Christopher Mims

On its face, a car seems like a disastrous thing for Apple to build, writes Christopher Mims. One of his predictions about the Apple car: If Apple does go forward with it, the company is playing a long game, one that could easily span decades.

Here’s the good news about killer robots: They aren’t inevitable. The bad news is that stopping them is going to be much harder than simply banning government-sponsored research on them.

Data-centric companies with Silicon Valley pedigrees, like Granular and aerial surveillance startup DroneDeploy, have the ability to help farms run as efficiently as Google runs its data centers, writes Christopher Mims.

Virtual reality is going to be much bigger, much more compelling, and much less trivial than what its earliest adopters have so far envisioned, says Keywords columnist Christopher Mims.

The organizing philosophy found in Marie Kondo’s best seller “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” can, and should, be applied to your smartphone, says Keywords columnist Christopher Mims.

Bitcoin, the volatile digital currency, cannot help the Greeks of today. But it could mean a great deal to those caught up in currency crises to come.

Internet-advertising technology should be hated less and thanked more: Since the debut of the Web banner ad in 1994, ad tech has been a finishing school for some of the greatest minds in tech history.

There are signs tech is in a bubble, writes Christopher Mims. The good news, though, is it’s nothing like the last one.

Anonymity often breeds bad behavior on the Internet. But companies are using social networks to get anonymous feedback from workers, hoping to gauge their employees’ commitment, which could affect the bottom line.

If Apple phased out the Mac, how would those who use it for work carry on?

Ditching its most-refined brand will allow Apple to focus on products that represent the future, writes Christopher Mims.

Monetary transactions carry high fees, but that’s about to change, writes columnist Christopher Mims.

The ‘sharing economy’ is best known for consumer services, but it also can be applicable for business-to-business transactions. Businesses can use apps like Universal Avenue, for instance, to get salespeople on demand.

Uber, Lyft, Instacart and other ‘sharing economy’ startups aren’t just remarkably efficient marketplaces, they’re remarkably efficient machines for producing near minimum-wage jobs.

As the biggest generation in America spends the next five years racking up points for hitting various life milestones, it’s worth asking what consequences it will have for consumer technology.

Columnist Christopher Mims has experienced the future of remote work, and it feels a lot like teleportation.

The Internet of smart things—smart plates, cups, forks, frying pans—is incontrovertibly in a bubble, writes Christopher Mims. And a shakeout will likely leave few standing.