May 30, 2018 String of New York taxi driver suicides raise concerns as Uber, Lyft proliferate New York City’s cab industry has been dramatically transformed by the influx of around 70,000 Uber and Lyft cars over the last six years.
May 25, 2018 Tinder launches creepy new feature Tinder has officially taken stalking to the next level.
May 15, 2018 'Appolition' lets you bail someone out of jail with your spare change The vast majority of the 700,000 people who are locked up in America’s local jails have not been convicted of any crime. Unable to afford bail and awaiting trial, they’re separated from society at a significant cost to taxpayers.
April 24, 2018 WhatsApp raises minimum age in Europe ahead of new privacy laws WhatsApp is raising the minimum age to use its popular messaging app to 16 from 13 for European users, ahead of new data privacy laws slated to go into affect in the region next month.
April 23, 2018 'Millennials can't cook,' hedge fund honcho says Speaking at an investment conference, hedge fund bigwig Li Ran of Half Sky Capital said "millennials can't cook," recommending investors buy shares of food delivery company GrubHub.
April 17, 2018 Thousands of Android apps may improperly track kids' activities While everyone's in an uproar about Facebook accounts getting skimmed for data, a new study claims that thousands of Android apps are in breach of standards for monitoring kids' behavior online.
April 4, 2018 Grindr dating app slammed for sharing users' HIV statuses with other companies Gay dating app Grindr is coming under fire for sharing users’ HIV statuses with two app optimization companies.
April 1, 2018 5 tech gems that will change the way you do things Some of us still remember life before spell check. Yes, we could use a dictionary. We could also use a thesaurus. We could even tap on the shoulder of a friend or coworker and say, “Hey, any idea how to spell sarsaparilla?”
March 30, 2018 Inside HQ Trivia: The booming business of mobile trivia It's the smartphone trend that has people dropping what they're doing in the middle of the day, all for a chance to earn some cold hard cash.
March 29, 2018 Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey accused of allowing Uber to test driverless cars without informing public, report says Uber reportedly tested its experimental autonomous vehicles in Arizona with the blessing of Gov. Doug Ducey -- and without telling residents -- months before the self-driving car program was officially announced and nearly two years before a woman was struck and killed by an autonomous vehicle in the state.
