Connectivity AOL Instant Messenger Made Social Media What It Is Today The once popular messaging platform goes dark this week, but its legacy of instant communication is here to stay. by Julia Sklar 2017-12-14T00:00:00-05:00
Business Impact Why I Left the Hospital System and Started Working in Telemedicine Behind one woman’s decision to pursue a medical career at a San Francisco Internet startup. by Julia Sklar 2017-05-15T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity Will Snapchat Be as Fleeting as Its Photos? As the disappearing-message maker prepares to go public, I’ve given it up for Instagram Stories. by Julia Sklar 2017-02-14T09:00:00-05:00
Connectivity This App Will Be a Game-Changer for Getting Birth Control without the ACA Nurx provides birth-control prescriptions and delivery, helping reach even women in health-care deserts. by Julia Sklar 2017-01-25T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines The 9 Best Technology GIFs of 2016 It’s time to recognize the trusty sidekicks to this year’s important stories, without which, technology news would be a whole lot less mesmerizing. by Julia Sklar 2016-12-30T00:00:00-05:00
Humans and Technology Meet the World’s First Completely Soft Robot Researchers use an ingenious design to make a soft robot that moves on its own. by Julia Sklar 2016-12-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Injectable Wires for Fixing the Brain Novel treatments for neurological diseases might be possible with a flexible mesh that can prod individual brain cells. by Julia Sklar 2016-10-13T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity The U.K.’s Largest Sperm Bank Is Now an App Reproductive technologies have advanced a lot in 40 years—and now our access to them is evolving, too. by Julia Sklar 2016-09-28T17:20:00-04:00
Business Impact Even Women’s Periods Are Not Immune to the Widening Tech Gap More products than ever are giving women options for managing their periods—if they can afford to. by Julia Sklar 2016-09-19T17:50:00-04:00
Business Impact Hired and Fired by Algorithm The cycle of how we find, keep, and lose jobs is increasingly affected by algorithms. Here are some of the data-mining companies aiming to take the “human” out of “human resources.” by Julia Sklar 2015-09-28T00:00:00-04:00
