June 11, 2015 Reddit Banishes 5 Groups From Site Over Harassment by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Only one of the five communities had over 5,000 subscribers, Reddit said. It ridiculed overweight people. Published: June 10, 2015…
June 11, 2015 A Futurist Looks at Where Cars Are Going by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Eric Larsen, who heads research in society and technology at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development, says that family values and connectivity are…
June 11, 2015 Speakers That Make You the Life of the Pool Party by ERIC A. TAUB By ERIC A. TAUB Bluetooth wireless technology has extended the range of speakers to the outdoors — even the pool. Published: June 10, 2015…
June 11, 2015 Tipping Point in Transit by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The future of driving is in many ways already here, and the changes are coming fast and furious. Many could see…
June 11, 2015 Washington Scrutinizes the Sharing Economy by REBECCA R. RUIZ By REBECCA R. RUIZ Two conferences in Washington on Tuesday examined peer-to-peer Internet companies like Uber and explored their impact on the economy and…
June 11, 2015 European Cloud Companies Play Up Privacy Credentials by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT A growing number of European cloud computing companies are trying to take on American competitors like Google and Microsoft by playing…
June 11, 2015 Sidewalk Labs, a Start-Up Created by Google, Has Bold Aims to Improve City Living by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Google’s Sidewalk Labs will pursue technologies to cut pollution, curb energy use, streamline transportation and reduce the cost of city living….
June 11, 2015 EBay and PayPal Revise Their User Agreements, and Hit a Nerve by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD New York law enforcement officials wrote the companies’ general counsels this week that the new policy, allowing phone calls for polls…
June 10, 2015 What Apple’s Tim Cook Overlooked in His Defense of Privacy by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO When Apple’s chief executive gave a speech on the tech industry’s privacy practices, he failed to fairly explore the benefits of…
June 10, 2015 Microsoft Picks Unusual Place to Make Its Giant Surface Hub: The U.S. by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The touch-screen computer, which costs up to $20,000, will be manufactured in Oregon, joining a rare group of tech products that…