Alphabet has quietly become the most influential player in Silicon Valley health tech

Former Google executive Stephanie Tilenius recalls pitching an idea to Google X chief Astro Teller for a health-tracking smartwatch in 2012, but there wasn’t much enthusiasm for the idea. At the time, she said, the major health projects on the research team...

Op-Ed: This Trump tweet about North Korea shows why his aides can’t run the government for him

A frequent fantasy in American politics — now brought to reality by the ascension of Donald Trump — is that a person without real subject matter knowledge could be an effective president by relying on skilled subordinates. Trump made a version of this...