Information Technology
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Do Americans want drones to deliver their packages?
Oct 15, 2016 7:22 am - How long will it be, do you think, until companies such as Amazon start delivering packages to you by drone? If that prospect seems fantastical to you, you're not alone....
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Why Obama thinks about cybersecurity as fighting a pandemic
Oct 15, 2016 7:20 am - After facing an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks against private and public organizations during his presidency, President Barack Obama thinks about digital threats li...
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Facebook has repeatedly trended fake news since firing its human editors
Oct 15, 2016 7:17 am - The Megyn Kelly incident was supposed to be an anomaly. An unfortunate one-off. A bit of (very public, embarrassing) bad luck. But in the six weeks since Facebook revamp...
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Sprint to give away phones, service to 1 million poor students
Oct 15, 2016 7:17 am - Sprint Corp., through the Sprint Foundation, has pledged to give free mobile devices and wireless service to 1 million high school students from low-income homes for as ...
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Samsung mystique at risk after death of Galaxy Note 7
Oct 15, 2016 7:16 am - Samsung Electronics Co. is corporate royalty in South Korea. It's also a company recognized for its marketing smarts and engineering savvy worldwide, so much so that con...
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What Trump's stance on tech might look like
Oct 15, 2016 7:16 am - It's safe to say much of the 2016 presidential race has been devoid of substance. Policy wonks have particularly homed in on Donald Trump's lack of policy specifics, ran...
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Vietnam's fortunes increasingly tied to Samsung
Oct 15, 2016 7:16 am - A few years ago, Nguyen Thi Dung was feeding chickens and planting rice to make ends meet in one of the poorest areas in Vietnam. This year, she expects to earn more tha...
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Analysis: Samsung's crisis a holiday gift to Google
Oct 15, 2016 7:15 am - As the world watches Samsung deal with the fallout from what could be the worst smartphone launch in recent memory, there should be a smile on faces at Google headquarte...
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Apple Pay, now 2 years old, looks for ways to be more useful
Oct 15, 2016 7:13 am - Five months after shaking hands with Apple, retailer Kohl's is starting to compete with the tech giant's mobile-payment service Apple Pay. For Apple, the market leader o...
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Dating app Hinge wants to be more serious than Tinder
Oct 15, 2016 7:12 am - Hinge was for the swipe before it was against it. The dating app's new version is being marketed as a relationship app rather than a swipe app. Hinge was a swipe app - o...