April 22, 2014 Daily Report: Silicon Valley Giants Seek to Resolve Suit on Hiring Practices by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Four leading tech companies are pushing to settle a class-action suit with several noteworthy angles, including questions over employee…
April 22, 2014 InBloom Student Data Repository to Close by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER The student data warehousing venture that became a lightning rod for some parents’ data privacy and security concerns, announced it would…
April 22, 2014 GitHub Founder Resigns After Investigation by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER The company said the investigation, into gender-based harassment, found no evidence of illegal practices. Published: April 21, 2014 at 12:00AM…
April 21, 2014 This 3mm-thick connector will let you Snap things onto your phone This Indiegogo campaign is launching with two compatible accessories: an earbud wrap and a money clip. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1tsrKMr
April 21, 2014 Analysts Share High Expectations for Bigger iPhones by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Many consumers have developed an appetite for smartphones with larger screens, and some analysts expect Apple this year to supersize…
April 20, 2014 Friends and Influence for Sale Online by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON By using social media bots, celebrities, politicians and others can falsely inflate the number of friends and followers they have, possibly…
April 20, 2014 Sweeping Away a Search History by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD A person’s online search history contains a wealth of personal information. Here are some tips to stem the flow. Published: April…
April 20, 2014 A Swarm of Ant-Sized Robots at Your Service by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON SRI International has developed a technology that can make a swarm of “Micro-Robots” build small things on small scales. Published: April…
April 19, 2014 Hackers Use Heartbleed to Hit Major Corporation by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH A security firm revealed that the Heartbleed flaw was used last week to break into the network of an undisclosed company…
April 19, 2014 How Urban Anonymity Disappears When All Data is Tracked by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY At some point very soon, a large amount of public information, like a car license plate, will be part of a…