March 24, 2016 Microsoft Created a Twitter Bot to Learn From Users. It Quickly Became a Racist Jerk. by DANIEL VICTOR By DANIEL VICTOR The bot, @TayandYou, was put on hiatus after making offensive statements based on users’ feedback, like disputing the existence of the…
March 24, 2016 These Apps Promise to Encrypt Your Smartphone Communications by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Signal, Wickr Me and others use encryption to allow users to privately share photos, make voice calls and send texts and…
March 24, 2016 Taking Someone Off Your iPhone’s Blocked List by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Apple’s iOS 9 system makes it easy to block — and unblock — contacts who try to call you. Published:…
March 24, 2016 F.B.I. Clash With Apple Loosed a Torrent of Possible Ways to Hack an iPhone by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER The prominence of the case has stimulated people worldwide to try to get into the device, and now the government has…
March 24, 2016 Why You May Want a Smaller iPhone, and Your Questions Answered by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Brian X. Chen of The Times answers readers’ questions about the new iPhone, which combines a four-inch screen with some…
March 23, 2016 Google Showcases Its Cloud Efforts, Determined to Catch Up to Rivals by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR A two-day conference featuring machine learning software and tools is aimed at demonstrating Google’s commitment to cloud computing. Published: March 23,…
March 23, 2016 Square Teams Up With Facebook to Offer Ads That Can Be Gauged by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The online payments company will allow its customers to buy and target Facebook ads and then use sales data to assess…
March 23, 2016 For Apple, Potential Flaw May Be a Wake-Up Call by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Now that a third party claims to have cracked the iPhone’s encryption, Apple may need to revisit how it safeguards its…
March 23, 2016 The Uber Model, It Turns Out, Doesn’t Translate by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The ride-hailing service is a giant, but companies that aim to get stuff done on demand for customers, like food delivery,…
March 23, 2016 Convoy Sees Itself as the Uber of Local Trucking by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Convoy gives local truckers — who specialize in jobs that could be completed in a day — a more efficient way…