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…
February 14, 2016 Creating a Computer Voice That People Like by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF Creating a computer “personality” is as much an art as it is a science, and it’s a challenge that more and…
February 14, 2016 Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: Rethinking Twitter, and a Hurdle for Facebook by FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Bad news for Twitter and Google, and Facebook plans to connect to the world. Published: February 13, 2016…
February 14, 2016 AT&T’s History of Invention and Breakups by Unknown Author By Unknown Author AT&T, once known informally as Ma Bell, is a storied American brand that goes back under a succession of names to…