March 2, 2015 How Superfish’s Security-Compromising Adware Came to Inhabit Lenovo’s PCs by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The Chinese computer maker says the aim was to enhance the consumer experience, but the deeply hidden software also undermined protections…
March 1, 2015 Mobile World Congress: Samsung’s Galaxy S 6 and Galaxy S 6 Edge Offer the Best of the iPhone and More by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Samsung has been accused of being a copycat, but after adding its own design twists to popular features borrowed from the…
March 1, 2015 Apple’s New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN The Apple Watch is scheduled to debut in April, a bit later than the company had hoped, because of technology…
March 1, 2015 Silicon Valley Shuttle Drivers Vote to Join Union by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The bus drivers who transport workers to the campuses of six Silicon Valley employers voted to join the Teamsters to negotiate…
February 28, 2015 F.C.C. Moves to Free Up Community Broadband Services by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The F.C.C. passed an order to override state laws that hinder the expansion of community broadband networks, saying the laws limit…
February 28, 2015 Ericsson Again Sues Apple Over Wireless Patents by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The Swedish telecom manufacturer filed suit against the American company for reportedly infringing on 41 of its patents that are used…
February 28, 2015 Venmo Was Ordered in July by California Regulators to Address Security Issues by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Venmo, a popular mobile payments app, was told to establish companywide best practices and programs around user privacy, security, customer service…
February 28, 2015 White House Proposes Broad Consumer Data Privacy Bill by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Under the proposed legislation, called the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act, industries would draw up their own codes of conduct…
February 28, 2015 Uber Driver Database Breached by Someone Outside Company by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The breach may have revealed the names and identification numbers of up to 50,000 drivers, but so far there are no…
February 27, 2015 Google Unveils Plan for New Corporate Campus by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Google unveiled a radical proposal for a new campus that would replace its current headquarters in Mountain View. Published: February 26,…