In Greensboro, NC there is a day center for the homeless called the Interactive Resource Center. The IRC assists people who are homeless set up services to aid their job search: a voicemail account, an email account, a P.O. Box, and the like. These a...
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In Greensboro, NC there is a day center for the homeless called the Interactive Resource Center. The IRC assists people who are homeless set up services to aid their job search: a voicemail account, an email account, a P.O. Box, and the like. These a...
On 14 January, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Verizon v. FCC, vacating aspects of an FCC regulation imposing anti-blocking and anti-discrimination requirements on broadband providers. College students hold these principles of net neutralit...
On 14 January, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Verizon v. FCC, vacating aspects of an FCC regulation imposing anti-blocking and anti-discrimination requirements on broadband providers. College students hold these principles of net neutralit...
There. You clicked it. The rest of this column doesn’t even matter. But while I have you here, I might as well explain myself. No, I don’t think Politico Magazine (Politico’s newest venture, which launched earlier this month) is act...
There. You clicked it. The rest of this column doesn’t even matter. But while I have you here, I might as well explain myself. No, I don’t think Politico Magazine (Politico’s newest venture, which launched earlier this month) is act...
As an undergraduate, the FBI closing of the Silk Road anonymous marketplace may not affect you beyond your drug supply or your easy purchase of another fake ID. But if you’re a political dissident in China, or a currency trader in London, the loss ...
As an undergraduate, the FBI closing of the Silk Road anonymous marketplace may not affect you beyond your drug supply or your easy purchase of another fake ID. But if you’re a political dissident in China, or a currency trader in London, the loss ...
A couple weeks ago, I mocked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for citing a “supply-side problem” recruiting female employees (and, crucially, board members). Although clearly the supply of qualified women is greater than one, I admit that Costol...
A couple weeks ago, I mocked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for citing a “supply-side problem” recruiting female employees (and, crucially, board members). Although clearly the supply of qualified women is greater than one, I admit that Costol...
Twitter, my preferred source for weird Pokémon quotes, Marxist sex tips, and pictures of baby animals, made headlines last week for announcing its plans to go public — and unveiling an all-male board. Leadership at Twitter didn’t seem to t...
Twitter, my preferred source for weird Pokémon quotes, Marxist sex tips, and pictures of baby animals, made headlines last week for announcing its plans to go public — and unveiling an all-male board. Leadership at Twitter didn’t seem to t...
Warning: Contains Breaking Bad Spoilers For those of us that watched Breaking Bad, the recent bust of the Silk Road online illicit trading network seems like a bit of déjà vu. The similarities between the AMC show’s shady underworld and the illic...
Warning: Contains Breaking Bad Spoilers For those of us that watched Breaking Bad, the recent bust of the Silk Road online illicit trading network seems like a bit of déjà vu. The similarities between the AMC show’s shady underworld and the illic...
The Internet, a virtual space existing somewhere beyond the physical world, has become an engine for actual, tangible change. From Cairo to Moscow, bloggers, Facebook-users and Tweeters have exposed corrupt officials, initiated political discourse, a...
The Internet, a virtual space existing somewhere beyond the physical world, has become an engine for actual, tangible change. From Cairo to Moscow, bloggers, Facebook-users and Tweeters have exposed corrupt officials, initiated political discourse, a...
Stephen Baker is a former senior writer and technology correspondent for BusinessWeek and the author of “Final Jeopardy” and “The Numerati,” about the rapidly growing role of Big Data in the lives of citizens. Baker spoke with...
Stephen Baker is a former senior writer and technology correspondent for BusinessWeek and the author of “Final Jeopardy” and “The Numerati,” about the rapidly growing role of Big Data in the lives of citizens. Baker spoke with...
Walking into MetroMart on Thayer, I pick up my third iPhone charger of the semester. I’m a forgetful person usually, and iPhone chargers seem to have an uncommon knack of disappearing into the gaping maw of the Sun Lab or the SciLi, never to re...
Walking into MetroMart on Thayer, I pick up my third iPhone charger of the semester. I’m a forgetful person usually, and iPhone chargers seem to have an uncommon knack of disappearing into the gaping maw of the Sun Lab or the SciLi, never to re...