February 6, 2016 Apps to Manage Passwords So They Are Harder to Crack Than ‘Password’ by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Evaluating the merits of Dashlane, 1Password, LastPass and other methods of keeping long lists of increasingly complex passwords safe and…
February 5, 2016 Twitter Steps Up Efforts to Thwart Terrorists’ Tweets by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The company said it had suspended 125,000 accounts associated with extremism since mid-2015 and was accelerating its review of users suspected…
February 5, 2016 Daily Report: The Mystery of Amazon’s Bookstores by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM How an offhand remark about Amazon opening new bookstores spawned a viral reaction and a backtracking. Published: February 3, 2016 at…
February 5, 2016 Concern Grows in U.S. Over China’s Drive to Make Chips by PAUL MOZUR and JANE PERLEZ By PAUL MOZUR and JANE PERLEZ Chips with military as well as electronics uses came under focus when Washington officials killed a $2.9 billion…
February 5, 2016 Six Degrees of Separation? Facebook Finds a Smaller Number by JONAH BROMWICH By JONAH BROMWICH Just think of yourself as being that much closer to the actor Kevin Bacon. Published: February 4, 2016 at 07:00PM from…
February 4, 2016 Reinstalling Windows 10 by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Even if you upgraded to Windows 10 by downloading the software free on your PC, you can still reinstall the…
February 4, 2016 Silencing Noisy Web Pages by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER The latest edition of the Safari browser makes it easy to mute unwanted audio blaring from open tabs. Published: February…
February 4, 2016 An Expanding Universe of Space Apps by KIT EATON By KIT EATON While becoming an astronaut is out of reach for most of us, there are plenty of apps that can take your…
February 4, 2016 European Privacy Regulators Want Details on ‘Safe Harbor’ Data Deal by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Privacy watchdogs from European Union countries expressed doubts that a new data-transfer pact with the United States could protect personal information….
February 4, 2016 Amit Singhal, an Influential Engineer at Google, Will Retire by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Mr. Singhal, one of the earliest builders of Google’s computer system, said he would leave the parent company, Alphabet, on Feb….