We’ve got Robyn Kanner and Mike Monteiro on the show to talk about ethics in design. When and, more importantly, how should you stand up to a manager when they tell you to design something in…

This week, Ian Sample explores the psychology behind ‘nudging’, its usage by governments, and some of the ethical quandaries involved

New study provides insight into how we could program morality into autonomous vehicles.

Intellectual property claims keep relevant evidence out of court.

In the first of a series of blogs on design and sustainability, Chris Sherwin argues that design will be the key feature in the next wave of sustainability

In this week’s Design Podcast, I sit down with Jonathan Shariat, senior interaction designer at Intuit and co-author of the forthcoming book "Tragic Design." We talk about his new book and survey some use cases that point a spotlight on the importance of ethical standards in design.

As a new mom, it finally dawned on me that all this technology meant to calm agitated parents actually agitates us more.

Fitness and health tracking devices are designed to get us to exercise more. But these digital fitness and health tracking devices can have the opposite effect, according to a study of school children, in which researcher Mikael Quennerstedt participated. The pupils felt monitored and had feelings of inadequacy.

This randomized clinical trial investigates whether a system of medication reminders using financial incentives and social support delays subsequent vascular events in patients following acute myocardial infarction compared with usual care.

It’s official: John Deere and General Motors want to eviscerate the notion of ownership.

I’ve heard it a few times: Don’t shop when you’re hungry, you’ll spend more and buy unhealthy food! There is more than a grain of truth to this, and plenty of empirical rese…

You probably shouldn't be surprised.

Researchers built a custom platform to root out trackers in mobile apps. They discovered 44 different varieties in 300 apps downloaded by billions of people.

Machine learning is vulnerable to trickery–and scientists are racing to understand why. “If we can do this, so can the bad guys,” says one researcher.

F. Scott Fitzgerald said intelligence is “the ability to hold two opposing ideas in your head at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” It’s so hard to do. But there are all kinds of examples of when it’s necessary in investing. Getting rich requires the willingness to take big risks. Staying rich requires the paranoia to avoid big risks. Trusting your gut means there are true things that you can’t articulate. Being skeptical of your biases means knowing that you confidently articulate things that aren’t true. Being contrarian requires taking a stance most people don’t agr...

Silicon Valley is slow to come to terms with the fact that it's become the new Wall Street.

Ethics and accountability.

After ProPublica revealed last year that Facebook advertisers could target housing ads to whites only, the company announced it had built a system to spot and reject discriminatory ads. We retested and found major omissions.

Recently, a slew of reports have popped up showing how fitness apps are logging and selling off your data to ad companies, city planners, and others. By their nature, these apps have a lot of sensitive personal data about you that you might not want out in the world. Let’s take a look at what’s going on.

Are you using a period tracking app for your menstrual cycle? Be careful! While you’re tracking your cycle, health data, moods, even sexual activity and medications, most apps out there are tracking YOU.  Most fertility apps (as well as fitness, health and diet apps - and any free app th

The long read: Investors are pouring money into apps that allow women to track their fertility. Can tech companies use data to change the world of women’s reproductive health?

A suburban Philadelphia school district remotely activates the cameras in school-provided laptops to spy on students in their homes, a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday alleged.

For nearly a year, Google was suppressing ProtonMail from search results for our primary keywords. This episode illustrates that Search Risk is serious and potentially fatal for small businesses.

News that Facebook shared teens’ details with advertisers throws focus on firm’s ability to mine the data of its 2 billion users – and raises serious ethical questions

Thomson ReutersGoogle is watching you while you shop in stores.Google has long tracked shoppers' activity online. Now it's stepping up its surveillance and

A company using technology in recycling bins to track smartphones has been asked to stop by the City of London Corporation.

When you walk into a brick and mortar retail store like a Nordstrom, Cabela, or even Family Dollar, you're being tracked around the store. Not by an over-suspicious security guard, but by the store's wireless network, using your phone's Wi-Fi. The store then uses your phone to track you around the store, determine if you're a repeat visitor, see what departments you visit, and more. Here's how they do it, and how to stop them.

Twitter has a history of cooperating with Israeli authorities.