In Silicon Valley, some of the brightest minds believe a universal basic income (UBI) that guarantees people unrestricted cash payments will help them to survive and thrive as advanced technologies el
Veena Dubal is an unlikely star in the tech world. A scholar of labor practices regarding the taxi and ride-hailing industries and an Associate Professor at San Francisco’s U.C. Hastings College of
When Elizabeth Warren took on Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook earlier this week, it was a low moment for what New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz calls “techno-utopianism.” That the progressive, populis
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Screen-shot-2011-05-12-at-10.11.40-AM.jpg">I'm a die-hard paper fan. I have a few shelves of books in almost every room of the house and
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/miyamoto.jpg" />A handy e-mail I just received has brought good news: <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/nintendo/">Nintendo</a>'s Sh
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cyberwar.jpg" />Set aside several minutes of your afternoon to read Seymour Hersh's latest article in the New Yorker entitled “The Onli
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/gazzetta.jpg" />Turns out it's pretty easy to get free issues of several popular publications via an iPad hack of sorts. All credit to It
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kindleny.jpg" />Usually when I read a long article, I'll say something like, “Free up 20 minutes so you can read the whole thing.” I'
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/newyorker.jpg">Artist Jorge Colombo drew this entire New Yorker cover using <a HREF="http://brushesapp.com/">Brushes</a> for the iPhone,