July 28, 2015 Deliveroo, an On-Demand Food Delivery Service, Raises $70 Million by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The London-based start-up raised an additional $70 million as its founders took advantage of the appetite for the so-called on-demand economy….
July 28, 2015 Stripe, Digital Payments Start-Up, Raises New Funding and Partners With Visa by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The San Francisco-based digital payments start-up now has a $5 billion valuation and a partnership with Visa to help it compete….
July 28, 2015 Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking Among Hundreds to Urge Ban on Military Robots by DANIEL VICTOR By DANIEL VICTOR Researchers and experts urged a worldwide ban on so-called autonomous weapons, saying they could set off a revolution in weaponry comparable…
July 28, 2015 Google Loosens Ties to Google Plus by DINO GRANDONI By DINO GRANDONI The company is most likely responding to the demands of mobile users who expect apps to deliver services on their own….
July 27, 2015 Facebook and Other Tech Giants Expand Internet Access in Africa by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Facebook and other leading American technology companies see Africa as a place to experiment with new ways of expanding Internet access….
July 26, 2015 Using Algorithms to Determine Character by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY A new generation of companies is applying mathematical models to determine if you will pay back a loan or stay in…
July 26, 2015 Farhad and Mike’s Week in Review: Can Cities Beat Uber? by FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac discuss the week’s tech news. This week: After Uber defeated New York’s effort…
July 25, 2015 Taking Stock of a Hard Drive’s Files by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER And how to get iTunes on a PC play over Bluetooth speakers. Published: July 24, 2015 at 08:00PM from NYT…
July 25, 2015 Square Is Said to Have Filed for Initial Public Offering by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The confidential filing allows the mobile payments start-up, which has expanded its ambitions, to keep the offering paperwork private until it…
July 24, 2015 Netmarble Takes Stake in SGN, Extending Asia’s Reach Into U.S. Mobile Games by EILENE ZIMMERMAN By EILENE ZIMMERMAN In the last year, large Chinese and Japanese companies, including Tencent and Sega, have pumped tens of millions of dollars into…