New technologies continue to change every facet of the way we do business, including how we identify, recruit and hire the best people. Thanks to the latest tech innovations, today’s recruiting and hiring process has developed far beyond the traditional job boards and sit-down interviews of yesterday. The onslaught of social media has made it easier to identify and connect with potential candidates. …

  There was plenty of drama at the Monaco Grand Prix last Sunday with driver Nico Rosberg of Mercedes taking first place from teammate Lewis Hamilton late in the race. But there’s always plenty of action off the track too as race engineers analyze and transmit data to teams before and during any race. McLaren, based in Woking, UK, is one …

  Shanghai’s composite index recovered on Monday after stumbling last week, gaining 4.7 per cent after a slow start to finish at 4829.44. Its sister index in Shenzhen, where most of the technology stocks are listed, also did well with a rise of 4.86 per cent. Shanghai’s stock exchange is the world’s best performer, and has soared more than 80 …

  Recent improvements in speech and image recognition have come as companies such as Google build bigger, more powerful systems of computers to run machine-learning software. Now a relative minnow, a private company called Sentient with only about 70 employees, says it can cheaply assemble even larger computing systems to power artificial-intelligence software. The company’s approach may not be suited …

Before the National Security Agency began complaining about being shut out of encrypted devices, it helped develop software for secure communications that could be adapted by the private sector. The National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland has developed encryption software that will coming to the public in a new app That technology is hitting the public this …

    U.S. stocks are opening modestly higher, led by gains in the technology sector following a big acquisition in the semiconductor industry. Chip designer Altera jumped 6 percent, the most in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, after the company agreed to be acquired by Intel for $17 billion in cash. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 58 points, …

    Pizza delivery apps. Fitness trackers. Dashboard GPS. Often, technology makes life easier for people whose lives are already very easy. But what about next-generation wheelchairs or 3D-printed prosthetics? In the field of assistive technology, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs are also making life easier for people with disabilities, chipping away at truly big problems at steady pace. Their successes …

  When I moved to Switzerland in 2006, I spent my first month abroad trying to “find” the Internet. On my expat hierarchy of needs, being able to connect with family and friends back home and virtually escape from my newfound foreignness felt more important than anything else. But in 2006, public Internet access in my new hometown of Baden …

  Jiya Bavishi was born deaf. For five years, she couldn’t hear and she couldn’t speak at all. But when I first meet her, all she wants to do is say hello. The 6-year-old is bouncing around the room at her speech therapy session in Dallas. She’s wearing a bright pink top; her tiny gold earrings flash as she waves …

  As more companies reach out to Latinas, one of the top online destinations for millennial women is launching a section that it hopes will resonate with the demographic. “In our conversations with brands and advertisers, it is almost universally recognized that the Latina market is the fastest-growing market in the U.S., and it has great spending power and influence,” …