What may be familiar requests by new hires in the technology industry can raise concerns in the highly regulated banking realm, said Antoine Shagoury, State Street’s global chief information officer.
Productivity growth in developed economies has experienced a sharp decline over the past 10 to 15 years, a trend that appears to run counter to recent advances in automation, the cloud and other technologies. A new theory offers a different, tech-free explanation for our low productivity growth--one where labor and tax arbitrage play the starring role.
Silicon Valley trips over LSD microdoses; the uneven knowledge economy; America eclipsed.
The research arm of the U.S. Department of Defense, is leading an effort to build “explainable AI” systems that can translate complex algorithmic-made decisions into language humans can understand.
The research arm of the U.S. Department of Defense is marshalling an international effort to overcome what many say is the biggest obstacle to widespread adoption of artificial intelligence: teaching algorithms to explain their decision-making to humans.
The office is still modernizing technology after a 2014 breach, revealed in 2015, compromised the personal data of more than 21 million current and former government employees and their families.
New Army CIO to undertake massive hardware, software integration as the Navy CIO is set to depart
Richard Staropoli, a former hedge fund CISO, last week resigned as the federal agency’s CIO, an agency spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday.
Southwest Airlines Co., fresh off a $500 million update to its 30-year-old reservations system, is developing a strategic plan that maps out the airline’s technology vision for the next several years. “Everything is digital now, and it puts a much bigger emphasis on technology enabling our business strategy,” says CIO Kathleen Wayton.
Companies are advancing toward commercializing the world’s first large-scale quantum computer sooner than previously thought, which has cryptography experts racing to develop new encryption systems capable of thwarting a quantum computing attack on internet security by a hacker or rogue nation state.
The impact of blockchain could well be enormous, but its full transformational impact, like that of the internet, will play out over decades rather than years, Columnist Irving Wlasdawsky-Berger writes. And like the internet, blockchain's transition to a more mainstream market will require the establishment of standards, killer applications and effective governance.
University of Washington researchers demonstrated a sophisticated new computer security risk, showing how malicious software hiding in synthetic strands of genetic code could overtake a PC during DNA analysis.
Champions of Silicon Valley’s efforts to make the technology industry more inclusive of women and minorities are facing an unwelcome reality: not all employees have bought into the diversity push.
Tiny Houseparty has a promising video-chat app. The social-media giant has noticed and started developing one of its own. The power of Silicon Valley’s well-financed giants is starting to draw scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators.
Ryan Graves, Uber’s first hire, said he would step aside from his daily role as senior vice president of operations, the latest shake-up in the ride-hailing company’s top management.
Google fired the employee who wrote an internal memo suggesting men are better suited for tech jobs than women. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said the memo writer violated company policy.
Companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash that rely on part-time workers are offering richer benefits and perks to attract and retain workers amid a hot labor market.
A new generation of internet users—a swath of the poor and less-literate—tend to use voice recognition and other intuitive apps over text, creating new business winners and losers. Silicon Valley giants are rushing to respond.
Efforts to block use of unapproved virtual private networks, or VPNs, and uncertainty over internet access is already weighing on foreign companies operations in China, according to foreign business groups.
Amazon.com Inc.’s web service partner in China, Beijing Sinnet Technology Co., has told Amazon cloud-computing customers to delete software tools that allow them to bypass China’s internet filters.
Apple delivered strong revenue in the June quarter, typically its weakest period, by re-energizing iPad and Mac sales and keeping purchases of iPhones steady as consumers anticipate a new phone this fall.
Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller made names for themselves a couple of years ago when they remotely hacked into a Jeep. Now they are going to work for General Motors.
At a demonstration to test the security of voting machine technology, a computer specialist took less than two hours to exploit an old Windows XP flaw.
Apple has removed software from its app store in China that allowed users to circumvent the country’s internet filters.
Recruiters in Maine use LinkedIn and other social media tools to find job candidates with ties to the state to fill positions in a tight labor market.
Google parent Alphabet said its advertising business continued to hum, but its fastest-growing segments—mobile and YouTube advertising—are less lucrative than desktop ads.
Developers are close to creating robots that can move products off shelves and into boxes, a breakthrough that would revolutionize one of the most labor-intensive aspects of e-commerce.
Two Norwegian companies are taking the lead in the race to build the world’s first crewless, autonomously operated electric ship, an advance that could mark a turning point in seaborne trade.
The cloak-and-dagger doings of global powers are now entangled with businesses’ day-to-day operations, writes Christopher Mims.
Smart machines will replace some jobs, but they will create many more by generating new wealth and higher demand for products and services.
Lyft said it is forming its own autonomous-car development division, hiring hundreds of engineers for it and opening a new office in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Microsoft continued its rebirth as a force in cloud-computing, posting stronger-than-expected gains in its business of selling web-based services to corporate customers.
International Business Machines said second-quarter profit fell 6.9% from a year earlier as revenue declined in the business units that include its cloud computing and Watson-artificial intelligence operations.
A new version of the product targets large corporate customers—not general consumers.
Known for his teasing tweets and ever-expanding list of high-tech ambitions, Elon Musk set observers abuzz again with a vague claim he received “verbal” approval for a high-speed, tunnel-based travel system along one of the busiest corridors in the U.S.
