February 19, 2016 How Tim Cook Became a Bulwark for Digital Privacy by KATIE BENNER and NICOLE PERLROTH By KATIE BENNER and NICOLE PERLROTH As Apple’s products came to house more private information, the chief executive increasingly grew wary of prying eyes,…
February 19, 2016 Apple’s Line in the Sand Was Over a Year in the Making by MATT APUZZO, JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and ERIC LICHTBLAU By MATT APUZZO, JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and ERIC LICHTBLAU An operating system update with enhanced encryption technology in late 2014 set the stage to put…
February 18, 2016 IBM Buys Truven, Adding to Growing Trove of Patient Data at Watson Health by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR IBM has bought four companies since it created Watson Health last April. The unit has health-related data on about 300 million…
February 18, 2016 Virtual Reality’s Sci-Fi Trip by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM The ties run deep between start-ups in the nascent industry of virtual reality and science fiction novels and movies. Companies are…
February 18, 2016 Find Out What’s New in Smartphones at Mobile World Congress by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Tech news apps can be used to keep up with what’s new and on the way, as seen at the mobile…
February 18, 2016 Fighting Fraud on Multiple Fronts by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Fake text messages about your financial accounts are just some of the many schemes going around. Published: February 17, 2016…
February 18, 2016 Tech Reactions on Apple Highlight Issues with Government Requests by NICK WINGFIELD and MIKE ISAAC By NICK WINGFIELD and MIKE ISAAC A complicated set of factors influences the responses of technology companies to government demands for a path to…
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…