think my doctor knew the most about my health. After digging into how supermarket loyalty programs work, I realized the truth is more unsettling: the card in my wallet — or the app on my phone — often knows far more about my daily habits and potential health concerns than any single...
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I used to assume that school tech companies collected student data only to make...
Economy
I remember sitting across from a small exporter in Lyon last year, listening as...
Technology
When schools consider adopting remote monitoring tools—from attendance and...
Technology
When AI-driven content filters take over what we see and who gets paid, the...
When schools consider adopting remote monitoring tools—from attendance and parent communication platforms like ClassTag to classroom management and monitoring suites such as GoGuardian or Lanschool—parents are right to ask hard questions. These...
When AI-driven content filters take over what we see and who gets paid, the battleground shifts from sheer creativity to compatibility with opaque algorithms. I’ve followed platform shifts for years, watching the same cycle repeat: a new...
When I look at municipal fiber projects, I see a clear promise: faster, more reliable internet at lower cost for households. But I also see a recurring pitfall — too often the financing and contracting structures of these projects end up padding...
I remember sitting in a university meeting room where the research office was buzzing with a single question: should we sign the memorandum from a major tech company? The logo was familiar — Google — and the check was a six-figure banner...
I keep hearing the same surprise from readers and friends who just bought electric cars in the suburbs: “I thought the federal grants would solve the charger shortage — why is my town still running out?” I’ve been covering technology and...
I’ve spent months tracking how cities and counties respond — or fail to respond — when short-term rental platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo expand into neighborhoods. What struck me most is how often local governments create or tolerate zoning...
I often get asked how to tell whether a piece of news you just scrolled past was pushed to you by a social platform — and whether that item might be AI-generated. The short answer: you can’t always know instantly, but there are clear signals and...
I remember the first time a currency crisis hit one of the markets I was selling into. Overnight my margins evaporated and my clients expected the same sticker price. Raising prices felt like handing business to competitors, but absorbing the whole...
I started putting pieces of my medical history into my phone the same way many people do: out of convenience. A lab result I wanted to keep, a PDF from the clinic, a vaccine card photo, a prescription reminder. Then Apple and Google rolled out...
I’ve followed municipal broadband projects for years, and every time a city proposes one my inbox fills with the same question: “Will this mean lower bills for residents, or will we end up paying more?” The short answer is: it depends. The...