A suit filed against the New York Times and its chief revenue officer Meredith Levien alleges that when Levien started to downsize employees in 2013 she did so by targeting older and minority employees for dismissal.
This week in social media, former CEO of Twitter Dick Costolo will reportedly be stepping down from his position on Twitter's board of directors. Meanwhile, Snapchat is becoming the newest battlefront for political discussion by design, and Facebook was the true winner of the first GOP debate.
New phablet-sized phones are coming from Samsung Samsung will use its Unpacked event to introduce new smartphones with large screens. At the event, the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ are both expected to be showcased to the public, CNET reports.
Apple Music has 11 million users now trialing the streaming service, just over a month after its debut. But Apple wants these users and many more to become paid subscribers.
Apple plans to fix security risk with patch A security issue was discovered in July on Apple's Mac OS X computers that could allow hackers to have open access to the entire operating system.
Intel is increasing their referral bonus to encourage minorities, women and veterans to work at the company. Qualified referrals of these groups will give current employees a bonus of up to $4,000.
Acer is offering cheap laptops that are cloud-enabled, just like Google's Chromebooks. Instead of running the Chrome operating system, Acer Cloudbooks will run Windows 10.
Xbox One showed off its upcoming plans Xbox One was at Gamescom 2015 in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday to preview its upcoming games, features and news. The live video stream was available Tuesday morning to users around the world to learn about what Xbox One has on tap for the near future.
Mozilla finds it unfair Microsoft is making their own Edge browser the default Internet browser for Windows 10. Mozilla's CEO wants the public to know about it by sending a letter to Microsoft.
AT&T will offer a $200-per-month plan with TV and wireless. AT&T is quickly taking advantage of its recent purchase of DirecTV by offering a brand new plan that will combine TV and wireless services into one monthly charge, the company announced on its website.
This week was a bad one on Wall Street for Twitter, Facebook, and others, even if they posted better-than-expected revenue results. Meanwhile, Google has dropped the Google+ sign-up requirement for unrelated services and platforms starting with YouTube. But that doesn't mean it's giving up on social entirely.
The technology industry has a diversity problem. And for Latinas in technology, the problem is doubled: Demographic reports from major Silicon Valley companies show Hispanic employment averages in the single digits, while women make up far less than half of the workforce.
Microsoft thinks that fingerprint and PIN numbers aren't secure enough There's many ways to unlock a smartphone. In the past, it was just typing in a secret code, but now there are swipe patterns, fingerprint entry and even face scans.
Select workplaces are already testing out the new Google Glass device Google Glass 2. 0 is being tested, and it may already be inside some offices and hospitals.
Rovio hopes the sequel can help out its sinking business. Angry Birds 2 is here and ready to be downloaded for Apple iOS and Android devices. According to Business Insider, this is actually the 13th version of Angry Birds but the only game creator Rovio feels is worthy of the name, Angry Birds 2.
Faced with economic uncertainty in Europe, a new study released by the International organization for Migration, finds that a great number of Europeans are resettling to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Launch site tries to convince users to upgrade. Microsoft has created a special website to promote Windows 10 and convince Windows 7 and 8 users to upgrade, according to CNET.
