As Robots Grow Smarter, American Workers Struggle to Keep Up

In Big Data, Shepherding Comes First

By STEVE LOHR.

Aspiring big data software companies find themselves training, advising and building pilot projects for their customers — acting far more as services companies than they hope to be eventually.

Fritjof Andersson, chief of a social media start-up in Stockholm. Because of a housing shortage, he has struggled to bring engineers to the city.

Stockholm’s Housing Shortage Threatens to Stifle Fast-Growing Start-Ups

By MARK SCOTT

The Swedish capital serves as a cautionary tale about the troubles that arise when a booming technology sector runs into city planning rules unchanged for decades.

Michael Lynton, chief of Sony Pictures, is said to have sought the support of fellow studio heads.

Sony Pictures Demands That News Agencies Delete ‘Stolen’ Data

By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES

A letter sent to news media outlets warned against using the information revealed by hackers who attacked the studio’s computer systems.

Security outside the theater before the premiere of “The Interview” in Los Angeles last week.

Sony’s International Incident: Making Kim Jong-un’s Head Explode

Jeff Bezos, chief executive of Amazon, right, was interviewed this month by Henry Blodget of Business Insider.

Jeff Bezos’ Lemonade Stand

By DAVID STREITFELD

The expansion of Amazon Prime benefits, as well as the company’s many other projects, appears to be fueled in part by fattened margins on physical books.

Media Decoder

“Wild — The Experience” puts viewers in the wilderness with Reese Witherspoon.

Virtual Reality ‘Wild’ Trek, With Reese Witherspoon

By MICHAEL CIEPLY

Fox Searchlight and its partners will introduce “Wild — The Experience,” a three-minute, 360-degree, virtual reality encounter with Ms. Witherspoon, the star of the film “Wild,” in character as Cheryl Strayed.

Bits Blog

Trying to Swim in a Sea of Social Media Invective

By JENNA WORTHAM

Social media companies are often reluctant to become arbiters of appropriate and inappropriate speech online.

FuelCell Energy of Danbury, Conn., says its system traps carbon produced by coal-fired plants.

Capturing Carbon as a Byproduct of Running a Fuel Cell

By MATTHEW L. WALD

An experimental fuel cell uses a process in which one stage emits carbon dioxide and another stage absorbs it.

M.N. Reddy, the police commissioner of Bangalore, announced the arrest on Saturday of Mehdi Masroor Biswas, 24.

Online Trail Leads to Arrest of Indian as Man Behind Posts Backing the Islamic State

By GARDINER HARRIS

As the police closed in on him, Mehdi Masroor Biswas gave a panicky interview to an Indian newspaper saying that his comments in interviews with Channel 4 had been misconstrued and that his email had been hacked.

News Analysis

Where Tech Giants Protect Privacy

By MARK SCOTT

Regulations on personal data are tougher abroad.

The New Smoke

China’s E-Cigarette Boom Lacks Oversight for Safety

By DAVID BARBOZA

Almost all of the world’s e-cigarettes are made without oversight, and experts say flawed or sloppy manufacturing could account for some of the hazards seen in the devices.

A television production line in China. China and South Korea faced off over LCD TV screens.

W.T.O. Fails on High-Tech Tariff Deal

By JONATHAN WEISMAN and PAUL MOZUR

A dispute between China and South Korea scuttled a deal that would have reduced global tariffs on $1 trillion in information technology goods.

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