April 6, 2016 WhatsApp Encryption Now Covers All Messages by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC End-to-end encryption will be applied to photos, videos and group text messages sent among people in more than 50 languages. Published:…
April 5, 2016 Virtual Reality Check: Rating the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN A comparison of the virtual reality systems looks at what each includes, the computers and accessories needed, and the apps…
April 5, 2016 Clearing Space on the Apple TV by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER The newest Apple set-top boxes come with storage space for the programs you download, but you can delete those added…
April 5, 2016 Adding Links to the Windows 10 Start Menu by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER If you miss some of the handy shortcuts from earlier versions of Windows, you can easily add them. Published: April…
April 4, 2016 Website Seeks to Make Government Data Easier to View and Understand by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Data USA, a project by the M.I.T. Media Lab and Deloitte, is free to use and its software code is open…
April 4, 2016 Drones Marshaled to Drop Lifesaving Supplies Over Rwandan Terrain by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF Zipline, based in California, raises $18 million and partners with the small African country to shuttle packages of blood and emergency…
April 4, 2016 Another Social Media Giant Embraces Algorithms by JIM KERSTETTER By JIM KERSTETTER Instagram plans to begin testing a move away from reverse chronological order in its news feeds. But will ardent users approve?…
April 4, 2016 China’s Companies Poised to Take Leap in Developing a Driverless Car by JOHN MARKOFF and PAUL MOZUR By JOHN MARKOFF and PAUL MOZUR Conditions for the technology may actually be more favorable in China than in the United States because of…
April 4, 2016 Outshone by Smaller Screens, PCs Aim to Be Seen as Cool Again by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY With the onslaught of smartphones and tablets, even people who depend on PCs now lack passion for these onetime miracle products….
April 2, 2016 Moving CD-Ripped Music From the Computer to the iPad by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Even if you did not download the music to your iOS device from the iTunes store, you can still take…