News
2018
December
10
- Your apps know where you are (and aren't keeping it secret). Many consumers know that apps can track people’s movements. But as smartphones have become ubiquitous and technology more accurate, an industry of snooping on people’s daily habits has spread and grown
07
- Reporte: Uber emprende trámites para cotizar en bolsa. La compañía de taxis Uber ha presentado la documentación preliminar y confidencial para cotizar en bolsa, de acuerdo con un artículo publicado el viernes en The Wall Street
06
- Is Netflix’s ‘Friends’ deal the end of an online entertainment era?. Netflix has renegotiated a deal with production outfit Warner Bros. and its parent company AT&T/WarnerMedia for domestic rights to the show "Friends." The New York Times reported a
05
- Digital divide is wider than we think. According to the Federal Communications Commission, everyone in sprawling Ferry County has access to broadband internet. But that is not the reality experienced by the roughly 7,500 residents of this Washington county, which is
- How Trump appointees curbed a consumer protection agency. One year after Mick Mulvaney’s arrival, he and his political aides have constrained the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from within, achieving what conservatives on Capitol Hill had for years been unable to do,
- This watchdog agency is smaller, quieter and less active under Trump. Under the Trump administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has seen its role diminished. “People wondered when I got — when I took the job if I was going to try and shut
04
- Tu celular es el enemigo de tu atención. Mientras tecleo esto, mi iPhone está escondido dentro del cajón de mi escritorio bajo llave. Ahí ha estado todo el día, completamente fuera de mi vista. Estoy un poco
- Recomendaciones de una periodista para cuidar tu privacidad en línea. ¿Cómo utilizan los periodistas de The New York Times la tecnología en sus empleos y su vida cotidiana? Kate Conger, reportera de temas tecnológicos para The New York
03
- Paper or digital? Consumer Action joins new campaign to protect consumers’ right to choose (Keep Me Posted North America launches today). Consumer Action joins new global advocacy campaign working for the right of every consumer to choose, free of charge, how they receive important information from their service providers—on paper or electronically.
- Is your holiday gift spying on you?. From baby monitors to drones, a new guide invites consumers to score products on a privacy scale that slides from "Not Creepy!" to "Super Creepy!" The guide is timely; as consumers
- Para sobrevivir a la siguiente era de la tecnología, frena y sé consciente. Hace casi cinco años, en mi primera columna de State of the Art, presenté un plan para sobrevivir a lo que se estaba convirtiendo en una época turbulenta en el mundo
01
- 2018’s Best credit cards for bad credit. By and large, secured cards are the best available option thanks to their low fees and easy approvals. While you should try to avoid paying interest by paying your card off in full every month,
November
21
- The FCC's controversial plan for unwanted robocalls, texts. The U.S. government said Tuesday that it plans to take aim at the scourge of unwelcome phone calls and spam text messages plaguing millions of consumers—but one of its proposals drew sharp
05
- How to buy a used phone without getting fleeced. Apple, Samsung and Google have all launched their new phones. Everyone in the world is itching to upgrade to the latest and greatest, but not you. You’re a deal hunter, and while everyone
October
26
- A dark consensus about screens and kids. The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it. Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided they don’t want their own children anywhere near
25
- Children’s online privacy provides blueprint for public policy. In the wake of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal and other recent tech industry controversies, Congress finally appears ready to begin tackling comprehensive online privacy legislation. As this debate heats up, we also mark the 2
- Facebook fined $644,000 in Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Britain's information commissioner has slapped Facebook with a fine of $644,000 — the maximum possible — for its behavior in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Information Commissioner Office's investigation found that between 2007 and 2014, Facebook
- Reseña: iPhone XR, un teléfono para la mayoría de nosotros por menos dinero. Buenas noticias, fieles clientes de Apple: no tendrán que gastar 1000 dólares en su próximo iPhone. La razón: por unos 750 dólares, podrán adquirir el
18
- An A.I. (artificial intelligence) glossary. The last six years have witnessed breakthroughs in everything from self-driving cars to algorithms that can detect diseases, and social networks like Twitter that rely on “artificial intelligence” (A.I.) to determine what
17
- FCC says Hurricane Michael victims deserve a month of free cell service. The Federal Communications Commission slammed the nation’s wireless carriers Tuesday for failing to quickly restore service to Hurricane Michael victims — and demanded that the companies compensate Florida residents with a month of
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