The Jemima Kiss column The technology correspondent on the latest developments in the industry
Uber’s human drivers are mapping out the system ahead of self-driving cars Jemima Kiss Uber built a following quickly because it was cheap and easy to book - if only its drivers weren’t protesting against their treatment
CES is the tech event to get every brain storming … but where will it lead? Jemima Kiss Exhibitors at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas hope the event will encourage some happy accident that will propel the them into the future
Is there an app for that? In San Francisco, the answer is often no Jemima Kiss Silicon Valley has delusions of grandeur and should concentrate on problems closer to home
Jack Dorsey has an impossible task: to make Twitter better Jemima Kiss Will 140-characters rule be axed as new CEO aims to make Twitter fly?
Self-driving cars: safe, reliable – but a challenging sell for Google Jemima Kiss Resistance to autonomous cars is understandable but it comes mainly from people who haven’t tried one themselves
Clean and green, but an electric car can give a driver some shocks Jemima Kiss California’s ambitious target is a million zero-emission cars; along the way some charging issues need to be sorted out
How a small Spanish town gave the tech giants a lesson in empowerment Jemima Kiss Twitter has helped make the world a better place – but it has the potential to do so much more
Who holds tech firms to account when the media depends on them for income? Jemima Kiss Google, Facebook and Apple are improving their news output by doing deals with cash-strapped media firms, but this raises fears of a conflict of interest
Turning off technology is about mental wellbeing – not becoming a digital hermit Jemima Kiss Technological advances have put the world at our fingertips, but is being connected all of the time really good for us?
What if a bionic leg is so good that someone chooses to amputate? Jemima Kiss Hugh Herr, a double amputee, top mountain climber and biophysicist, has done inspiring work aimed at eliminating disability
A digital public space is Britain’s missing national institution Jemima Kiss An alternative to the internet as shopping mall is emerging – a place where creative assets can be redistributed for non-commercial use
We need an internet that leaves space in our heads to enjoy creative peace Jemima Kiss The internet is not made for the benefit of us. We owe it to ourselves to realise what we lose in all this noise
The web has stolen my creativity. What I need is the time and space to think … Mark Zuckerberg may have discovered the book but Facebook – and the rest of the web – is the enemy of deep thought
Tech companies and social networks need an ethics body to rebuild trust Jemima Kiss The internet is capable of enormous social good but users feel overly advertised to as well as tracked and monitored
If we want our high streets back we have to stop thinking like consumers Jemima Kiss Jemima Kiss: It is not technology but rather unquestioning consumerism that has undermined our citizenship
The artist who maps the twilight world of the surveillance agencies Trevor Paglen wants ‘to help develop a visual and cultural vocabulary around surveillance’
Equality isn’t a woman’s issue, it’s everyone’s. In gaming and outside Jemima Kiss The lack of women in technology is not a problem just for women to solve
The games app developers given a licence to fail Jemima Kiss Supercell's CEO Ikka Paananen says the secret of successful games creation is to embrace risk
Hi-tech dealing: the connections that led to Google buying DeepMind Jemima Kiss The £400m purchase of a UK artificial intelligence firm began with a casual chat between casual billionaires
Feeble, bland and rooted in a bygone era: the BBC must find its digital voice Jemima Kiss Ditching BBC3 highlights senior management's failure to get to grips with the modern world
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