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Employers are adding high-tech solutions to solve a low-tech problem: Getting more sleep

Jena McGregor
Feb 23, 2020 6:00 AM - After several years of recognizing sleep's role in productivity and controlling health-care costs, some employers are actively giving employees tools to do something about it, taking advantage of new hardware and apps to affect behavioral changes.
Coming soon: airline Wi-Fi that actually works

Justin Bachman
Feb 22, 2020 6:14 AM - Air travel and glitch-free internet access are often considered mutually exclusive, thanks to the technical difficulties associated with making Wi-Fi work at 40,000 feet. But there may be some good news on the horizon.
When street names switch, can apps keep up? The case of Jefferson Davis Highway.

Andrew Zaleski
Feb 22, 2020 6:10 AM - Maps, even in our digital age, can struggle to keep up with changing political realities on the ground. Satellites, after all, are indifferent to whether naming a highway after a Confederate leader in the early 1900s was a form of intimidation at a time when the Ku Klux Klan was spreading nationwide.
Wendy's mascot may look sweet, but on Twitter she's a mean girl

Emily Heil
Feb 22, 2020 6:18 AM - Wendy's mascot -- that red-haired, pig-tailed, freckle-cheeked girl -- might look sweet. But the fast-food chain's tweets, accompanied by an image of her grinning face, are anything but.
Axon rolls out the next level of police technology: Live-streaming body cameras

Tom Jackman
Feb 22, 2020 6:11 AM - Axon, the largest supplier of body-worn cameras for police in the United States, on Tuesday rolled out 1,000 new cameras for the Cincinnati Police Department that have live-streaming capability. This will enable officers on the street to show dispatchers or commanders a crisis situation in real time and allow rescuers to find an officer who is down or lost. The system will automatically activate the camera as soon as a gun is drawn, a shot is heard or a Taser is powered on.
Apple weighs letting users switch default iPhone apps to rivals

Mark Gurman
Feb 22, 2020 6:06 AM - Apple is considering giving rival apps more prominence on iPhones and iPads and opening its HomePod speaker to third-party music services after criticism the company provides an unfair advantage to its in-house products.
How Ring and Nest helped normalize American surveillance

Drew Harwell
Feb 22, 2020 6:24 AM - Amazon's Ring, Google's Nest and other Internet-connected cameras -- some selling for as little as $59 -- have given Americans the tools they need to become a personal security force. But the allure of monitoring people silently from afar has also proved more tempting than many expected.
Tech firm that's making device for Olympians expands footprint in Arlington Heights

By Christopher Placek
Feb 21, 2020 6:10 PM - An Arlington Heights-based technology firm -- which designs products in virtual reality and wearable electronics and is now making devices for Team USA athletes in the upcoming 2020 Summer Games -- has expanded its footprint on the village's north side.
CDK Global sells digital marketing business to Ansira Partners

Feb 20, 2020 10:10 AM - CDK Global said it will sell its digital marketing business to Ansira Partners, a subsidiary of Advent International, for an undisclosed sum.
Review: Samsung's new phones bring 100-times zoom, folding screens, higher prices

Geoffrey A. Fowler
Feb 15, 2020 7:26 AM - Samsung's newest smartphones -- the Galaxy S20 and the Galaxy Z Flip -- come in two flavors: expensive and more expensive. And with prices ranging from $1,000 to $1,400, either one is hard to justify as much more than a luxury.

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Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto: Is AI the future of HR?

Even if you didn't grow up in the 1980s, you probably know at least some of the lyrics to the Styx classic "Mr. Roboto." For example, you may be familiar with this line: "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, for doing the jobs that nobody wants to." Dennis DeYoung, the prescient Styx songwriter, was interviewed by Billboard magazine last July about the fact that the band had recently added Mr. Roboto back into its concert play list for the first time in 35 years. DeYoung said the band had begun playing the song again because fans as young as 12 years old have been requesting it during virtually every recent concert. The same summer that Styx was adding "Mr. Roboto" back to its set list, Fast Company business magazine ran a story entitled, "How to Nail an Interview with a Chatbot." The HR lawyer in me believes these stories are related, and they are saying something important about the direction of our culture and about HR. AI may be the future of HR, but it may not be as easy as we think to get there. If that is the case, lawyers and politicians will be to blame.

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