April 15, 2015 The Robotics Inventors Who Are Trying to Take the ‘Hard’ Out of Hardware by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY A handful of low-budget innovators are working to reinvent rigid, heavy machines and robots with materials that are soft, light, cheap…
April 15, 2015 Report Questions Whether Health Apps Benefit Healthy People by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Health apps could turn healthy people into self-monitoring neurotics, according to a new article in a leading medical journal. Published: April…
April 14, 2015 Google Expected to Face Antitrust Charges in Europe by MARK SCOTT and JAMES KANTER By MARK SCOTT and JAMES KANTER Europe’s antitrust chief is expected to accuse the search giant of using its dominant position to favor its…
April 14, 2015 Docker Raises Another $95 Million in Funding by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The company behind one of the fastest-growing open-source software projects in history takes a fourth round of financing. They money is…
April 14, 2015 Creating a Windows Recovery Drive by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER For owners of computers without floppy or CD drives, they can use a pocket flash as a start-up device instead….
April 14, 2015 How Europe Is Going After U.S. Tech Giants by Unknown Author By Unknown Author The biggest American tech companies face intensifying scrutiny by European regulators — pressure that could potentially curb their sizable profits in…
April 14, 2015 Trade Groups Seek China’s Written Assurance on Tech Policy by PAUL MOZUR By PAUL MOZUR A letter from trade groups in the United States, Europe and Japan to Chinese officials appears to reflect renewed tensions over…
April 14, 2015 IBM Creates Watson Health to Analyze Medical Data by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The business unit will partner with companies including Apple, Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson, offering IBM’s Watson technology as a cloud-based…
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April 13, 2015 Amazon, Google and More Are Drawn to Home Services Market by HILARY STOUT By HILARY STOUT Bringing the efficiency of the web to common household tasks has opened a new door to the home services industry, which…