February 10, 2015 IBM’s Watson Turns Japanese and Moves Into Robots by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY IBM is licensing its Watson technology, along with other cognitive computing capabilities, to Softbank of Japan. Possible uses include smarter robots…
February 10, 2015 Chinese Phone Upstarts Sell With Personality, Not Product by PAUL MOZUR By PAUL MOZUR Newer Chinese tech companies like Smartisan, founded by Luo Yonghao, recognize that they are selling an identity as much as a…
February 10, 2015 Apple Grabs 93% of the Handset Industry’s Profit, Report Says by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Apple’s share of the industry’s profits increased while Samsung, the only other company turning a profit on its phones, saw…
February 10, 2015 Twitter Reports a Surge in Government Data Requests by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The report said total government requests for data rose by 40 percent, to about 2,881, compared with the company’s last report,…
February 9, 2015 Uncovering Security Flaws in Digital Education Products for Schoolchildren by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER The law has long treated educational information as a category worthy of special protections, like credit or medical records, but the…
February 9, 2015 A Prickly Partnership for Uber and Google by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Google is a major investor in Uber, but as often happens in Silicon Valley, each company is working on products that…
February 8, 2015 VPNs Dissolve National Boundaries Online, for Work and Movie-Watching by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY A security technology meant to keep communications private is being used to do things like stream Netflix in countries where it…
February 8, 2015 Extracting Data from a Dead Tablet by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Exploring alternatives to taking a hammer to that glossy electronic brick. Published: February 5, 2015 at 07:00PM from NYT Technology…
February 7, 2015 Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Verizon’s Use of Mobile ‘Supercookies’ by NATASHA SINGER and BRIAN X. CHEN By NATASHA SINGER and BRIAN X. CHEN Three senators sent letters to the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, saying that the…
February 7, 2015 8 Recent Cyberattacks Against Big Businesses by KEVIN GRANVILLE By KEVIN GRANVILLE Cyberattacks have become an ever-increasing threat, and the F.B.I. now ranks cybercrime as one of its top law enforcement activities. Here…