Machine Learning
Augmenting Your Password-Protected World
By MOLLY WOOD
While passwords aren’t likely to disappear soon, new technology that uses eyes and fingerprints as identifiers can protect data more easily.
In a sign of the seismic changes underway in the tech industry, Microsoft will give away its lucrative software product on iPads, iPhones and Android tablets.
The ride-hailing start-up claims its former chief operating officer took a trove of sensitive documents with him to his new job at Uber, the company’s largest competitor.
While passwords aren’t likely to disappear soon, new technology that uses eyes and fingerprints as identifiers can protect data more easily.
In the 20 years since their introduction, banner ads have ruined the appearance and usability of the web, perverted content and diminished privacy.
“I was the only woman in the class,” said Ms. McCloskey, who stands out as a rare woman in the land of start-ups, “All the guys either wanted to talk to me or didn’t want me to be there.”
Lenovo Group’s revenue missed analysts’ expectations despite a nearly 20 percent increase in income in the second quarter.
It would not be easy for the average Mac user to be hit by this malware, but it points to new ways in which hackers are targeting Apple products.
The same kind of data analysis behind a Netflix movie recommendation will analyze how people are working in your office.
The chipmaker gave a disappointing forecast for 2015 revenue as it continues to grapple with an antitrust investigation in China.
A conservative legal activist urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to strike down the National Security Agency’s program that collects Americans’ phone records in bulk.
The cellular provider uses a unique identifier inserted into its customers’ web page requests to tailor advertising to them, raising concerns by online-privacy watchdogs.
Google’s latest version of Android is sophisticated and refined, and adds welcome security features to tablets. The Nexus 9 tablet, on the other hand, leaves some to be desired.
News apps like Flipboard, Circa News and BBC News help keep users updated on breaking events.
A look at products ranging from sensor-equipped shirts that can track your workout to apps that can turn a long jog into an exercise in play.
The browser’s settings can be changed, or users can click on the address field. Also, a considering the value of a touch-screen PC.
The company’s new wearable device may be the most flexible of its kind on the market right now.
Indians should pay attention to Tim Cook’s coming-out story.
Kevin Spacey, who plays Francis Underwood in the Netflix series “House of Cards,” portrays a nefarious defense contractor in the video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
A year after a grueling fight with the investor Carl C. Icahn, Michael S. Dell says he is very happy to have the computer company that bears his name back to himself.
In a bid to help harried travelers save time at check-in, a number of major brands are experimenting with letting guests use their phones to unlock their rooms.
The Internet Archive has 12 million items in its digital collection. Under expansion plans announced this week, that is merely the beginning.
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