You don’t have to be a genius to become a mathematician. If you find this statement at all surprising, you’re an example of what’s wrong with the way our society identifies, encourages and rewards talent. As a mathematician who studied at Berkeley, Harvard and Princeton, I’ve known geniuses. I got to hang out with Andrew Wiles, who is credited with …

Google, which controls more than 40 percent of the US digital ad market, has decided to teach the world which ads are acceptable and which aren’t. Starting next year, its Chrome web browser will block all ads — including those bought through Google — on websites that don’t follow guidelines set by an industry group. This monopolistic move is meant …

Bloomberg A selloff in US technology stocks spread through Asia and Europe, battering shares from South Korea to the Netherlands. The pound fluctuated as an embattled Theresa May fought to survive the fallout from the British general election. Samsung Electronics Co., ASML Holding NV and Tencent Holdings Ltd. led declines in Europe and Asia, dragging down benchmark indexes. US stock …