March 14, 2016 The Top 20 Venture Capital Investors Worldwide by Unknown Author By Unknown Author To identify today’s top venture investors, CB Insights, a research firm that tracks the venture capital industry, created a data-driven list….
March 14, 2016 Modeled After Ants, Teams of Tiny Robots Can Move 2-Ton Car by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF Researchers are exploring the limits of friction in the design of tiny robots that can pull thousands of times their weight,…
March 13, 2016 SXSW Addresses Online Harassment of Women in Gaming by CONOR DOUGHERTY and MIKE ISAAC By CONOR DOUGHERTY and MIKE ISAAC At a daylong meeting at the South by Southwest conference, panelists in the gaming industry discussed attacks against…
March 13, 2016 Farhad and Mike Discuss the Apple Case and a Go-Playing Computer Program by FARHAD MANJOO, MIKE ISAAC and JOHN MARKOFF By FARHAD MANJOO, MIKE ISAAC and JOHN MARKOFF John Markoff, a tech reporter, helps Farhad and Mike understand AlphaGo, the Go-playing program, and what…
March 12, 2016 The Government Answers Apple in the iPhone Case by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM In a court filing in the high-stakes case, the Justice Department said “no single corporation” should be allowed to flout the…
March 12, 2016 Getting the Weather Report From Windows by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Windows 10 offers several ways to get a forecast on your screen. Published: March 11, 2016 at 07:00PM from NYT…
March 11, 2016 Signs of Life for Public Tech Companies by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM Square, the mobile payments company, and Box, the cloud storage company, reported earnings that were better than Wall Street expected. Published:…
March 11, 2016 Understanding Messages From the DVR by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Your cable converter box has its own operating system software, just like your computer does. Published: March 10, 2016 at…
March 11, 2016 F.C.C. Proposes Privacy Rules for Internet Providers by CECILIA KANG By CECILIA KANG The rules call for broadband providers to disclose how data about users’ online browsing may be collected and for better security…
March 11, 2016 Apple and U.S. Bitterly Turn Up Volume in iPhone Privacy Fight by ERIC LICHTBLAU and KATIE BENNER By ERIC LICHTBLAU and KATIE BENNER The Justice Department said “no single corporation” — even one as successful as Apple — should be allowed…