Policy
Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the F.C.C., proposed in a blog post on Monday that some online site be able to provide à la carte video programming. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Unpacking the F.C.C.’s Online Video Proposal

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A blog post by the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission about online video seemed to raise as many questions as it answered.Read more…

Devices
The HP Multi Jet Fusion is 10 times faster than most of today’s 3-D printers, according to the company.

HP Unveils Plan to Make 3-D Printing an Everyday Thing

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Hewlett Packard, which made a fortune dominating the personal computer printing business, has long been expected to go into 3-D printing. A printer and a design creation system announced Wednesday show a real commitment. Read more…

Policy
“Consumers have long complained about how their cable service forces them to buy channels they never watch,” Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, wrote in a blog post. Jabin Botsford/The New York Times

F.C.C. Proposal Would Allow à la Carte Internet Video Services

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The proposal by Tom Wheeler, the F.C.C. chairman, would allow some so-called over-the-top online video providers to carry cable and local broadcast stations, provided they could agree on financial terms.Read more…

Design
Hugo Barra, a Xiaomi vice president and a former Google executive, said Tuesday that Xiaomi’s designers are inspired by great design, including Apple’s. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra Says He Is an Apple Fan, but Not a Copycat

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An Apple executive recently called the design of Xiaomi’s phones “theft.” In return, Mr. Barra pointed out that parts of Apple’s new phones are a bit like handsets from HTC.Read more…

Internet
A scene from “War Machine at the Office,” from YouTube user SamMacaroni. YouTube has made an effort to help its “creators” produce higher quality content.

YouTube Weighing New Subscription Service

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YouTube is considering a new subscription service, the video site’s chief executive said at a conference. Read more…

Security
Breaches at Target and LivingSocial put the information of 7.5 million Californians at risk, according to Kamala D. Harris, the state's attorney general. Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Variety

Report Analyzes Extent of Data Breaches in California

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The majority of breaches in California — 53 percent — were because of malware and hacking, while a smaller number, 26 percent, was attributed to the physical loss of a computer or device, according to Kamala D. Harris, California’s attorney general.Read more…

Mobile
Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, on Monday in Laguna Beach, Calif. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Apple Pay Already a Huge Hit, Cook Says

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At a tech conference in California, Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said that one million credit cards had been activated on Apple Pay in the first three days that the mobile payment system was live.Read more…

Big Data
Jean-Baptiste Boin, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, helped build an app called Art++, which uses image-recognition technology to provide supplemental information about a work of art. Max Whittaker for The New York Times

Digital Lessons From the Museum and Art World

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Leading museums have proven surprisingly adept at adapting digital technology, and their experience holds lessons for business.Read more…

Retailing
Workers set up an Apple store in Wuhan, China, before the iPhone 6 went on sale there. Apple currently operates 15 stores in the region that includes mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Apple’s Tim Cook Talks of Retail Expansion in China

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For Apple, greater China has been one of its fastest growing markets for iPhone sales, so the company wants to more than double its presence there.Read more…

Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services runs numerous data centers around the world organized by regions. Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services to Open German Center

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Amazon says it is opening the center to answer customer demand, but part of that demand is compliance with German laws around privacy. It’s evidence that even tech companies have to learn to live with the rules. Read more…

Cloud Computing
The theme that IBM's profit performance relies as much on financial engineering as on computer engineering has been around since Louis V. Gerstner Jr. led the company in the 1990s. Colin Braley/Reuters

The Nature of the IBM ‘Crisis’

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The challenge for IBM today is very different from the crisis it faced in the 1990s. It is financially strong and more nimble, but there are echoes of the past. Read more…