October 18, 2015 Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: A Square Deal by FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC The payments processing company run by Jack Dorsey just publicly disclosed the prospectus for its eventual I.P.O. Published:…
October 17, 2015 Keeping a Hard Drive From Getting Too Full by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Windows offers tools like Disk Defragmenter and Disk Cleanup to find extra space on your drive. Published: October 16, 2015…
October 17, 2015 Y Combinator Will Fund Later-Stage Companies by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The so-called start-up incubator announced that it had raised a $700 million fund specifically aimed at investing in adolescent businesses. Published:…
October 17, 2015 Steve Ballmer Buys Into Twitter by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Mr. Ballmer, the former chief executive of Microsoft, said he had acquired a 4 percent stake in Twitter. Published: October 15,…
October 17, 2015 Uber, Amid Regulatory Challenges, Wins British Court Case by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT A judge ruled that the company’s services are not based on a traditional taxi meter, allowing it to continue operating in…
October 16, 2015 Game Maker Niantic Adds Nintendo, Pokémon as Investors After Google Spinout by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Niantic, a maker of games people play by trekking around their neighborhoods and cities, is bringing in two new investors, the…
October 16, 2015 Daily Report: Fear and Loathing in the Tech Industry by JIM KERSTETTER By JIM KERSTETTER It turns out that offering luxury when all you need is a ride to work isn’t a great idea. But a…
October 16, 2015 Q.&A.: Guarding Personal Data From Abuse by Insiders by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Bad actions by authorized users may be as much a threat to privacy as hackers, according to an authority on building…
October 16, 2015 Online Attacks on Infrastructure Are Increasing at a Worrying Pace by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The breaches are growing in sophistication, though only a sufficiently deterred few have the capacity to make a truly devastating strike…
October 16, 2015 G.E. Navigates, Carefully, the Industrial Internet of Things by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR In pursuing its digital strategy, the company has to contend with the security risks inherent in combining the virtual with the…