January 28, 2016 Facebook to Shut Down Parse, Its Platform for Mobile Developers by MIKE ISAAC and QUENTIN HARDY By MIKE ISAAC and QUENTIN HARDY Facebook is shutting down Parse, a toolkit and support system for mobile developers, which it acquired in 2013….
January 28, 2016 Protecting Personal Information From Virtual Assistants by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER In order to be of use, assistants like Cortana and Siri need to know a lot about you. Reading the…
January 28, 2016 Lyft Agrees to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit With California Drivers by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The ride-hailing service said it would pay $12.25 million but continue to categorize its drivers as independent contractors, not full-time employees….
January 28, 2016 Facebook Building a Network for Virtual Reality by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Facebook’s video audience is rapidly growing. But it is only a step toward a great vision for virtual reality. Published: January…
January 28, 2016 Daily Report: The iPad’s Blaze of Glory by JOSEPH PLAMBECK By JOSEPH PLAMBECK It is striking to think about the device’s trajectory since its introduction six years ago. Published: January 26, 2016 at 07:00PM…
January 28, 2016 Alphabet Program Beats the European Human Go Champion by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF DeepMind, a research organization, said that a program combining two separate algorithms had soundly defeated a high-ranking professional Go player. Published:…
January 27, 2016 Facebook Sales Soar 52%, Eclipsing Forecasts by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The quarter was another blockbuster for the social media company, and its shares jumped in after-hours trading. Published: January 27, 2016…
January 27, 2016 F.C.C. Proposes Changes in Set-Top Box Market by CECILIA KANG By CECILIA KANG The Federal Communications Commission wants to make it easier for subscribers to choose TV devices, and for manufacturers to introduce them….
January 27, 2016 No Need to Fret, Apple Is Doing Fine by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO If Apple is hitting a plateau because of slower iPhone growth, it’s one of the highest plateaus ever reached in the…
January 27, 2016 Siri, Alexa and Other Virtual Assistants Put to the Test by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Virtual assistants from tech behemoths including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google are graded on their abilities to actually be of…