Privacy, like public safety, is a problem that must be dealt with collectively or not at all: Welcome to the era of “group privacy.”
Christopher Mims
Technology columnist, The Wall Street JournalChristopher 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.
Articles
Google’s data-gathering empire is bigger and more pervasive than Facebook’s—and while it hasn’t been plagued by scandal, it can’t evade scrutiny forever.
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told Congress you have ‘full access’ to the information the social network gathers about you, but it keeps some personal data that you can’t control.
After Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, cries for consumer protection have grown louder, and Facebook isn’t the only tech giant expected to be affected.
Using 3-D printers to build concrete jail cells, foam homeless shelters and earthquake-proof bungalows is a promising, if still unproven, construction technology.
Super-fast 5G wireless was supposed to cement the grip of wireless carriers on our wallets and mobile devices, but it could end up threatening powerhouses like AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.
Keywords
Facebook’s Identity Crisis Looms
Facebook Inc.’s core business, dependent on knowing everything it can about its own users, continues to prove vulnerable to exploitation by spammers and bad actors.
Lithium-ion batteries get a little bit better every year, but capacity is about to get a much-needed major lift, thanks to nanotechnology and a shift in materials.
Forget bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies: Here’s how blockchain, the underlying technology, is actually going to change critical if unsexy functions in shipping, real estate and…diamonds.
You are giving away more data about your location than you probably realize through smartphone apps—and that data is being sold, often without your knowledge.
First-world services are finally arriving in the developing world—because of mobile money, unconventional credit scoring, data science and even satellite imaging—and they don’t require a smartphone.
