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Uber Launches Food Delivery Service In New York City And Chicago
With UberEATS, the ride-hailing service is going head-to-head with Seamless and GrubHub. ubereats.co New Yorkers and Chicagoans now have a new way to have their meals delivered. On Tuesday,...
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Twitter Spooks Investors With Bungled Earnings Release, Shares Plunge 18%
Twitter was forced to release its quarterly numbers early after a markets data company found a copy online. Investors didn’t like what they saw. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Twitter shareholders were...
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Maple: Another Food Delivery Startup, This Time With Momofuku's David Chang
Plenty of websites and apps will help you get a meal delivered. But Maple gets big-time Manhattan food cred from its chief culinary officer, Momofuku founder David Chang. Maple There's the open...
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Meet The New LG G4 Phone
I told 4chan’s /g/ (Technology) board all about my experience at the LG phone event today in the form of a “green text story.” Editor's Note: We asked Katie Notopoulos to head to One World Trade...
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Congress Moves To Curb Mass Surveillance Under The Patriot Act
The USA Freedom Act, introduced today in the House and Senate, would rein in the NSA’s bulk data collection program. Dado Ruvic / Reuters Congress moved to restrict mass surveillance under the Patriot...
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Nobody Knows
Which industry will you change forever? Image: Mat Honan It's cold and foggy in San Francisco today, after several hot weeks and several hot rainless months. The fog rolled in last week, just in time...
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Fetch Puts Robots To Work
New industrial robots could someday take over boring warehouse tasks. But what does that mean for warehouse jobs? Fetch Robotics Fetch Robotics has a new vision for work in the warehouse — one in...
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Instagram Launches Dedicated Music Channel @Music
The Facebook-owned social network’s first category-specific vertical will showcase popular and emerging artists. Jared Eberhardt / Instagram In a first for Instagram, the photo-sharing social network...
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This Is What Happens When A Guy From Rwanda Finds Out He's Been Internet...
He’s the unwitting star of a Vine that’s been seen 32 million times – but who is the “Okay Guy”? BuzzFeed News finally tracked him down. If you've spent any time on social media in the last few...
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Android And iOS Apps Are Coming To Windows 10 — Sort Of
Microsoft makes it easy for developers to rework code written for rival platforms to run on Windows devices. Mikko Stig / Getty Images Microsoft has finally figured out a way to bolster its piddling...
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Secret Shutting Down
The app for sharing anonymous updates is in the process of closing its doors. Secret BuzzFeed News has learned that just over a year after it debuted, Secret — the anonymous social app that made...
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Here's What You Need To Know About Windows 10
Straight from Microsoft Build 2015. Microsoft Build Here are some of the key takeaways: Goodbye, Internet Explorer. Windows 10 comes with a new built-in browser called Microsoft Edge. Microsoft Edge,...
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Oracle Is Not Courting Salesforce
You can strike Larry Ellison and Co. off the short list of possible bidders — for now. Eric Risberg / AP Salesforce may well be listening to takeover offers, but not from Oracle, BuzzFeed News has...
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Goldman Sachs Makes Its First Big Investment In Bitcoin
Goldman is co-leading a $50 million financing round in Circle Internet Financial, a bitcoin wallet company. The investment lends some Wall Street credibility to the bitcoin world. Mark Lennihan / AP...
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Lawmakers Challenge FBI On Surveillance Backdoors, Encryption
Congress pushes back against the FBI’s calls for backdoors to encrypted smartphone data. Maxkabakov / Getty Images Days after the House of Representatives passed two cybersecurity bills designed to...
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Big Insurer Expands Coverage For Telemedicine
It just got easier for 1 million UnitedHealthcare members to see the doctor from the comfort of home. Doctor on Demand UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurance carrier in the United States, is...
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Congress Schools Education Apps On Student Privacy
A new bill would provide K–12 students with robust data privacy protections. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images As public schools scramble to answer calls for educational innovation with tablet...
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Flywheel Now Lets You Pay For Taxis On A Mobile App
The taxi-hailing app hopes the new feature will give it a leg up on Uber and Lyft. Flywheel press kit Flywheel, the taxi-hailing app that is in seven cities along the West Coast, is rolling out a new...
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New Air Quality Gadgets Measure Every Breath You Take
Next-generation sensors offer new insight into the quality of the air around us. Louisville, Kentucky, skyline. Ken Lund (Creative Commons) / Via Flickr: kenlund In the Ohio River Valley, where...
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There's One Word Hotel Execs Never Say When Discussing NYC Struggles: Airbnb
Only one of America’s four largest hotel operators has ever mentioned the word “Airbnb” on an earnings call. And none of them have listed it as a competitor in New York, where all are struggling. Stan...
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