By JAMES BARRON
Hook’d, an app for iPhone and iPod from the pianist-software entrepreneur Robert Taub, features everything from the original recording except the voice track.
Published: July 21, 2014 at 12:00AM
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By NICK WINGFIELD
Bradford L. Smith, general counsel at the tech company, uses the skills he learned as a Washington lawyer to advocate change in government policies that affect Microsoft and the industry.
Published: July 21, 2014 at 12:00AM
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Why the internet of things could destroy the welfare state
Tech pioneers in the US are advocating a new data-based approach to governance – ‘algorithmic regulation’. But if technology provides the answers to society’s problems, what happens to governments?
July 20, 2014 at 9:43PM
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Startup Makes a New Kind of Flexible, Printed Battery
A California startup is developing flexible, rechargeable batteries that can be printed cheaply on commonly used industrial screen printers.
July 20, 2014 at 8:37PM
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Edward Snowden Plans to Work on Privacy Tech
NSA leaker Edward Snowden says he plans to work on technology to preserve personal data privacy and called on programmers to join his efforts.
July 20, 2014 at 8:37PM
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The ‘Facebook Cop’ and the Implications of Privatized Policing
Is the law applied evenly when a company foots the bill?
July 20, 2014 at 7:35PM
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By NATASHA SINGER
Technology is providing some solutions to problems that college students have with their roommates.
Published: July 20, 2014 at 12:00AM
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Lyft Back In Court Next Week
Lyft still has some work to do ahead of its efforts to launch in New York, but the ridesharing startup is definitely making progress.
July 20, 2014 at 4:28PM
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The World’s Worst Computer Viruses Illustrated
Writer and curator Bas van de Poel’s Computer Virus Catalog interprets the worst viruses in computer history as glitchy, MS-DOS-esque artworks.
July 20, 2014 at 12:15PM
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Ars editor learns feds have his old IP addresses, full credit card numbers
A Freedom of Information Act request turns up 9 years of records, including plaintext credit card numbers.
July 20, 2014 at 8:10AM
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