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The article discusses speculation concerning whether the July 29, 2015, release of the U.S. computer technology company Microsoft Corp.'s operating system Windows 10 will increase the sale of personal computers (PCs). According to the article, sales of PCs have fallen each year between 20212 and 2015. The article states that Microsoft was giving free upgrades of Windows 10 to PC owners and discusses the decision's impact on PC makers such as Intel Corp. and Dell Inc.

The article discusses resistance among U.S. high-technology firms such as Google Inc., Facebook Inc., and Twitter Inc. to language in an annual intelligence-funding reauthorization bill written by the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee in June 2015 requiring such companies to disclose to the U.S. government content on their networks that could signal terrorist activity. The article states that U.S. high-technology company Yahoo Inc. also objected to the language. The article presents comments from Intelligence Committee minority staff director David Grannis.

The article reports on the challenge faces by law-enforcement officials in New York in their investigations associated with homicide victims due to the encrypted smartphone.

This section offers technology-related news briefs as of September 1, 2015, including the announcement by technology giant Google that its self driving prototype cars will cruise streets in a neighborhood in Austin, Texas for the first time, and the start by Google's Chrome browser of blocking Internet advertisements that use Adobe's Flash technology.

This section offers news briefs on technology companies as of August 27, 2015 including home-sharing company Airbnb's collection of tourism taxes in Paris, France, and a University of Kansas study on online retailer Amazon.com Inc. employees' satisfaction with their work-life balance.

The article offers news briefs of the U.S. as of August 2015 on topics including daily active users of the Periscope, a live video application, from Twitter and fundraising by venture capital investors Jeremiah Oaty and Andy Hunt for their new fund Elephant Partners.

This section offers technology news briefs as of August 6, 2015 including private equity firm Silver Lake's acquisition of a stake in telecommunications firm Motorola Solutions Inc., Internet domain name company GoDaddy Inc.'s increased sales in the second quarter of 2015, and mobile game developer Glu Mobile's deals to create games with musician Nicki Minaj and actor Jason Statham.

The article reports on the referral bonuses to be provided by semiconductor manufacturer Intel Corp. to employees that contribute to the workforce diversity goals of the firm.

The article reports on the increase in the stocks and second-quarter 2015 sales of professional-networking site LinkedIn Corp., with revenues surpassing the company's projections and the average analyst estimate on Thomson Reuters.

The article presents technology-related updates as of September 2015 including the collaboration of tech firms to develop new media formats, the revival by Panasonic Corp. of Technics turntables and the appointment of Josh Miller as product director at the White House.