Uber to Buy Postmates for $2.65 Billion The ride-hailing company’s core business has struggled in the pandemic, and it is betting on growth of its Uber Eats division.
Uber to Buy Postmates for $2.65 Billion The ride-hailing company’s core business has struggled in the pandemic, and it is betting on growth of its Uber Eats division.
TikTok Stars Tati and Devin Will Meet Two rising stars on the app have amassed a huge audience by playing along with their followers’ fantasy of romance.
New Trump Appointee Puts Global Internet Freedom at Risk, Critics Say A battle involving Michael Pack and a U.S.-funded tech group revolves around software from Falun Gong, the secretive, anti-Beijing spiritual...
This Year’s Summer Campground: Our Bedrooms and Living Rooms Summer camp in the pandemic looks just like a screen. But what happens when kids run away from the computer?
What Hong Kong’s Pandemic Experience Taught Uber About Other Cities The city was among the first to close and among the first to reopen. But Uber’s lessons there could be difficult to duplicate elsewhere.
The #Vanlife Business Is Booming Coronavirus is just a distant memory while zipping around in a several-hundred-thousand-dollar custom van on the open road.
Can an Algorithm Predict the Pandemic’s Next Moves? Researchers have developed a model that uses social-media and search data to forecast outbreaks of Covid-19 well before they occur.
Goodbye to the Wild Wild Web The internet is changing, and the freewheeling, anything-goes culture of social media is being replaced by something more accountable.
New ‘TV’ Is a Lot Like TV Home entertainment today isn’t all that different from the time of VHS tapes.
How Infrared Images Could Be Part of Your Daily Life In a post-quarantine world, heat sensors could help spot sick people with elevated temperatures as they enter public places. But it’s not th...
Four Top Tech C.E.O.s Will Testify on Antitrust, Panel Says The hearing this month would be a central moment in the continuing backlash against the power of Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet and Apple.
Bogus Ideas Have Superspreaders, Too Internet companies should treat people with big followings differently.
How to Make Smartphones Last Longer In a pandemic-induced recession, it’s more important than ever to take care of our smartphones and other gadgets.
China’s Software Stalked Uighurs Earlier and More Widely, Researchers Learn A new report revealed a broad campaign that targeted Muslims in China and their diaspora in other countries, beginning as early as 2013.