March 27, 2016 American Tech Giants Face Fight in Europe Over Encrypted Data by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT As Apple battles the F.B.I. over “unlocking” an iPhone, European governments are pushing for greater access to people’s digital lives. Published:…
March 27, 2016 A Supreme Court Pioneer, Now Making Her Mark on Video Games by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said she had never played video games until a few years ago. But now she is using…
March 26, 2016 Farhad and Mike on How Apple’s New, Smaller iPhone Is Easing the Pain by FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC The battle between Apple and the F.B.I. fizzled a bit last week, but the company’s return to a…
March 25, 2016 How to Live Without Windows 10 by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER If you cannot upgrade to Windows 10 and you do not want to buy a new PC, you may still…
March 25, 2016 The Race Is On to Control Artificial Intelligence, and Tech’s Future by JOHN MARKOFF and STEVE LOHR By JOHN MARKOFF and STEVE LOHR Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft are using high salaries and games pitting humans against computers to try to…
March 25, 2016 Finding Photo Programs That Recognize Faces by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Those moving on from Google’s Picasa software can find plenty of other photo-management programs that support face-tagging. Published: March 24,…
March 25, 2016 Google Fined by French Privacy Regulator by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The search engine plans to appeal the $112,000 penalty over claims that it did not comply with the country’s data protection…
March 24, 2016 Microsoft Created a Twitter Bot to Learn From Users. It Quickly Became a Racist Jerk. by DANIEL VICTOR By DANIEL VICTOR The bot, @TayandYou, was put on hiatus after making offensive statements based on users’ feedback, like disputing the existence of the…
March 24, 2016 These Apps Promise to Encrypt Your Smartphone Communications by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Signal, Wickr Me and others use encryption to allow users to privately share photos, make voice calls and send texts and…
March 24, 2016 Taking Someone Off Your iPhone’s Blocked List by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Apple’s iOS 9 system makes it easy to block — and unblock — contacts who try to call you. Published:…