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.
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Showing posts with label Section. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Bits Special Section: Ingress Has the World as Its Game Board
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
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
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 Special Section: The Spanish Town That Runs on Twitter
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.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Your Taxes Special Section
Your Taxes Special Section
Articles on tax preparation software, tax policy, how to fill out your return and more.
Your Money Special Section
Your Money Special Section
Human psychology can get in the way of a secure life. Here are some ways to outwit it.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Special Section: Major Foundations, Eager for Big Change, Aim High
Special Section: Major Foundations, Eager for Big Change, Aim High
Some of America’s biggest private foundations are focusing on major issues like climate change and income inequality with an eye toward rapid results.
Special Section: Championing Animal Rights, by the Comic Book
Special Section: Championing Animal Rights, by the Comic Book
The creative director of Redemption Rescues, a New York City group that helps pit bulls, expresses his passion for animals in comic books.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Bits Special Section: Hotspot Shield Creator Is on a Mission to Outflank the Censors
Bits Special Section: Hotspot Shield Creator Is on a Mission to Outflank the Censors
David Gorodyansky, the chief of AnchorFree, was inspired by his grandfather’s war stories to create software that has liberated the web for millions.
Bits Special Section: Security and Privacy
Bits Special Section: Security and Privacy
Companies, once secretive about cybersecurity flaws, are now paying bounties to those who expose them. But the enemy isn’t just malicious hackers. It is us.
Bits Special Section: Q&A: Guarding Personal Data From Abuse by Insiders
Bits Special Section: Q&A: Guarding Personal Data From Abuse by Insiders
Bad actions by authorized users may be as much a threat to privacy as hackers, according to an authority on building privacy into computer systems.
Bits Special Section: Hackers Prove They Can ‘Pwn’ the Lives of Those Not Hyperconnected
Bits Special Section: Hackers Prove They Can ‘Pwn’ the Lives of Those Not Hyperconnected
Patty Walsh invited two pro hackers to try to access to her life, which is not heavily wired. In two hours, they’d hacked her garage door, learned her Social Security number, and more.
Bits Special Section: Preparing for Disaster: When Your Phone Is Gone
Bits Special Section: Preparing for Disaster: When Your Phone Is Gone
A primer on how to track and disable iPhones or Androids that go missing.
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