Bits-Breaking News

Showing posts with label Bits. Show all posts

Friday, June 24, 2016

Bits: When Machines Will Need Morals

A new study looked at what people would want their self-driving cars to do in a life-or-death situation. The conclusion? People would really like to stay alive.

Monday, June 20, 2016

Bits: Daily Report: Airbnb and Social Control in the Sharing Economy

Modern tech companies love to talk about openness, transparency and information sharing. But in reality, they sometimes find a way muzzle their customers.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Bits: Apple Faces an Artificial Intelligence Challenge

The titan of consumer technology has a conundrum: Can it create consumer delight in technology without snooping on its customers?

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Bits: Why Microsoft Likes LinkedIn

Sure, it’s a money-losing résumé site. To justify the $ 26.2 billion purchase, consider the tech value of relevance, data, talent and synergy.

Monday, June 13, 2016

Bits: Microsoft and Apple Making Headlines

Microsoft’s planned acquisition of LinkedIn and Apple’s developer conference were the talk of tech on Monday.

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Bits: Two Conferences Next Week, Each Facing Headwinds

Apple’s developer gathering comes as iPhone sales have been dropping. E3, the gaming conference, will be held as free downloadable games steal its thunder.

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Bits Special Section: Want to Capture a Pokémon? Look Behind That Tree

Pokémon Go, a new augmented-reality game for smartphones, wants users to step outside and travel between fantasy and the real world.

Bits Special Section: Ingress Has the World as Its Game Board

Ingress, a game developed by Niantic, a Google spinoff, encourages its one million players to go to actual landmarks in far-flung places.

Bits Special Section: Q. and A.: Secret’s Founder on the Problems With Anonymity

David Byttow, the former chief of the social messaging start-up, reflects on his mistakes as he starts his new company, Bold.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Bits Special Section: The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide

Mignon Clyburn, an F.C.C. commissioner, discusses the agency’s efforts to bring broadband to low-income individuals and rural areas.

Bits: Online Culture’s Depths and Heights

A closer look at the state of the internet, from the question of empathy to digital games that spill into the real world.

Bits Special Section: The Spanish Town That Runs on Twitter

Jun, on the outskirts of Granada and with a population of 3,500, has turned to the social network to help the town provide many public services.

Monday, June 6, 2016

Bits: In Search of Tech’s Productivity Boost

Smartphones, the internet and other gadgets have become ubiquitous. But economists wonder why they are not making us more efficient.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Bits: Farhad and Lydia’s Week in Tech: Twitter Woes and a More Wary Political Class

Snapchat is enjoying a positive run, and the leading presidential candidates have both expressed skepticism toward the tech industry.

Friday, June 3, 2016

Bits: Huawei Draws Attention of U.S. Regulators

The Chinese tech company is being asked to explain sales to countries considered to be outlaw states.

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Bits: What Saudi Arabia’s $3.5 Billion in Uber Buys

Bits: What Saudi Arabia’s .5 Billion in Uber Buys

Uber is now worth four United Airlines, 2 billion rides across Midtown Manhattan and a good day at Google.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Bits: American Tech Giants vs. the Nation-State

The rising tension between borderless technology and countries that cling to their cultural identities has echoes in disruptive technology of the past.

Friday, May 27, 2016

Bits: Google Bests Oracle in Court, but the Fight Isn’t Over

The companies have been fighting for six years over the use of Java, which Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Bits: Twitter Gives the Long-Winded Some Breathing Room

A 140-character-per-post limit has long been a staple of the social media company. But in an effort to find new users, it’s loosening the restriction.

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Bits: Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: The Herd Mentality of Tech C.E.O.s

If one company has a small success, the others pile on, and you get “30 different versions of some dumb wearable.” Also, meet Mike’s flower guy, Guy.