You got your degree. You got a job. And you're pretty good at that job. But lately you've been watching kids just out of college command salaries that are edging too close for comfort. Why? The world — especially the technical one — is changing fast. Find

We love tech. But we don’t fall for the hype the tech companies create for the latest expensive gear. We know what we want. We want what we want. Here is the latest gear that we wish was currently gracing our desk, pocket, wrist, car, cell phone, and self. In my dreams, I work in a Steampunk world where my computer is steam powered and space travel fills my vacation plans.

Screenshot/The Pill Club, monticelllo/iStock, Fudio/iStock You know about pizza delivery. You probably even know about bacon delivery. And, obviously, you know about everything Amazon. But what about booze? Birth control pills? Pancakes? We live in marvel

One minute you are going along, blissfully unaware of the cool equipment your fellow drivers have in their new cars. Then you catch a ride, and it becomes clear that their car does some very cool things. It brakes on its own. It has cameras that show the

This year was going to be different. But here you are, on the road to grandmother's house, and you still haven't finished your Christmas shopping. Don't worry! You won't have to eat humble pie. We will make this right. This is the gift list that will save

You’ve read the research. You know your team needs to be diverse to create innovative products, make good decisions, and boost your bottom line. You’ve told the hiring managers, pestered HR, and set quotas. So why does every recruit look exactly like the staff you have? RELATED ARTICLES hottest and coldest outsourcing trends city globe 7 hot IT outsourcing trends — and 7 going cold artificial intelligence / machine learning / binary code / neural network 10 machine learning success stories: An inside look Exiting the computing business 10 signs top talent may soon leave See all Insider You’ve read the research. You know your team needs to be diverse to create innovative products, make good decisions, and boost your bottom line. You’ve told the hiring managers, pestered HR, and set quotas. So why does every recruit look exactly like the staff you have? ADVERTISING Sure, there is a supply problem for skilled IT pros; finding diverse candidates is even harder. “I believe diversity generates creativity and balance,” says Tim Enwall Head of Misty Robotics. “But every person on the planet is looking for these people. As a startup, we can't afford these skyrocketing salaries.” It’s called the diversity pipeline problem. The real problem with that pipeline, though, is that it’s a myth. “I hear the excuse that women and people of color with the right skills don't exist,” says Debbie Madden, CEO of development and product consultancy Stride Consulting. “That is factually incorrect. Women make up over 50 percent of both the U.S. population and college graduates. In fact, there are hirable women in the workplace.” If you want a diverse team, look different. Change both the way you search and the way you appear. “If a company presents as not inclusive or unsafe, women and people of color won’t reach out to you.” Some solutions are simple, obvious even – once they’ve been pointed out to you. Others are complicated. But all are possible. To get you started, we asked experts for their advice for finding that unicorn you don’t believe exists – a diverse tech team. Here's what they said.

Forget the charity goat, the scarf no one will wear, and the gift card for Olive Garden. The one thing everyone on your list wants is a new set of headphones. Even if you got everyone headphones last year, they probably lost them. Do you want your money to go to something that will get used? In this always-plugged-in era, that's headphones.

The role social media and technology play in modern elections can't be overstated. This is particularly true for young voters, more than a third of whom told Pew in early 2016 that social media was the source they found "most helpful" for learning about the presidential election. Not cable news.

You can build a wall, set up perimeter defenses, and spend massive resources maintaining it all. But if your enemy is within, that wall will do you no good.

From sexism and racism on social media to influence peddling at Samsung and the Wild West world of distasteful YouTube videos, 2017 left a bad taste for many. Here's a look at eight tech industry scandals that burst into view.

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Have you seen short animations on Facebook and wondered what they are? They are called GIFs and here is the lowdown: Way back in the 80s, Steve Wilhite invented a graphics format that was better than what was at the time. Being a nerd (he coded for the now-defunct, then Internet startup Compuserve), he called it Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).

Flash cards? Study groups? A set of encyclopedias? No one studies with these tools anymore. Apps are the way. These little tools are right there on your phone, ready to work for seconds, minutes, or hours at a time. They deliver everything from answers to current news to teachers. They will remind you to study.

Does it seem as if a big chunk of your family time happens on the road? Considering that Americans spend, on average, 290 hours a year driving, that’s not just frustration talking. This is a reality. That is more than seven work weeks, spent in the car. And, if you have teenagers, this might even be the only time you spend in one-on-one conversations where they can’t storm away and slam a door.

On June 21, Snapchat launched a feature – Snap Map – that caused parents, law enforcement, and some reporters to fret wildly about the safety of teenagers using Snapchat. Snap Map shows people on Snapchat where their friends are, on a map, in precise up-to-the-second detail. Even if the idea of a feature on your teen’s phone that reveals their location doesn’t already worry you, it probably will after you read all the warnings.