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
Altered or Delayed Vaccine Dosing Could Create a Worse Pandemic
Political leaders have suggested giving half-doses or one dose instead of two to make COVID-19 vaccines stretch further. Here’s why scientists are freaking out. More
How COVID Did, and Didn’t, Change Fintech
The pandemic forced finance to pivot to contact-free customer acquisition and transactions. Breakneck growth followed for standalones like PayPal and many startups. COVID accelerated the entire sector. 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
Vaccination Nation: Digital Health Passports Will Be the Rage in 2021
COVID is forcing us to reimagine a digital immunization records. How we approach it may change how we control the virus, reinvigorate the economy, and open the world after lockdown. 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
Community Insights Media & Marketing The Pandemic
No Enchantment Across a Crowded Zoom
What is lost over Zoom is the energy among people. The seeing and the hearing. The glances and microexpressions. We need to regain the fidelity of these essential signals so we can restore the serendipity of group interactions. 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
“Ghost Kitchens” Rise to Meet To-Go Demand
There's a new kind of restaurant where food gets cooked but not served. Such establishments may be the savior of the hard-hit industry. And they're giving all of us a wide range of at-home choices. 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
Bio & Life Sciences Healthcare The Pandemic
mRNA Vaccines for COVID-19: What You Need to Know
Pfizer and Moderna's astonishingly promising vaccines were made possible by a new scientifiic approach. Here’s a primer on how mRNA vaccines work and why we need them now. More
He Spoke With the Wuhan Whistleblower in January
A doctor working fulltime at a national level on the pandemic. An architect aiming to decarbonize the atmosphere. A young woman who shook up Israeli politics. They all have something in common. More
Innovation Media & Marketing The Pandemic
Swipe Left to Connect: Dating Apps Set the Stage for Business
We’ve mastered attending virtual conferences, but the human connection is hard to find. We’re housebound, with screens our only portal for meeting new people. So a few new companies are taking their cues from the singles scene to come up with solutions. More
Bio & Life Sciences The Pandemic
COVID-19 Testing: Good, Bad, and Downright Frustrating
Even dramatically increased testing capacity has been no match for poor strategy and misdirected deployment of tests in the U.S. 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
Community Insights Resilience The Pandemic
2020 wasn’t all bad. Technology laid the groundwork for a better future.
It’s easy to dismiss this year as a total catastrophe, but 2020 has proven that, when used correctly, the right technology can provide the hope we need for improving the way we work, learn, and live. More
Analytics & Data Bio & Life Sciences The Pandemic
Could a Schizophrenia Treatment Conquer COVID-19?
Scientists are analyzing previously approved drugs to see if they have any effect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. They might be onto something. More
Democracy International Affairs The Pandemic
A Health+Wealth Conversation: Should We Be Scared?
We recently gathered with Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema and author Zachary Karabell for a Halloween discussion on the fears of Americans. Potential threats are many—from the party you don’t support or even political violence, from global warming and extreme weather, from a possible depression, and of course from the pandemic. More
Education Resilience The Pandemic
For Homebound Kids, the Play’s the Thing
Among the laundry list of behaviors that have been upended by the pandemic is what constitutes playtime for kids. Playdates, playgrounds, and outdoor sports all but evaporated as the world locked down. Screens became the intermediary between kids and the physical world. The silver lining is that parents got to watch and even participate in […] More
Community Insights Opinion The Pandemic
Our Excruciating and Ongoing Dilemma With Covid-19
Governments worldwide face an impossible challenge. The public wants them, expects them, to save them from Covid-19, but there is no way to do that. More
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