CES 2015

CES: Visions of Cars on Autopilot

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Dieter Zetsche, head of Mercedes-Benz cars, introduced the company's fully autonomous prototype vehicle at the CES show in Las Vegas. Steve Marcus/Reuters

A number of automakers at CES were touting their plans for self-driving cars, with some executives predicting that a completely autonomous vehicle would be manufactured within five years.Read more…

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LG’s Music Flow system includes a Wi-Fi-connected soundbar, three speakers, as well as an additional battery-powered speaker that can be moved around a house or yard.

CES: New Options for Networked Speakers

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Home theater systems have declined in popularity as most consumers chose simpler setups like soundbars. But that doesn’t mean we don’t want our music to follow us.Read more…

E-Commerce
Kathryn Le Veque, a self-published author, says she has dropped the price of her books since Kindle Unlimited was introduced, but is selling more books. J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times

For the Indie Writers of Amazon, It’s Publish or Perish

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Amazon’s “all you can eat” reading service, Kindle Unlimited, is driving down prices even as it boosts sales. For self-published authors, that’s a cause for concern.Read more…

E-Commerce
The Toys “R” Us store in Times Square is among retailers in the neighborhood that accept Apple Pay. Thomas Simonetti for The New York Times

A Day With Apple Pay

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The success of Apple Pay will in part be determined lies in the hands of the people behind retailers’ counters. How are those people doing two months after the service was introduced?Read more…

Kindle Unlimited allows people to pay a flat monthly fee for as many e-books as they can read. Associated Press

Writers Are Mixed Over Amazon Unlimited

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Six months after its introduction, Kindle Unlimited is proving controversial and disruptive, just like so many other Amazon innovations.Read more…

Sharing Economy
Taxicabs line up in downtown Barcelona, Spain. Quique Garcia/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Uber Suspends Operations in Spain

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In a first in the growing pushback against Uber’s global expansion, a judge’s ruling bars telecommunications operators and banks from supporting the company’s services.Read more…

Internet
Respondents in the Pew survey said the Internet had made them productive and had given them more flexibility in their jobs. Gary Cameron/Reuters

American Workers Say Internet Makes Them More Productive

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A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that e-mail is very important to three-fifths of American workers, while social media is a blip on the charts.Read more…

Start-ups
Inside the London offices of Swiftkey, maker of a keyboard app. Tech companies in London collectively raised $1.4 billion from venture capitalists in 2014, according to CB Insights. Tom Jamieson for The New York Times

European Start-Ups Struggle to Keep Pace With Venture Financing

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Europe’s tech companies are always eager to prove that they can compete with their U.S. counterparts, but still find it tough to raise money from venture capital firms.Read more…

Michael Fertik, chief executive of Reputation.com, at its offices in Redwood City, Calif., in 2012. He is a co-author of "The Reputation Economy." Peter DaSilva for The New York Times

Whether Working or Job Seeking, the Algorithm Is Watching

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Two forthcoming books explore how companies use employee-scoring systems to rate job applicants and employees alike.Read more…

Culture
A cyclist on the Boulder Creek Bike Path in Boulder, Colo. Google's plans to expand in the city have raised concerns among residents. Brett Wilhelm for The New York Times

A Google Gentrification Fight That Doesn’t Involve San Francisco

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The Bay Area isn’t the only locale that has a love-hate relationship with Google. A proposed Google campus in Boulder, Colo., has stoked concern about rising home prices and the company’s insular campuses. Read more…

Lowell McAdam, the chief executive of Verizon, was an engineering major at Cornell and later got an M.B.A. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Management in a Digital Economy

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Business schools are struggling to adapt to the new realities of a digital economy. What are the best skills and training for leadership in the future? Read more…

Security
Government officials have claimed that attacks against Sony were retaliation for “The Interview,” a feature film about two bumbling journalists hired by the C.I.A. to assassinate North Korea’s leader. Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press

New Study May Add to Skepticism Among Security Experts That North Korea Was Behind Sony Hack

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Security researchers are increasingly voicing doubts about the United States government assertions that North Korea was behind the attack on Sony’s computer network. A new linguistic study is likely to fuel the debate.Read more…