ACCORDING to some prominent voices in the tech world, artificial intelligence presents a looming existential threat to humanity: Warnings by luminaries like Elon Musk and Nick Bostrom about “the singularity” — when machines become smarter than humans — have attracted millions of dollars and spawned...
Most people didn’t know Janelle Monae would be attending Moogfest 2016 in Durham. It was a well-kept secret that I was only privy to as an American Underground staff member. But as soon as I heard, I RSVP’d for every session she’d be at and...
Kathryn Finney is well versed on the many perils of being a black woman in the tech industry. Earlier this year, her organization, Digital Undivided, released Project Diane — a scathing study documenting the racial and gender disparities in funding that the 88 black woman-owned...
The relationship between Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg hasn't always been smooth. But you'd never know it from the way the president and the Facebook CEO greeted each other Friday at Stanford University. The leader of the free world and the man trying to connect...
‘Although the sector is flourishing, it is vital that we actively encourage more girls to work in digital and tech’ London’s offers the greatest opportunities for British women in technology, according to research. Four in ten of the UK’s female tech workforce are employed in the capital...