October 13, 2014 Venture Capitalists Return to Backing Science Start-Ups by HIROKO TABUCHI By HIROKO TABUCHI Start-ups that make fusion reactors, natural pesticides and tiny rocket engines have the attention of venture capitalists, but profit is still…
October 13, 2014 Salesforce Makes Its Big Data Move by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Salesforce kicked off its annual conference with a product aimed at developers who want to build visualization tools for sales and…
October 13, 2014 Exposing Hidden Bias at Google by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The tech giant is undertaking a long-term effort to make its employees aware of how unconscious biases can affect hiring and…
October 13, 2014 Amazon and Its Missing Books by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD As its dispute with the publisher continues, Amazon wants to make it difficult to buy Hachette books, but it does not…
October 13, 2014 Amazon and Its Missing Books by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD As its dispute with the publisher continues, Amazon wants to make it difficult to buy Hachette books, but it does not…
October 12, 2014 Cloud Computing Is Forcing a Reconsideration of Intellectual Property by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The technology industry has fought bitterly over patents and other property rights in recent years. Could the fast-moving changes brought on…
October 11, 2014 In E-Sports, Video Gamers Draw Real Crowds and Big Money by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Professional video gaming is becoming a worldwide spectator sport offering big prizes to competitors and helping the game industry gain even…
October 11, 2014 Apple’s Jony Ive Has Harsh Words for Xiaomi by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN In a rare public appearance, Apple’s head of design talked about Apple’s design process and remarked bluntly in response to…
October 11, 2014 Kmart and Dairy Queen Report Data Breach by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH Kmart and Dairy Queen join nearly a dozen merchants that have had their in-store payment systems compromised with malware over the…
October 10, 2014 Links to Photos Said to Be Stolen From Snapchat Users Flood Message Boards by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Just weeks after a celebrity hacking scandal, members of an anonymous online message board claimed to have accessed hundreds of thousands…