Roughly six minutes into Apple's annual keynote presentation on Tuesday, I watched with grim fascination as a video game executive guided a digital frog across a bathroom floor in order to carefully avoid scraps of rogue toilet paper, while a…

From how we elect a president to the ways we raise our children, tech is often the hidden hand guiding our options and, increasingly, our choices. We live in a world where algorithms drive our interests, scientists are reengineering our food…

By subscribing, you are agreeing to the MiamiHerald.com's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Are you a subscriber and unable to read this article? You may need to upgrade. Click here to go to your account and learn more. A 12-year-old Bahamian…

When I was a sophomore in college, I took a creative-nonfiction workshop and met a girl who was everything I wasn't. The point of the class was to learn to write your own story, but from the moment we met, I focused instead on helping her tell her…

Fry's Electronics recently acknowledged it would shut its store in Palo Alto, California, in January because its lease wasn't renewed. But stores in other places are running out of goods and don't appear to be restocking them. It seems like another…