Analyzing DNA in a community’s sewage could deliver important insights into the rise of antibiotic-resistance and drug-resistance by disease-causing germs. More
Bio & Life Sciences Healthcare
The Co-Evolution of Humans, Machines and Healthcare
We’re prepared to use technology in ways we can't conceptualize, or believe in our wildest dreams, we could use. Medical technology isn’t exempt. More
Business Innovation Transportation
Inside the Race to Build the First Sustainable Supersonic Jet
Can a supersonic jet be made fit for travel at a time when the planet is endangered and commercial aviation is being required to seriously clean up its act? More
Craigslist Turns 25–Proof That a Democratic Internet Can Still Thrive
Craigslist has remained successful without giving up its values of anonymity, accessibility and transparency. The platform shows that some elements of the early web are worth holding onto. More
Why Mindset Matters in Digital Transformation
Charles Schwab's chief digital officer shares what she's learned about driving innovation. It has as much to do with people as with tech. More
Should Your Genetic Data be Used Against You?
Federal protections against genetic discrimination left major loopholes. Florida is advancing a bill to offer stronger protections, so citizens can't have their genetic data used against them. More
Artificial Intelligence Innovation Partner Insights
What an Instinctive Enterprise Can Learn from the Racetrack
How are business executives and Formula E drivers alike? They're inundated with large amounts of data, and must learn to translate that data into actionable insights. More
Artificial Intelligence Partner Insights
Making Auto Racing a Decisionmaking Lab
Techonomy recently partnered with Genpact to discuss how Formula E racing informs data-driven innovation. Here are video excerpts. More
Artificial Intelligence Davos 2020 Partner Insights Tech & Society
What is Tech’s Responsibility to Society?
Two amazing leaders–Microsoft's Brad Smith and investor and author Kai-Fu Lee–recently had a high-velocity conversation about tech's trajectory on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. More
Net Giants Opinion Tech & Society
Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want to be Liked. That’s Scary.
Facebook has frightening power to determine what can and cannot be said in society and in politics. Yet its all-powerful unchallengeable leader is getting frustrated with his critics, and retreating further into self-righteous isolation. More
Davos 2020 Healthcare Partner Insights
Why is Digital Healthcare Going So Slowly?
Many experts believe that digital healthcare systems and tools can provide an alternative to traditional care, as well as help people stay healthier and get treatment when necessary. But global health systems aren’t moving fast enough to take advantage of the technology. More
Business Community Insights The Future of Work
Workers Want Real Corporate Social Responsibility. Not Greenwashing.
The emerging workforce is particularly discerning, and principled, so companies should carefully build credible social impact programs—and explain the rationale. More
Davos 2020 Innovation Partner Insights
Companies Dive Into the Fourth Industrial Revolution
As digital technology transforms society and empowers even the most seemingly minute stakeholder, one consequence is that every company becomes a consumer company. Only those organizations that embrace innovation – and tech—are likely to succeed. More
Community Insights Opinion The Future of Work
Tech Boosts Corporate Profits. What’s It Doing for Workers?
Technology is expanding opportunities for many consumers, but it’s also raising dangerously complicated issues for workers. The author outlines specific things we must do to protect—and empower—people in the workplace. More
Bio & Life Sciences Healthcare
Beyond the Genome: What’s Next in Clinical Testing
Genomic analysis may still be thought cutting-edge by most people and doctors. But scientists have moved beyond querying DNA to understand a range of new health data about us. More
Techonomy in Davos: Four Sessions & Many Epiphanies
Multidisciplinary dialog is why Techonomy exists, so no wonder we find Davos so stimulating and valuable. This year economic concerns were muted while climate ones were paramount. We curated four major sessions, working with Wipro. Watch them here. More
Techonomy Davos 2020 Archive: Smith & Lee, Technologized Corporations, Andy McAfee, and Digital Healthcare
In Davos Techonomy partnered with Wipro on four meaty sessions, and reported from the scene in several videos. Watch the sessions here. All of them came out great! More
Artificial Intelligence Inclusion Tech & Society
Is AI Male?
It is, until those creating and testing it are no longer just a bunch of guys. It would improve the software and contribute more to progress if the AI workforce reflected society, both in gender and all sorts of human diversity. More
The New Industrial-Military Complex
Business is ahead of government in creating new technologies that can serve as weapons. Employees at Google, Amazon and Microsoft are boldly -- and publicly -- opposing the strategies. More
Leadership Partner Insights Tech & Society
Microsoft President Brad Smith, on Rethinking a Tech Company’s Role
Microsoft's top lawyer recently co-authored a book, and shared insights with Techonomy on tech, how Cambridge Analytica changed Washington, and other topics. More
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