David Talbot
MIT Tech Review
Cambridge, MA, United States
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Why the digital divide still lingers, and why it matters
If the next president intends to improve American infrastructure and expand economic opportunities, there’s no better place to start than with the millions of people who still lack broadband access and computer skills. → Read More
Top Stories
Your guide to what matters in technology news today. → Read More
The Unacceptable Persistence of the Digital Divide
Millions of Americans lack broadband access and computer skills. Can President Trump bring them into the digital economy? → Read More
5G Wireless Is Coming, and It’s Going to Blow You Away
A massive FCC spectrum release—and new advances in wireless technologies—accelerate an era of incredibly fast data. → Read More
Find Out Which Appliance Is Sucking All Your Power
Sense’s $299 gadget identifies individual devices in the home and exactly how much electricity they are using. → Read More
Facebook Has a Lot to Lose by Appearing Biased
The social media giant may reap more than $500 million in political ad revenue, but it trades on its image as an unbiased platform for information. → Read More
Wireless, Super-Fast Internet Access Is Coming to Your Home
The Supreme Court shut down his last venture, Aereo, after it riled TV broadcasters. Now Chet Kanojia wants to overturn how broadband is delivered. → Read More
Wireless Charging Is Actually Charging Ahead
Even as over-the-air charging company UBeam is getting debunked, magnetic resonance is heading for mass production. → Read More
A Secret Tool to Catch the Next VW-Style Emissions Cheat
New software spots anomalies in modified or hacked cars. → Read More
Amazon Prime or Amazon Redline?
Amazon’s same-day delivery service skirts many predominantly minority neighborhoods, raising a familiar charge that tech-company business imperatives can result in de facto digital inequality. → Read More
Remaking Social Media for the Next Revolution
A hero of the Egyptian revolution laments the limits of social media and hopes to improve online dialogue. → Read More
How Political Candidates Know If You’re Neurotic
The latest data-driven campaign pitches target you based on your personality, not just your demographics. But does such profiling work? → Read More
Desk-Size Turbine Could Power a Town
GE sees its new turbine as a strong rival to batteries for storing power from the grid. → Read More
Inflatable Spacecraft Launches, Falcon 9 Successfully Returns to Earth
It looks like the outer space equivalent of a bounce house, but Bigelow’s BEAM could make space travel cheaper and safer. → Read More
In Apple vs. the FBI, There Is No Technical Middle Ground
Either you let law enforcement get into encrypted devices and run the risk of letting others find a similar way in, or you don’t. → Read More
As Apple Works on “Uncrackable” Phones, Senators Seek a Workaround Everyone Can Agree On
U.S. senators have proposed a commission to help end Apple’s fight with the FBI and devise rules for accessing encrypted devices. → Read More
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: Precise Gene Editing in Plants
CRISPR offers an easy, exact way to alter genes to create traits such as disease resistance and drought tolerance. → Read More
Precise Gene Editing in Plants
CRISPR offers an easy, exact way to alter genes to create traits such as disease resistance and drought tolerance. → Read More
Tim Cook Calls for Government Commission to Settle Encryption Fight
In a Q&A published Sunday, the Apple CEO said answering the FBI’s call to break into terrorists’ iPhone would be “dangerous.” → Read More
Apple Vows to Fight the Feds in the Battle over Encryption
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said his company will fight a court order to unlock the iPhone 5c owned by one of the San Bernardino shooters. → Read More