Alphabet Program Beats the European Human Go Champion
DeepMind, a research organization, said that a program combining two separate algorithms had soundly defeated a high-ranking professional Go player.
View ArticleDaily Report: Facebook’s Lucrative Long View
Mark Zuckerberg has told investors over and over: Don't expect Facebook to focus much on quarterly earnings. The company is taking the long view. But that long view is sure looking spectacular in...
View ArticleFacebook to Shut Down Parse, Its Platform for Mobile Developers
Facebook is shutting down Parse, a toolkit and support system for mobile developers, which it acquired in 2013.
View ArticleDaily Report: Divergent Fortunes in Cloud Computing
The earnings reports released by Amazon and Microsoft reinforced that cloud computing is a booming, multibillion-dollar business.
View ArticleDaily Report: More Earnings, Earnings, Earnings
The tech earnings season is hitting peak news this week with big reveals from Alphabet and Yahoo.
View ArticleDaily Report: Alphabet Eclipses Apple to Become the Most Valuable Company
There's a shifting of the guard at the top of the technology food chain, with Alphabet overtaking Apple to become the world's most valuable company.
View ArticleDaily Report: Yahoo’s Multipronged Turnaround Strategy
Yahoo is opening itself up to all options — spinoff, sale, a simplification of its operations — in its quest to right itself.
View ArticleMall Executive Backtracks From Statement on Amazon Retail Stores
A day after saying that Amazon planned to open 300 to 400 brick-and-mortar bookstores, a shopping mall executive stepped back from his comments.
View ArticleDaily Report: The Mystery of Amazon’s Bookstores
How an offhand remark about Amazon opening new bookstores spawned a viral reaction and a backtracking.
View ArticleDaily Report: As Tech Powers, China Is Rising, While Japan Declines
China's growing tech industry is inciting concern, while Japan's stalling tech industry is spurring deals.
View ArticleBlackBerry Lays Off 200, Pointing to Shift Away from Phones
The Canadian company's chief executive has said in the past that he wants to maintain the company's phone business. That is, if it is not a money loser.
View ArticleDaily Report: Waiting for the F.C.C.’s Lawyer to Take Another Stand
The commission's high-profile general counsel has faced criticism that too many of his decisions have been based upon Democratic politics.
View ArticleFor Some Cord Cutters, Streaming Super Bowl Was a Nonstarter
Users complained that a CBS Sports app cut out while they were trying to watch the big game.
View ArticleZenefits, in a Shake-Up, Appoints New C.E.O., Replacing Parker Conrad
Zenefits, a high-profile San Francisco start-up specializing in health insurance, replaces its co-founder and chief executive after questions about compliance.
View ArticleDaily Report: A Net Neutrality Setback for Facebook in India
In the United States, the social media giant has been an advocate of equal treatment of all Internet content. In India, regulators who share that belief have effectively blocked a free Facebook service.
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