by Nick SerpeSilicon Valley wants to revitalize the Rust Belt with venture capital. The story of venture suggests we shouldn’t hold our breath. An advertisement »

by Colin Muller Once upon a time, people talked shit about corporations on websites they ran themselves. A still from a Super Bowl commercial by RadioShack, »

by Astra Taylor The rise of the robots has been greatly exaggerated. Whose interests does that serve? An image from a Hoover catalog in the 1920s. »

Siva Vaidhyanathan on Antisocial Media Mark Zuckerberg speaks during commencement exercises at Harvard University. Photo by Nancy Lane. Siva Vaidhyanathan is the Robertson Professor of Media »

by Marie Hicks In World War II, Britain invented the electronic computer. By the 1970s, its computing industry had collapsed—thanks to a labor shortage produced »