Meta Missed Out on Smartphones. Can Smart Glasses Make Up for It?
Meta has dominated online social connections for the past 20 years, but it missed out on making the smartphones that primarily delivered […]
Tag: Business / Computers and Software
The One Part of Apple Vision Pro That Apple Doesn’t Want You to See
Apple’s latest series of Vision Pro demos carefully obscures one important hardware feature.
SoundThinking, Maker of ShotSpotter, Is Buying Parts of PredPol Creator Geolitica
SoundThinking, the company behind the gunshot-detection system ShotSpotter, is quietly acquiring staff, patents, and customers of the firm that created the notorious […]
French Spyware Executives Are Indicted for Aiding Torture
Earlier this week, French authorities indicted four former executives of the surveillance firm Nexa Technologies, formerly called Amesys, for complicity in torture […]
How Your Digital Trails Wind Up in the Police’s Hands
Michael Williams’ every move was being tracked without his knowledge—even before the fire. In August, Williams, an associate of R&B star and […]
With Its Own Chips, Apple Aims to Define the Future of PCs
Apple has long been the lone wolf of the personal computer industry in maintaining its own operating system instead of licensing Microsoft’s […]
Companies Can Track Your Phone’s Movements to Target Ads
Google and Apple have taken steps this year they say will help users shield themselves from hundreds of companies that compile profiles […]
Creepy ‘Geofence’ Finds Anyone Who Went Near a Crime Scene
In 2018, 23-year-old Jorge Molina was arrested and jailed for six days on suspicion of killing another man. Police in Avondale, Arizona, […]
Google and Apple Change Tactics on Contact Tracing Tech
The new plan unifies some of the behind-the-scenes work of sending exposure notifications. In the original scheme, state health authorities were responsible […]
The Value and Ethics of Using Phone Data to Monitor Covid-19
Google and Facebook are considering efforts to analyze the collective movements of millions of users to determine how the deadly novel coronavirus […]