February 18, 2016 Virtual Reality’s Sci-Fi Trip by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM The ties run deep between start-ups in the nascent industry of virtual reality and science fiction novels and movies. Companies are…
February 18, 2016 Find Out What’s New in Smartphones at Mobile World Congress by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Tech news apps can be used to keep up with what’s new and on the way, as seen at the mobile…
February 18, 2016 Fighting Fraud on Multiple Fronts by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Fake text messages about your financial accounts are just some of the many schemes going around. Published: February 17, 2016…
February 18, 2016 Tech Reactions on Apple Highlight Issues with Government Requests by NICK WINGFIELD and MIKE ISAAC By NICK WINGFIELD and MIKE ISAAC A complicated set of factors influences the responses of technology companies to government demands for a path to…
February 18, 2016 Yahoo Closes Online Magazines, a Costly Experiment by Marissa Mayer by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Yahoo told dozens of employees at 15 digital publications that they were losing their jobs, part of a larger plan to…
February 18, 2016 Apple’s Stance Highlights a More Confrontational Tech Industry by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The battle between Apple and law enforcement officials over a terrorist’s cellphone is heading toward an eventual victory for tech companies….
February 17, 2016 Free Tools to Keep Those Creepy Online Ads From Watching You by BRIAN X. CHEN and NATASHA SINGER By BRIAN X. CHEN and NATASHA SINGER We rated four free tracker blockers that can give you some privacy from ads that seem to…
February 17, 2016 Explaining Apple’s Fight With the F.B.I. by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Technologists and legal experts are dissecting what the company can’t, or won’t, do to help unlock the iPhone of a San…
February 17, 2016 Zenefits Scandal Highlights Perils of Hypergrowth at Start-Ups by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO Zenefits’ announcement of serious errors underscores how huge funding rounds and overinflated expectations may wreak havoc in Silicon Valley. Published: February…
February 17, 2016 Apple Chief Calls Court Order to Unlock iPhone ‘Unprecedented Step’ by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER Timothy D. Cook said that bypassing security on a phone used by a gunman in the San Bernardino, Calif., attack had…