February 18, 2016 Yahoo Closes Online Magazines, a Costly Experiment by Marissa Mayer by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Yahoo told dozens of employees at 15 digital publications that they were losing their jobs, part of a larger plan to…
February 18, 2016 Apple’s Stance Highlights a More Confrontational Tech Industry by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The battle between Apple and law enforcement officials over a terrorist’s cellphone is heading toward an eventual victory for tech companies….
February 17, 2016 Free Tools to Keep Those Creepy Online Ads From Watching You by BRIAN X. CHEN and NATASHA SINGER By BRIAN X. CHEN and NATASHA SINGER We rated four free tracker blockers that can give you some privacy from ads that seem to…
February 17, 2016 Explaining Apple’s Fight With the F.B.I. by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Technologists and legal experts are dissecting what the company can’t, or won’t, do to help unlock the iPhone of a San…
February 17, 2016 Zenefits Scandal Highlights Perils of Hypergrowth at Start-Ups by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO Zenefits’ announcement of serious errors underscores how huge funding rounds and overinflated expectations may wreak havoc in Silicon Valley. Published: February…
February 17, 2016 Apple Chief Calls Court Order to Unlock iPhone ‘Unprecedented Step’ by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER Timothy D. Cook said that bypassing security on a phone used by a gunman in the San Bernardino, Calif., attack had…
February 17, 2016 Taking Creepiness Out of Computer Voices by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM Software designers for companies like Apple and Google are working to bring digital assistants past the “uncanny valley,” where technology becomes…
February 17, 2016 Virtual Reality Companies Look to Science Fiction for Their Next Play by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Science fiction is both shaping the language that virtual reality companies use to market the technology and defining long-term goals for…
February 16, 2016 Moving Music Between iPads by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER There are several ways to transfer your old tablet’s music files to a new model. Published: February 16, 2016 at…
February 16, 2016 Starting Windows 10 Without a Password by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER You can automatically sign into Windows 10 without having to type in your password every time, but make sure your…