This Righteous "FIFA" Glitch Causes Every Single Player To Sprint To The Ball
PULL THE KEEPER!!! ELEVEN MEN UP!!!! FIFA 15 came out yesterday. And as some unhappy fans have discovered, the players really want to get to the ball. All of them. Via forum.ea.com
View ArticleA New App Will Let You Pay Your Rent With A Credit Card (But It Will Cost You)
Apartment rental app RadPad rolled out a new pay service that offers the convenience of paying your rent on your debit or credit card even if your landlord isn’t signed up. RadPad When Jonathan...
View ArticleYou May Want To Wait Before Upgrading To iOS 8.0.1
Apple’s latest iOS update is disabling cell service on some devices. Update: Apple has pulled the update and promises to release a fix in “the next few days.” There's a new update out for iOS 8 and...
View ArticleThe Tech Industry's Newest Acquisition: American Politics
A hiring spree, and a head of steam. The relationship is “radically changing.” Silicon Valley is hiring up all the political people. Uber last month brought on David Plouffe, who made his name running...
View ArticleStitch Fix And The New Science Behind What Women Want To Wear
Can combining algorithms, stylists, and mail create a DIY–personal shopper hybrid for the masses? Stitch Fix’s entire business depends on it. Example question from Stitch Fix's style profile. Stitch...
View ArticlePharrell's Hat Is In "NBA 2K15"
Also his Pharaonic features and biblical charisma. Remember Pharrell's Vivienne Westwood hat? How could you forget it? Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times Well, it's in the new NBA 2K game, NBA 2K15. He...
View ArticleMore Than "A Selfie On Stage": The Rise Of The YouTube Tour
Digitour, which produces live events featuring social media stars, says it’s on track to sell 300,000 tickets next year. Other want in on the booming business. Digitour When young YouTube celebrities...
View ArticleThe New iOS8 Predictive Text Makes For Terrible Slam Poetry
We texted people using only the predictive text suggested words. One of the new features in iOS8 for iPhone is predictive text. This means when you're typing, it suggest what word it thinks you're...
View ArticleDiscounted UberX Fares Are Now Permanent In NYC
In spite of ongoing protests against what was introduced as a temporary summer fare cut, Uber announced the less-than-taxi UberX fares are here to stay. Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters This morning Uber...
View ArticleGrindr Warns Egyptian Users As Six Accused Of Homosexuality Are Convicted...
“Police may be posing as LGBT on social media to entrap you,” said a warning Grindr sent to Egyptian users on Thursday. Grindr Grindr Six men were sentenced by an Egyptian court on Thursday to two...
View ArticleSnapMeNow Is Snapchat For Your Computer
And it may just ruin your workday. SnapMeNow, a web app, uses your computer's camera to take a picture that you can send to up to 100 recipients via a hyperlink. That image self-destructs...
View ArticleA Quick Tour Of The New York Times' Twitter Graveyard
Rest in peace. A week ago, New York Times chief television critic Alessandra Stanley landed in hot water after a much-maligned profile of the television producer Shonda Rhimes. In a statement, Stanley...
View ArticleYou Can't Say "Hong Kong Police" Or "Umbrella" In China Today
Well, not on social media anyway. The Hong Kong Occupy Central protest has triggered mainland China’s biggest ever crackdown on Weibo, the country’s version of Twitter. Carlos Barria / Reuters Tyrone...
View ArticleSomeone Built "DOOM" Out Of Legos And It Totally Rips
Lego artist Ochre Jelly honors the grandaddy of first person shooters with this unbelievably detailed project.
View ArticleUber Uses The Same Statement Almost Every Time A Driver Gets Accused Of Bad...
Safety is Uber’s No. 1 priority. Safety is Uber’s #1 priority. Safety is… Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters When an Uber driver gets accused of behaving badly, the story inevitably ends up making national...
View ArticleSame-Day Delivery Poised For Big Breakthrough This Holiday Season
More retailers are getting in on same-day delivery this holiday season. The economics of the business finally make sense, experts tell BuzzFeed News. Ralph D. Freso / Reuters Five years after Amazon...
View ArticleTwo Guys Recreated Your First Five Seconds With Any Fighting Game
Excellent work, everyone. Remember when you were first figuring out the buttons playing Mortal Kombat? It's never an "accident." vine.co Here's the game from your days of yore to refresh your brain....
View ArticleFacebook Requires LGBT People To Use Real Names Even In Countries Where...
As news comes that police are targeting LGBT people through Facebook in countries like Egypt, a Facebook spokesperson tells BuzzFeed News the “real name” policy applies to Facebook users everywhere....
View ArticleFacebook Apologizes To LGBT Community, Promises Changes To "Real Names" Policy
In a Facebook post, the company’s chief product officer apologized to “the affected community of drag queens, drag kings, transgender, and extensive community of our friends, neighbors, and members of...
View ArticleUber's Fleet Partnerships Might Be Undercutting Uber's Promise To Drivers
Companies can rent their older cars out to aspiring Uber drivers, but the costs might not add up. “The [Uber] rates are so cheap … and the commission and gas is too high,” one driver tells BuzzFeed...
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