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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Bits: Silicon Valley’s Artificial Intelligence Marathon Is On

Google’s Home device puts it in the race to become the go-to company for A.I. — along with several rivals.

Monday, May 16, 2016

Bits: Warren Buffett and Dan Gilbert Bid for Yahoo

The Oracle of Omaha and the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers are unlikely bidders for the troubled Internet icon.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Bits: Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: Facebook’s Take on the News

Charges of bias at Facebook Trending; a bad week for tech companies; ride-hailing and the cities.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Bits: Artificial Intelligence for the Next War

The Pentagon is trying to build bridges with Silicon Valley as it looks to build a new generation of smart weapons.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Bits: Oracle’s Suit Against Google Digs Up Old Bones

The Java programming language was one of the most important tools of the late-1990s dot-com boom. Now it is the key to a court fight between tech giants.

Monday, May 2, 2016

Bits: Daily Report: New York Searches for Its Anchor Tech Company

Silicon Valley has a long list of big companies that have become the centerpiece of the local economy. The Big Apple is looking for that tech giant.

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Bits: Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: The Unstoppable Facebook

The (relative) decline of Apple, the ascendance of Amazon and the continuing dominance of Mark Zuckerberg’s social network.

Friday, April 29, 2016

Bits: Cloud Services Show Their Value in Earnings Reports

Amazon made a profit of $ 513 million in its most recent quarter, and its Amazon Web Services was the star of the show.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

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Bits: Bots are Back, and They Might Even Be Welcome

These automated software critters are growing in popularity, especially now that they’re doing more than pretending to be a human in a call center.

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Bits: Silicon Valley Looks to Artificial Intelligence for the Next Big Thing

Tech’s new architecture melds large computing clouds and artificial intelligence to create efficient computing resources and data-based businesses.

Bits: Silicon Valley Looks to Artificial Intelligence for the Next Big Thing

Tech’s new architecture melds large computing clouds and artificial intelligence to create efficient computing resources and data-based businesses.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Bits Daily Report: A Vote on Driver Labor Rights

Seattle is expected to vote Monday on whether on-demand drivers have the right to collectively negotiate on pay and working conditions.

Bits Blog: Stephen Wolfram Aims to Democratize His Software

Stephen Wolfram, a computer scientist and entrepreneur, is offering the Wolfram Language as a free cloud service. He hopes to broaden the audience for his powerful software tools beyond mathematicians and scientists.

Bits Blog: Stephen Wolfram Aims to Democratize His Software

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Bits Blog: Daily Report: The Internet Is Full of Mean People

The Internet is full of terrorist recruiters, trolls, hackers and other ne’er-do-wells. But don’t forget the good stuff.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Bits Daily Report: Yahoo Changes Its Mind About Alibaba Spinoff

Yahoo said it would retain its 15 percent stake in the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Instead, the rest of what we know as Yahoo will be spun off.