Engineers and coastal planners are increasingly focused on a deceptively simple idea: using ocean water more intelligently so it solves multiple problems instead of creating new ones. The phrase ...

Programmers in San Francisco and Berlin got together recently to attempt to build a system that would allow immigrants to tell their families they’ve arrived safely at their destination without anyone ...

Technology has delivered groundbreaking advances in recent decades—from life-saving medical treatments to the everyday convenience of carrying a powerful computer in a pocket. Yet despite the rapid ...

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This week’s Business of Giving features Shannon Farley, co-founder and executive director of Fast Forward. The San Francisco nonprofit has a big mission: to help other nonprofits use technology to ...

The cost of installing newer technology, such as heat pumps that both warm and cool indoor spaces, is less than it used to be thanks to new federal incentives that will last until at least 2035. The ...