October 5, 2014 Nude Photos of Jennifer Lawrence Are Latest Front in Online Privacy Debate by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC After a trove of nude photos of celebrities was posted online, some champions of anything-goes social media were rueful. Published: September…
October 5, 2014 Just the Facts? This Dossier Goes Further by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER A company starts with data it compiles on journalists, then makes its own suppositions in its profiles of them. Published: October…
October 4, 2014 Facebook Receives European Approval for $19 Billion WhatsApp Deal by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The European Commission approved the deal despite vocal opposition from telecom companies concerned that the acquisition will harm their messaging and…
October 3, 2014 Drones vs. Kidneys: Google Autofill on the Economy by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY A New York brokerage took a novel approach to studying what people are searching for on Google. We certainly spend a…
October 3, 2014 AT&T Wants You to Put Down the Phone, and Head for the Cloud by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Even for a company that has been through a lot, this is an impressive change: AT&T seems to want to kill…
October 3, 2014 After Breach, JPMorgan Still Seeks to Determine Extent of Attack by NICOLE PERLROTH and MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN By NICOLE PERLROTH and MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN Over two months, hackers gained entry to dozens of the bank’s servers, said three people with knowledge of…
October 3, 2014 With New App, Groupon Goes After Grocery Deals by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC With Snap, customers can get cash back when they buy certain items at the grocery store. Published: October 2, 2014 at…
October 3, 2014 New Apple Tool Checks iPhones for ‘Kill Switch’ Security by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Starting next summer, a new law will require every smartphone sold in California to include a so-called kill switch that…
October 3, 2014 Intel Pulls Ads from Site After ‘Gamergate’ Boycott by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Intel’s decision added to a controversy that has focused attention on the treatment of women in the games business and the…
October 2, 2014 After Outrage, Facebook Promises More Checks on User Studies by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The social media company said it would subject research to greater scrutiny, but it didn’t offer many details for how it…