Technology

Communication Leadership Director, Hanson Hosien, on why privacy and transparency are more important than ever before. 

A physics student explores the possibilities of quantum computing — with help from a Microsoft Research Fellowship.

An I-LABS study is referenced in a personal essay on girls and technology.

Google will invest $1 billion over the next five years in organizations helping people adjust to the changing nature of work. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted.

UW-led study demonstrates how present-day migration statistics can be obtained by the same data that advertisers use to target their audience on Facebook.

Amazon's announcement that it's searching for a second HQ is generating a backlash in Seattle and elsewhere. Margaret O'Mara, a UW associate professor of history, is quoted. 

Legislators, faculty meet for 48-hour cybersecurity bootcamp

The alt-right has an unlikely new martyr in the culture wars: A Harvard-educated engineer in the heart of Silicon Valley. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted. 

Dr. Thomas Duell, a neurologist at Swedish Medical Center and a music professor at UW, invented an instrument that reads the electrical activity of the brain and turns it into musical notes.

“Historically, most collections of speech and language tend to be more male and white and middle class,” says UW Linguistics prof. Rachael Tatman.

Faculty and students are digitizing historically valuable texts through Newbook Digital Texts.

UW chemists are developing tools to improve our understanding of cancer cells — and our ability to treat cancer.

Good news for people who hate practicing scales: scientists have created a musical instrument you can play with just your thoughts. 

International Studies Professor, Saadia Pekkanen, on how Japan is targeting independence in space-based information.

UW History Department professor, Margaret O'Mara, weighs in on Mark Zuckerberg's recent commencement speech.