Internet & Technology

The Gartner Hype Cycle tracks emerging technologies from the "peak of inflated expectations" to the "trough of disillusionment" and beyond.

Technological change already has reshaped the U.S. workforce -- creating new job categories while others fade away.

Experts in fields ranging from computer science to marketing to social science share their insights on what future impacts AI/robotics will have on jobs

Experts envision automation and intelligent digital agents permeating vast areas of our work and personal lives by 2025, but they are divided on whether these advances will displace more jobs than they create.

Pew Research findings on the state of social media and its impact on grassroots and advocacy

How digital tools are changing not only how teens communicate, but also how they gather information about the world and present themselves to others.

Revelations about the scope of American electronic surveillance efforts have generated headlines around the world. A new Pew Research Center survey finds widespread decline in the view that the U.S. respects the personal freedoms of its people. But in most countries there is little evidence this opposition has severely harmed America’s overall image.

While the U.S. continues to address the international fallout from the National Security Agency revelations, a new report from the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts reveals a different kind of wiretapping: a list of where federal and state judges have authorized law enforcement to listen to phone communications as part of criminal investigations throughout 2013.