March 25, 2016 How to Live Without Windows 10 by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER If you cannot upgrade to Windows 10 and you do not want to buy a new PC, you may still…
March 25, 2016 The Race Is On to Control Artificial Intelligence, and Tech’s Future by JOHN MARKOFF and STEVE LOHR By JOHN MARKOFF and STEVE LOHR Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft are using high salaries and games pitting humans against computers to try to…
March 25, 2016 Finding Photo Programs That Recognize Faces by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Those moving on from Google’s Picasa software can find plenty of other photo-management programs that support face-tagging. Published: March 24,…
March 25, 2016 Google Fined by French Privacy Regulator by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The search engine plans to appeal the $112,000 penalty over claims that it did not comply with the country’s data protection…
March 24, 2016 Microsoft Created a Twitter Bot to Learn From Users. It Quickly Became a Racist Jerk. by DANIEL VICTOR By DANIEL VICTOR The bot, @TayandYou, was put on hiatus after making offensive statements based on users’ feedback, like disputing the existence of the…
March 24, 2016 These Apps Promise to Encrypt Your Smartphone Communications by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Signal, Wickr Me and others use encryption to allow users to privately share photos, make voice calls and send texts and…
March 24, 2016 Taking Someone Off Your iPhone’s Blocked List by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Apple’s iOS 9 system makes it easy to block — and unblock — contacts who try to call you. Published:…
March 24, 2016 F.B.I. Clash With Apple Loosed a Torrent of Possible Ways to Hack an iPhone by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER The prominence of the case has stimulated people worldwide to try to get into the device, and now the government has…
March 24, 2016 Why You May Want a Smaller iPhone, and Your Questions Answered by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Brian X. Chen of The Times answers readers’ questions about the new iPhone, which combines a four-inch screen with some…
March 23, 2016 Google Showcases Its Cloud Efforts, Determined to Catch Up to Rivals by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR A two-day conference featuring machine learning software and tools is aimed at demonstrating Google’s commitment to cloud computing. Published: March 23,…