March 2, 2016 White House Officials Soften Approach at RSA Conference by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH Administration officials showed up at the symposium, urging cooperation, just as the tech community is roiled by the case between Apple…
March 2, 2016 Apple and F.B.I. Face Off Before House Judiciary Committee by CECILIA KANG By CECILIA KANG In a hearing on Capitol Hill, both parties dug in on their positions and showed no sign of compromise. Published: March…
March 1, 2016 Cryptography Pioneers Win Turing Award by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF In the 1970s, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman invented the technology that underpins web commerce. Published: March 1, 2016 at…
March 1, 2016 The Bumpy Road to New Technologies by JOSEPH PLAMBECK By JOSEPH PLAMBECK It is becoming increasingly clear that companies and investors are busy figuring out what happens after our mobile obsession. Published: February…
March 1, 2016 Making the Mac Ignore Those Phone Calls by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Apple’s Continuity software makes it easy to get iPhone calls on your Mac and other iOS devices, but you can…
March 1, 2016 E.U. and U.S. Release Details on Trans-Atlantic Data Transfer Deal by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The agreement revamps the rules for how companies collect and use online data, including social media posts, search queries and e-commerce…
March 1, 2016 Autonomous Google Car Hits Public Bus During Test Drive by Unknown Author By Unknown Author A self-driving car being tested by Google struck a public bus on a city street in Mountain View, Calif. Published: February…
March 1, 2016 Magistrate Judge James Orenstein’s Order by Unknown Author By Unknown Author A federal judge has denied the United States government’s request to open up an Apple iPhone in a drug case in…
March 1, 2016 Apple Wins Ruling in New York iPhone Hacking Order by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER A federal judge denied the use of the All Writs Act, a law that federal authorities have cited in insisting on…
February 29, 2016 Federal Efforts in Data Privacy Move Slowly by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER The initiative has produced few data controls for consumers, even as advocates say the need is greater because of new web-connected…