October 16, 2015 Game Maker Niantic Adds Nintendo, Pokémon as Investors After Google Spinout by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Niantic, a maker of games people play by trekking around their neighborhoods and cities, is bringing in two new investors, the…
October 16, 2015 Daily Report: Fear and Loathing in the Tech Industry by JIM KERSTETTER By JIM KERSTETTER It turns out that offering luxury when all you need is a ride to work isn’t a great idea. But a…
October 16, 2015 Q.&A.: Guarding Personal Data From Abuse by Insiders by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Bad actions by authorized users may be as much a threat to privacy as hackers, according to an authority on building…
October 16, 2015 Online Attacks on Infrastructure Are Increasing at a Worrying Pace by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The breaches are growing in sophistication, though only a sufficiently deterred few have the capacity to make a truly devastating strike…
October 16, 2015 G.E. Navigates, Carefully, the Industrial Internet of Things by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR In pursuing its digital strategy, the company has to contend with the security risks inherent in combining the virtual with the…
October 16, 2015 Firms Pit Artificial Intelligence Against Hacking Threats by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY By enlisting artificial intelligence in the fight against computer hacking, security firms have managed to glean vital insights into harmful malware….
October 16, 2015 UltraDNS Server Problem Pulls Down Websites, Including Netflix, for 90 Minutes by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The problem stemmed from a malfunction in a server on the East Coast that is part of the system of UltraDNS,…
October 15, 2015 Apps to Organize and Quell the Political Onslaught by KIT EATON By KIT EATON The 2016 presidential race is picking up steam, so take some control of the information flooding your smartphone while also brushing…
October 15, 2015 Q&A: While in China, Protect Your Devices and Data by PAUL MOZUR By PAUL MOZUR Thomas Parenty, who runs a security consulting firm that advises multinationals on computer security in China, recently offered his views on…
October 15, 2015 Restoring Sound to Windows 10 by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Upgrading from an older version of Windows can sometimes damage the device drivers, including the one for the sound card….