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Quantum computing is about to make big trouble for cybersecurity
“Spooky action at a distance” is how Albert Einstein described one of the key principles of quantum mechanics: entanglement. Entanglement occurs when two particles become related such that they can...
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Why calling Asian Americans a model minority glosses over crucial issues
Asians Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are the fastest growing racial group in the United States; their population is expected to double to more than 47 million by 2060. Yet the needs of these...
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Mobile is eating the business world, but where are all the great business apps?
Every 15 years or so, the world witnesses a profound shift in computing platforms. In the 1980s the advent of the PC heralded a shift away from mainframe computing. Then along came the Internet and an...
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Welcome to the dawn of the age of robots
Growing up, I believed that very soon we would all have robots like Rosie, from “The Jetsons,” cleaning up after us. For those out there who are too young to remember “The Jetsons,” Rosie is the...
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When your scale and fridge conspire to make you lose weight, the Internet of...
Your toaster will soon talk to your toothbrush and your bathroom scale. They will all have a direct line to your car and to the health sensors in your smartphone. I have no idea what they will think of...
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Sorry, but the jobless future isn’t a luddite fallacy
With the unemployment rate falling to 5.3 percent, the lowest in seven years, policy makers are heaving a sigh of relief. Indeed, with the technology boom in progress, there is a lot to be optimistic...
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We need a new version of capitalism for the jobless future
“There are more net jobs in the world today than ever before, after hundreds of years of technological innovation and hundreds of years of people predicting the death of work. The logic on this topic...
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Love of learning is the key to success in the jobless future
Not long ago, school children chose what they wanted to be when they grew up, and later selected the best college they could gain admission to, spent years gaining proficiency in their fields, and...
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You can leave the office, but there’s no getting away from work
Netflix recently announced an unlimited paid-leave policy that allows employees to take off as much time as they want during the first year after a child’s birth or adoption. It is trying to one-up...
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Why Google’s Alphabet Reorganization is a Brilliant Move
It used to be that businesses could see their competition coming and anticipate the threats. Clayton Christensen, with his theory of “disruptive innovation”, taught that a new entrant attacked a...
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I used to doubt Microsoft. Then I installed Windows 10.
I don’t know if I broke a law of computing or committed heresy. But I installed Windows 10 on my Macbook Pro. I had feared that this would condemn me to purgatory in the gates of computing hell. But...
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Indian immigrants make it obvious that the American dream is alive and well
They have funny accents, wear strange outfits, and eat really spicy food, and some wear turbans. Indian-Americans constitute less than 1% of the U.S. population. Yet you will find them at the helm of...
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Why there’s an urgent need for a moratorium on gene editing
In April 2015, a paper by Chinese scientists about their attempts to edit the DNA of a human embryo rocked the scientific world and set off a furious debate. Leading scientists warned that altering the...
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What we’ll encounter on the path to the jobless future
By Michael Fertik and Vivek Wadhwa In just two short decades or so, we’ll enter a jobless future. Thanks to highly disruptive advanced technologies, jobs — even industries — will soon vanish, becoming...
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How Modi’s visit to Silicon Valley can spark India’s tech economy
Prime Minister Modi with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Silicon Valley often hosts world leaders, but rarely gives them the rock-star reception that it is planning for India...
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The strongest weapon to shift geopolitical balances isn’t nukes or missiles,...
Governments, businesses, and economists have all been caught off guard by the geopolitical shifts that happened with the crash of oil prices and the slowdown of China’s economy. Most believe that the...
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Get Ready: Virtual Reality Is Arriving Well Ahead of Star Trek’s Far Future...
In the television series Star Trek, virtual reality-chambers called “holodecks” take humans into computer-generated worlds where they interact with avatars — and with each other. Imagine being able to...
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Universities have a choice–partner with industry, or watch their best minds...
The University of Virginia’s provost, Tom Katsouleas, once told me that less than one percent, by his estimates, of basic research is commercialized and that there may be as few as one near-term...
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America’s reinvention is helping it leap further ahead of the world
By Vivek Wadhwa and Edward Alden. Pessimists believe that the United States has peaked as a superpower and is falling behind in education, research and development, and economic growth. They say the...
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What the legendary Clayton Christensen gets wrong about Uber, Tesla and...
For a generation of CEOs, Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemmawas a guiding light on how to survive industry disruptions. His book educated business executives on where competition would...
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