Stuart Isett for The New York Times
Michael Devine, a plaintiff in a bitter class-action suit.
In Silicon Valley Thriller, a Settlement May Preclude the Finale
By DAVID STREITFELD
Four leading tech companies are pushing to settle a class-action suit
with several noteworthy angles, including questions over employee rights
and the death of a programmer who helped set the case in motion.
Disruptions
Friends, and Influence, for Sale Online
By NICK BILTON
By using social media bots, celebrities, politicians and others can
falsely inflate the number of friends and followers they have, possibly
swaying public opinion about a new song — or a policy position.
Bits Blog
How Urban Anonymity Disappears When All Data Is Tracked
By QUENTIN HARDY
At some point very soon, a large amount of public information, like a
car license plate, will be part of a mosaic portraying personal lives.
At that point, believers in technology say, we’ll build a better society
by eliminating deceit. Are we moral, though, if we don’t wrestle with
problems?
Bits Blog
A Swarm of Ant-Sized Robots, at Your Service
By NICK BILTON
SRI International has developed a technology that can make a swarm of “Micro-Robots” build small things on small scales.
James Best Jr./The New York Times
Heartbleed Highlights a Contradiction in the Web
By NICOLE PERLROTH
The bug that rattled the Internet last week exposed the paradox that
some of the web’s most crucial coding depends on the efforts of
volunteers.
Bits Blog
Heartbleed Internet Security Flaw Used in Attack
By NICOLE PERLROTH
On Friday, cybersecurity experts said they had evidence of the first
confirmed attack on a major corporation using a bug in open source
security technology.
Bits Blog
OpenSSL and Linux: A Tale of Two Open-Source Projects
By NICOLE PERLROTH
For years, Linux has enjoyed the backing of a range of big tech
companies. How has Linux flourished while other open-source efforts have
begged for resources?
Economic View
When Diamonds Are Dirt Cheap, Will They Still Dazzle?
By ROBERT H. FRANK
Technology has the potential to affect the value of items that are now
rare and expensive, everything from diamonds to paintings and
autographs.
Bits | Digital Diary
Facebook’s Existential Crisis
By JENNA WORTHAM
Is Facebook’s main service still relevant? An argument for why it feels fusty, and why Mark Zuckerberg seems to know it.
Michaels Stores’ Breach Involved 3 Million Customers
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
The company said that two security firms had found evidence of a breach
at Michaels, a crafts retailer, and at a subsidiary, Aaron Brothers, a
framing company.
Bits Blog
Protests Continue Against Dropbox After Appointment of Condoleezza Rice to Board
By NICK BILTON
After Dropbox appointed Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state,
to its board of directors, some users have complained about her views
on Internet surveillance.
Lucrative Stardom in China, Using a Webcam and a Voice
By DAVID BARBOZA
Companies across the globe have long tried to attract viewers to live
Internet broadcasts, with X-rated sites the only real success stories.
China appears to have cracked the code.
News, insight and analysis on Silicon Valley and beyond.
Personal Technology
Bits | State of the Art
In the Battle for Best Smartphone, Apple Still Beats Samsung
By FARHAD MANJOO
Samsung’s newest phone, the Galaxy S5, is a very nice device. But it falls far short of Apple’s iPhone.
Q&A
Fixing a Broken Smartphone
By J. D. BIERSDORFER
Plus, sharing settings and more among Windows 8 PCs.
Q&A
Adding a Religious Holidays Calendar
By J. D. BIERSDORFER
Plus how to limit the powers of Windows XP users.
Machine Learning
The Best Photo Organizing App? I’m Still Looking
By MOLLY WOOD
A new entrant from Dropbox, Carousel, looked promising, but fell short. A
raft of others all have strengths, but nothing offers everything you
want.
Bits Blog
Google Uses Algorithms to Create SLR-Like Photos
By NICK BILTON
Google is lifting up the hood of its new Lens Blur feature for its
camera app, showing how the company can make a photo taken on a
smartphone look like it has varying depths of field.
App Smart
Finding, Comparing and Booking Rooms From Your Mobile Device
By KIT EATON
Apps will let you search many ways, show you reviews from previous
customers and even show you last-minute deals for the same day.
Gadgetwise
Cut the Clutter in Your Social Media Accounts
By HANNA INGBER
There are simple ways to make platforms like Twitter and Facebook more useful, like making lists and trimming back groups.
Economic Scene
Tech Leaps, Job Losses and Rising Inequality
By EDUARDO PORTER
For 50 years, economic consensus has held that new machines lift demand
for skilled workers. But what if technology has become a substitute for
labor?
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