Christopher Mims

Christopher Mims is the science and technology correspondent for Quartz. His work has appeared in Wired and Scientific American, as well as on the BBC.

The Future of Google (and Tech): Phones and Computers Are Converging

The Future of Google (and Tech): Phones and Computers Are Converging

A personnel change suggests Google is setting itself up for the moment when Android (for mobile) and Chrome (for PCs) become one More »

59% of the 'Tuna' Americans Eat Is Not Tuna

59% of the 'Tuna' Americans Eat Is Not Tuna

Nonprofit ocean protection group Oceana took 1,215 samples of fish from across the United States and genetically tested them in order to bring us the following astonishing facts More »

French News Report: U.S. Government Hacked Into French Presidential Office

French News Report: U.S. Government Hacked Into French Presidential Office

According to the French magazine l'Express, American officials gained almost unlimited access to computers of senior officials in the final days of the Sarkozy administration. More »

How to Fix the World

How to Fix the World

Five promising ideas from around the globe More »

Apple Just Got Granted a Patent for Rounded Corners on Electronic Devices

Apple Just Got Granted a Patent for Rounded Corners on Electronic Devices

And that's not even the world's most absurd patent. More »

Marissa Mayer's Plan to Save Yahoo: Reading Your Mind

Marissa Mayer's Plan to Save Yahoo: Reading Your Mind

Yahoo plans to win by grouping users according to their interests, not their demographic More »

What Role Did China's Twitter Play in Beijing's Labor-Camp Reforms?

What Role Did China's Twitter Play in Beijing's Labor-Camp Reforms?

How Weibo has given the government convenient political cover to take action More »

Are 'Mobile Wallets' a Major Innovation or a Major Bore?

Are 'Mobile Wallets' a Major Innovation or a Major Bore?

It's the future of money! So why aren't consumers more excited about it? Maybe because it's a solution to a problem we don't really have. More »

The World's Largest Payment Platform Can Reach 2 Billion People

The World's Largest Payment Platform Can Reach 2 Billion People

So why haven't you heard of it? More »

Can a Credit Card Scheme Save Groupon? (Probably Not)

Can a Credit Card Scheme Save Groupon? (Probably Not)

Groupon's new effort to garner merchants looks like a loss leader and a risky effort to shore up the company More »

Online Payment System, Stripe, Makes Its First International Move

Online Payment System, Stripe, Makes Its First International Move

Canadian startups stand to benefit More »

What Will Happen If the Feds Get Warrantless Access to Phone Location Data

What Will Happen If the Feds Get Warrantless Access to Phone Location Data

We already know what is possible with with the location data stored on our phones, thanks to some cutting-edge academic research. More »

Chernobyl's Real Horror Show Isn't the Radiation, It's the Economics

Chernobyl's Real Horror Show Isn't the Radiation, It's the Economics

The real reason not to invest in nuclear power isn't the risk of a meltdown but the certainty that the costs are too high. More »

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