The Police Can Probably Break Into Your Phone
New York Times
In a new Apple ad, a man on a city bus announces he has just shopped for divorce lawyers. Then a woman recites her credit card number through a megaphone…
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Election Tech That’s Super Simple
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.[1] Friends, I love technology that is deceptively simple[2] and actually helpful[3] to…
Ignore Phone Companies About 5G
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.[1] There might not be smartphones in billions of pockets today if the…
An Uber Wage Experiment Worked
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.[1] Seattle[2] and California[3] are among the places trying to ensure higher pay…
Now You Can Use Instagram to Chat With Friends on Facebook Messenger
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook began allowing people to use the photo-sharing app Instagram and the messaging app Messenger to communicate with each other on Wednesday, as part of a planned…
To Fight Apple and Google, Smaller App Rivals Organize a Coalition
SAN FRANCISCO — For months, complaints from tech companies against Apple’s and Google’s power have grown louder. Spotify, the music streaming app, criticized Apple for the rules it imposed in…
Nvidia Buys Arm From SoftBank for $40 Billion
SAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia said on Sunday that it would acquire the British chip designer Arm[1] from SoftBank in deal worth about $40 billion, a move that could reshape the…
For These Shows, Take a Hike
There’s a moment late in “Cairns,”[1] a lovely, peaceable sound walk created by the singer and scholar Gelsey Bell[2] and presented by Here, in which Bell will ask you to…
Continue Your Life’s Education With Free Online Classes
Have extra time at home? Want to keep your brain busy with new things to think about? Consider doing a little remote learning of your own. After all, Benjamin Franklin…
How Your Phone Is Used to Track You, and What You Can Do About It
As researchers and journalists try to understand how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting people’s behavior[1], they have repeatedly relied on location information from smartphones. The data allows for an expansive…
