Information Technology
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Facebook finally explains why it bans some content, in 27 pages
Apr 24, 2018 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Among the most challenging issues for Facebook is its role as the policeman for the free expression of its two billion users. Now the social network is o...
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Amazon begins delivery to your car
Apr 24, 2018 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Amazon's latest perk ... free delivery to your car. The Seattle company on Tuesday began offering delivery in 37 cities to Amazon Prime members who ...
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Review: Scooters could revolutionize urban transport - if it weren't for stupid humans
Apr 21, 2018 1:10 am - You'll find them obstructing sidewalks in Austin, draped on trash cans in San Francisco and tipped over like dominoes in Los Angeles. In Washington, D.C., National Park ...
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Analysis: How Apple's strategy is hobbling the HomePod
Apr 21, 2018 1:07 am - Apple's main claim to fame is a proven track record for successful products. But with its latest, the HomePod smart speaker, some analysts say its old formula for succes...
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Commentary: I was wrong. Too much tech is ruining lives.
Apr 21, 2018 1:07 am - Just four years ago, I was a cheerleader. Social media was supposed to be the great hope for democracy. I know because I told the world so. I said in 2014 that no one co...
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Analysis: Facebook knows a ton about your health. Now it wants to profit from that.
Apr 21, 2018 1:07 am - Let's say you have had discussions about your breast cancer diagnosis on Facebook, a useful forum for comparing treatment options with others. There's only one problem: ...
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Why Europe, not Congress, will rein in big tech
Apr 21, 2018 1:00 am - DUBLIN - U.S. lawmakers demonstrated an increased appetite for regulating technology giants when they grilled Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg about privacy. But...
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Apple warns employees to stop leaking information to media
Apr 21, 2018 1:00 am - Apple warned employees to stop leaking internal information on future plans and raised the specter of potential legal action and criminal charges, one of the most-aggres...
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Forget the trade war. China wants to win the computing arms race.
Apr 21, 2018 1:00 am - As the U.S. and China threaten to impose tariffs on goods from aluminum to wine, the two nations are waging a separate economic battle that could determine who owns the ...
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Once-hot material graphene could be next battery breakthrough
Apr 21, 2018 1:00 am - The next big thing for batteries may have fizzled out years ago. Remember graphene? The advanced material - made up of a lattice of carbon atoms - may be poised for a co...