SoftBank makes a huge bet on Latin America
Rappi represents a new era for Latin American technology startups. Based in Bogotá, Colombia, the on-demand delivery startup has taken the region by storm, attracting a...
YouTube sets a goal of having half of trending videos coming from its own site
YouTube wants to have half of the featured videos in its trending tab come from streams originating on the company’s own site going forward, according to...
Netflix Responds to Data Connecting 13 Reasons Why With Rise In Teen Suicides
13 Reasons Why, a Netflix show exploring why its protagonist died by suicide, has sparked debate among the research community as to whether it contributed to...
Zuckerberg Promises ‘the Future Is Private,’ but Facebook Will Still Be Facebook
To open the decade, Mark Zuckerberg defiantly announced that the age of privacy was over. Now, as we approach the decade’s end, the Facebook founder and...
AR will mean dystopia if we don’t act today
Matt Miesnieks Contributor Matt Miesnieks is a partner at Super Ventures. More posts by this contributor Why the YouTube of AR won’t be YouTube The product design...
‘Top End Wedding’ reinvents the rom-com in Australia’s stunning Northern Territory
You’ve never seen a rom-com like this. Sure, Top End Wedding treats you to the stereotypical elements of the genre: going home, family drama, car trouble,...
Sleep Drugs Like Ambien Will Get a New FDA Warning About Potentially Fatal Side Effects
The Food and Drug Administration is forcing certain sleep drugs to carry a deadly serious warning about the rare, frightening side effects they can cause. The...
USV closes on $450M for new funds, adds two partners
Union Square Ventures, a venture capital firm known for early bets in Twitter, Etsy and Tumblr, has $450 million in capital commitments to plow into the...
Crash Test Dummy Failures Send Them Flying Off Roller Coaster Into Nearby Hotel
Stories about amusement parks are typically dominated by two topics: either the opening of a new attraction or the catastrophic failure of an old one. This...
Services really are becoming a bigger part of Apple’s business
We’ve known for a while now that Apple was going to be putting more of an emphasis on services. As the technical leaps from one iPhone/iPad/Mac...
