June 17, 2015 California Says Uber Driver Is Employee, Not a Contractor by MIKE ISAAC and NATASHA SINGER By MIKE ISAAC and NATASHA SINGER The ride-hailing company has long positioned itself as a “logistics company” and said its drivers are contractors, not…
June 17, 2015 4 Microsoft Executives to Leave in Top-Level Shake-Up by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Those departing include Stephen Elop, the former Nokia chief executive, and Mark Penn, a former campaign strategist for Hillary and Bill…
June 17, 2015 Chip Makers Renew Pleas to Congress for Trade Bill by DINO GRANDONI By DINO GRANDONI American chip makers say that, without the trade deal, they will be squeezed out of the growing Asian market for computer…
June 17, 2015 Supreme Court Rejects 2 Antitrust Cases by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The cases, one criminal and the other civil, involved an international cartel’s price-fixing of liquid-crystal displays used in computers and cellphones….
June 17, 2015 Sony Previews Game Lineup at E3 by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Sony showed off its lineup of PlayStation 4 games on Monday at the start of the E3 conference, including the whimsical…
June 17, 2015 Daily Report: E3 Roundup by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Sony introduced new games at the video game industry’s conference and Microsoft said that people who own the Xbox…
June 17, 2015 Consumer Groups Back Out of Federal Talks on Face Recognition by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Early Tuesday, nine civil liberties and consumer advocate groups announced that they were withdrawing from talks with trade associations over how…
June 17, 2015 Google Is Its Own Secret Weapon in the Cloud by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Google is becoming more public about its data centers, talking about its network and how much fiber it owns. The idea…
June 16, 2015 Xbox One to Get ‘Backward Compatibility,’ Microsoft Says at E3 by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Executives said that people who own the Xbox One will be able to play many games originally created for the previous…
June 16, 2015 LastPass Password Manager Acknowledges Breach by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH LastPass, the online password manager, announced Monday that its network was breached and that hackers made off with user email addresses, password…