The informal TechCrunch book club is now venturing into the short story “Exhalation,” the second piece in Ted Chiang’s eponymous collection. Today’s story gets at the meaning of existence, climate ...

The dictionary definition of "technology" goes something like this: "The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry." Some feel that technology connects us, ...

In the 1960s, an eccentric and controversial professor predicted the rise of the internet. Marshall McLuhan spent most of his working life at the University of Toronto, where he was primarily focused ...

Starting in the 1950s, the world has undergone a technology shift unlike anything in history. From computer processors that take up a room shrinking literally to the head of a pin, the developed world ...

Today's technology emerged with the personal computer revolution in the 1980s. For the first time, people began using a computer at home for entertainment and personal finances. By the turn of the ...