List of Science and Technology articles
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A message is seen on the Facebook mobile app in Melbourne on Feb. 18. Why Facebook Is Right to Pull the Plug on Australia
This isn’t about regulating Big Tech. It’s about fleecing foreigners for news that Australians no longer want to pay for.
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Semiconductors and the U.S.-China Innovation Race Semiconductors and the U.S.-China Innovation Race
The lifeblood of high-tech industries, semiconductors are at the heart of intensifying U.S.-China strategic and economic competition. Escalating trade tensions between these two superpowers and a range of protective measures have had cascading impacts that are threatening global supply chains, firms’ competitiveness, and end-users’ access to these vital materials. FP Analytics' Special Report examines the interconnectivity and fragility of global supply chains and the central role of Taiwan in global tech competition.
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An airport worker walks along Daxing International Airport in Beijing on Feb. 8. China’s Potemkin Aviation Can’t Survive Without Washington’s Help
Biden has a hard choice to make regarding Trump’s limits on airliner tech.
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Doctors use telemedicine for the treatment of COVID-19 patients at Uniklinikum Aachen, the university hospital in Aachen, Germany, on Jan. 20. After the Pandemic, Health Care Will Still Be Broken
Artificial intelligence can help fix it.
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A woman passes the Google booth at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov. 5, 2018. Australia Is Ground Zero in the Global Battle Against Google
A proposed law would shake the global internet—and put the Biden team’s Silicon Valley friendships to the test.
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A teacher prepares a lesson with a cellphone on the first day of online classes in an empty classroom in Seoul, on April 9, 2020. Did Big Tech Save the World From an Even Bigger Economic Meltdown?
It helped, but the countries that fared best had other factors at play.
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A woman counts money outside a U.S. remittance collection agency in San Isidro, San Salvador, on June 10, 2020. The Pandemic May Change Remittances—for the Better
Long denominated in cash, payments back to home countries are finally going digital.
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People's Liberation Army soldiers take part in military training at the Pamir Mountains in Kashgar, China, on Jan. 2. Don’t Underestimate China’s Military-Civil Fusion Efforts
Beijing’s vision is clear, even if its implementation isn’t complete.
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Muslims attend a vigil at the East London Mosque for the victims of the New Zealand mosque attacks on March 15 in London, England. Our Top Weekend Reads
British Muslims seek legal protections, Biden unveils his climate agenda, and why Saudi Arabia is getting away with murder.
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Sex Criminals Use Bitcoin. So Do the Police.
Cryptocurrencies offer vast potential for catching sexual predators—but it remains mostly untapped.
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A lab technician prepares stainless steel tanks used for manufacturing vaccines at French pharmaceutical company Sanofi’s world distribution center in Val-de-Reuil on July 10, 2020. The Global Vaccine Rollout Is Failing—and That Puts Everyone, Everywhere, In Danger
The selfish reasons the United States and Europe must help poor countries deal with COVID-19.
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A supporter of President Donald Trump walks with a confederate flag during a protest on Dec. 12, 2020 in Washington. How to Counter White Supremacist Extremists Online
To stop future attacks like the Capitol invasion, the Biden administration must lead the way in pushing social media platforms to counter the far-right.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Our Top Weekend Reads
A broken U.S. public sphere, QAnon’s resilience amid disappointment, and how to eavesdrop on policymaking conversations.
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A vintage illustration of a futuristic three-wheeled self-driving ‘“dream car” from 1961. Our Amazing Clean Energy Future Has Arrived
The evidence of a great green wave is now overwhelming. And it will only get better.
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Security barricades are set up on a street ahead of the inauguration of then-U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in Washington on Jan. 20. America Needs a New Way to Combat Disinformation Now
After 9/11, Washington formed a national commission that made the country safer. It should do the same now.
