The Vital Edge by Gideon Rosenblatt Work, society and the human experience in an era of machine intelligence.

Reading Time: 2 minutes McDonald's new machine learning acquisition could well put the company in Amazon's crosshairs.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Insurance companies are experimenting with two strategies for motivating you to share your health information with them.

Reading Time: 4 minutes To counter personalization technology's narrowing of our minds, let's design for choice and serendipity.

Reading Time: 4 minutes How a drab, new occupation scrubs social media of the dark shadows of our collective unconscious.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Fitbit's latest watch is available exclusively through healthcare partners, raising questions about who is watching you exercise.

Reading Time: 5 minutes In the end, the smart home wars will be decided by business models, and Amazon is best positioned to win.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Through the coordination and combination of what were formerly disconnected parts, a greater intelligence emerges.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nike's new self-lacing shoes will connect us to the cloud with a service tether.