March 9, 2016 A Proposal to Bridge the Digital Divide by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM The F.C.C. is poised to approve a broadband subsidy of $9.25 a month for low-income households. Published: March 8, 2016 at…
March 9, 2016 The Echo From Amazon Brims With Groundbreaking Promise by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The voice-controlled computer has the potential to become a dominant force in the most intimate of environments: our homes. Published: March…
March 9, 2016 Penny Pritzker on the Privacy Shield Pact With Europe by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Ms. Pritzker, the commerce secretary, discussed the difficulties in reconciling differing privacy protections in Europe and the United States. Published: March…
March 8, 2016 The End of the Road for Picasa by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Google is retiring the free photo-editing program and urging its users to give the newer Google Photos software a try….
March 8, 2016 F.C.C. Fine-Tunes Plan to Subsidize Internet Access by CECILIA KANG By CECILIA KANG A proposal for a monthly broadband subsidy for low-income households is expected to be approved by the F.C.C.’s commissioners later this…
March 8, 2016 In San Francisco and Rooting for a Tech Slowdown by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD The city is bulging, the rents soaring, and residents are growing more vocal about wishing Silicon Valley would cool off, or…
March 8, 2016 Verizon Settles With F.C.C. Over Hidden Tracking via ‘Supercookies’ by CECILIA KANG By CECILIA KANG The penalty, $1.35 million, was small, but the action drew wide attention from the telecom industry as a glimpse of the…
March 8, 2016 Tech Giants Battle for Top Cloud Talent by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM Industry titans like Amazon and Oracle are duking it out for cloud engineers, taking swipes at the competition and attracting workers…
March 8, 2016 Microsoft to Close 2 Game Development Studios by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The studios are Lionhead, which is based in Britain, and Press Play, which is based in Denmark. Published: March 7, 2016…
March 8, 2016 Counting Characters in Twitter by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER There is a reason Twitter allows 20 fewer characters in a post than a standard SMS text message. Published: March…