Walking through the all-digital CES proved there’s an awful lot of new tech that aims to keep us safer and more hygienic as we emerge from the pandemic. Here are just a few of the products showcasing tech-infused cleanliness. More
Media & Marketing Tech & Society
In 2021 Digital Communities Will Deepen–and Even Blend
Discord, Substack, Patreon, and the metaverse are just the tip of the community iceberg. More
Government Tech & Society The Pandemic
Techonomy’s Topic of the Year: The Digital Divide. We’ve Got to Fix It.
The pandemic threw the digital divide into stark relief. In these sessions, you'll hear from leading experts on the many consequences of unequal access to broadband and strategies we can employ to fix this scandal. More
Global Tech Tech & Society The Pandemic
The Year the World Finally Became Techonomic
Zooming from home, tech stock insanity, ceaseless digital transformation and even a new cyberwar–in 2020 tech finally landed decisively at the center of modern life. The world is forever altered. More
Innovation Tech & Society Techonomy Events
Big Thinkers Assess 2020 and Look Ahead
What a long strange year it’s been. What did we learn in 2020? What warning signs are flashing? And what can we expect in 2021 for the U.S., business, tech, and all of us as citizens and people? More
Learning Tech & Society The Pandemic
What did you learn in the pandemic?
2020 made us question a lot of assumptions. Here are a few tenets 2020 shattered and rearranged. More
Tech & Society Techonomy Events The Pandemic
David Agus at Health+Wealth: All Three Vaccines Keep Everyone Out of Hospital
Dr. David Agus, a USC medical school and engineering school leader, has been immersed in fighting the pandemic since January. At the Health+Wealth of America conference on Tuesday December 1, he showed enormous enthusiasm about all three of the new vaccines that are approaching approval. He told the audience that aside from their impressive efficacy […] More
Design Food Tech & Society The Pandemic
The Thriving Do-Not-Touch Economy
“Do Not Touch” is this year’s revenue battle cry. Proximity sensing, voice, NFC, 5G, sensors, and the cloud are just some of the enabling technologies that make it all possible. More
Democracy Healthcare Sustainable Development Goals Tech & Society
How Can the US Accelerate Progress?
America’s current travails are obvious. It’s been an awful year. How can we accelerate progress from here? What will need to be the role of business, government, tech, and of civil society, if we are to move forward as a country? More
The Cell Phone’s Father Speaks Out
Martin Cooper is universally celebrated as the father of the modern cell phone. His new memoir is a manifesto that addresses the innate need for people to communicate–past, present and future. More
Innovation Media & Marketing Tech & Society
Will Zoom Be Your New Happy Place? For Everything?
With 300 million daily participant meetings, Zoom now aims to move from being just a video conference solution to become a digital ecosystem, "delivering happiness." More
Business Healthcare Tech & Society Techonomy Events
“Healing America in a Time of Divides”
Zainab Salbi, an Iraqi immigrant who has spent many years working both on issues of immigration and gender equality, will appear at the session whose name I’ve quoted in my headline. She’s writing a book about how to overcome America’s divides—not only of right and left, Republican and Democrat, but men and women, rich and poor, privileged and disenfranchised. More
Media & Marketing Net Giants Tech & Society
The Social Dilemma’s Blind Spot
A documentary on the ills of social media does well at explaining certain problems, but its own obliviousness highlights the critical underlying issue. More
Resilience Tech & Society The Pandemic
TECH+Education Event – The Back to School Dilemma
America’s families face wrenching uncertainty and a lose-lose situation. We want our kids back in school, but what about the real risks to them and us if they are? However, staying at home means emotional challenges piled on top of educational ones. And for the food insecure and the 30% of kids without enough at-home connectivity, the problems become a nightmare. Will kids be able to learn this fall? More
Community Insights Tech & Society The Pandemic
Understanding American Health + Wealth
Techonomy is about to embark on a new ongoing initiative: The Health + Wealth of America. This Friday at 1pm Eastern, selected experts and our community will help us decide what should be key issues over coming months. More
Community Insights Sustainable Development Goals Tech & Society
Why Don’t Nonprofits Have the Tech They Need?
When businesses imagine how they might do twice as much, or ten times as much, with the same money or people, they think about using technology. Why is it that the nonprofit sector behaves differently? More
Democracy Government Tech & Society
Tech+Democracy: Could Interference Upset the Upcoming Election?
“I am confident that we will have record turn out and our results will be accurate. What I am concerned about is well-funded, well-organized strategic efforts to deny that reality to the public to serve political agendas and partisan goals.” – Michigan Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson Never in memory have the mechanics of a […] More
Tech+Blockchain Economy: The Internet of Value & Money – A Status Report
A Bitcoin is worth $12,000, blockchain-native assets are growing, Etherium creates its own opportunities, and even Facebook wants in. Two articulate experts explain what’s going on. More
Artificial Intelligence Partner Insights Tech & Society
Why Keeping AI Ethical is So Hard
A trio of leaders and technologists speak to the possibilities and perils of AI and what we need to do to ensure it's ethical. More
Media & Marketing Tech & Society
As Fake Videos Threaten, New Tools Help Fight Back
As video becomes the hieroglyphics of our time, we’ll rely on it to communicate more than ever. And increasingly we’re coming to doubt the veracity of all things video. More
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