Getting "terms of service" updates lately? Here’s why
You may have noticed a trend in your inbox lately. A lot of “we’re changing our terms of service” emails. It’s no coincidence. Lots of companies are rewriting these agreements ahead of the General Data...
View ArticleVimeo pivots from a place for watching, to tools for making video
Correction (May 10, 5:15 pm PST): A previous version of this story inaccurately stated that Vimeo is exiting the streaming business. It is not If you want to watch video online your options are...
View ArticleICOs raised billions last year. Should Silicon Valley be worried?
Cryptocurrency may have its disruptive eye cast toward venture capital. The initial coin offering is a type of crypto-crowdfunding that startups can use to raise cash quickly without kissing the...
View ArticleReddit’s CTO on shedding its "dystopian Craigslist" vibe
Reddit is rolling out its biggest redesign in a decade. The site has a reputation for being very text heavy and sometimes hosting conversations that can get kind of rough. The redesign comes at the...
View ArticleFor small companies, doing business in Europe may not be worth the cost
Europe’s new data regulations apply to companies large and small, but do tech’s little fish have a big disadvantage? The General Data Protection Regulation has already taken effect and will start being...
View ArticleDid our lack of trust in Big Cable sway the net neutrality vote?
The Senate voted earlier this week to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to roll back net neutrality rules. But in order for the FCC’s decision to be reversed, a similar vote...
View ArticleIs Uber disrupting itself with its bike share investment?
Uber is looking beyond cars in its bid to control the future of mobility. The company recently acquired electric bike share startup Jump. That means in select cities, Uber users can opt for a bike...
View ArticleWhy privacy settings can’t keep your location secret
Phone carriers collect a minute-by-minute record of everywhere you go. If you use GPS on your phone, that may be obvious. But carriers are also selling that information to companies that don’t do much...
View ArticleThe problem of governments using facial recognition software
This week, Amazon is facing backlash for selling facial recognition tools to police. The American Civil Liberties Union says the company was powering a government surveillance infrastructure. Amazon...
View ArticleHow to learn the business of business as a high schooler
At a recent trade show in New York, high school student Ashley Klement walked me through the different flavors of coffee her company, TropiCoffee, sells. There are five: original, mocha, caramel,...
View ArticleVenture capitalist John Doerr on the virtues and perils of setting goals
John Doerr is a legend in Silicon Valley and the venture capital world. He’s the chairman of the VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, at which he has funded companies like Google, Amazon and...
View ArticleThe Craig behind the internet’s most famous list
There’s a lot of focus right now on the tech industry and its big personalities. As well as what they’re doing to help (or possibly hurt) society. However, one tech founder is trying to be a smaller...
View ArticleAre traders messing with the price of bitcoin? And why should you care?
Bitcoin’s wildly fluctuating price may not be the result of free market forces. The Department of Justice has reportedly opened an investigation into whether traders are manipulating the price of...
View ArticleAre we trading security for emojis on Venmo?
Venmo has been a major player in the peer-to-peer payment scene the past few years. If you’re not familiar with the PayPal-owned app, one popular feature is its public news feed. That’s where people...
View ArticleApple’s WWDC: Lots of new features, little talk of privacy
Apple CEO Tim Cook hasn’t been shy in recent weeks about taking shots at Facebook over user privacy. So it was reasonable to think that privacy and social responsibility might be selling points at its...
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How LeBron’s breakup with Miami started an Instagram craze
Steph Curry’s buzzer-beating three-pointer from Game 2 of the NBA Finals has been relived millions of times on Instagram. But not on the Golden State Warriors official account. Or ESPN’s. Or TNT’s for...
View ArticleMelinda Gates: "Nobody actually collects good data about women’s lives"
Melinda Gates is known as the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. But the longtime philanthropist is also the founder of a for-profit organization called Pivotal Ventures. Through her...
View ArticleAn Indian tech company is hiring 10,000 workers in the U.S. Here’s why.
India built a $150 billion tech industry thanks, in part, to American companies outsourcing information technology work and software development. Now, a combination of automation, oversupply and U.S....
View ArticleCan you make money off of emoji?
More than 150 new emoji have been approved by the emoji standards body called Unicode. A redheaded person, a llama, toilet paper and bagels are just some of the new symbols. It’s a big deal if you...
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VidCon general manager: Online video is about more than just YouTube
VidCon has been around since 2010, and if you haven’t heard of it, ask a teenager. The conference for online video creators and their fans was held this month in Anaheim, California. It’s the first...
View ArticleWhy streaming services sail in to save TV’s castaways
These days, when a show gets canceled on TV, there’s still one last shred of hope: streaming services. It’s possible that Netflix, Amazon or Hulu will ride in to save the day and pick up the show after...
View ArticleThe International Space Station has an AI assistant. No … it’s not evil
There is a long history in sci-fi of robots accompanying humans in space. These robots’ ambitions have run the gamut, from those that try to embrace their humanity (like Data from “Star Trek”) to...
View ArticleMaking the web easier to access for people with disabilities
About 20 percent of Americans have one or more disabilities, and just like in the physical world, the digital one is not always readily accessible. So, going to a website, if you’re visually impaired,...
View ArticleWhy Uber and others see a billion-dollar future in e-scooters
On Monday, Uber announced a partnership with the electric scooter rental company Lime. Uber already owns Jump Bikes, an electric bike startup. Lyft just bought a bike rental company as well. All of...
View ArticleTwitter is in a big game of "bot or not"
This week, Twitter announced that it’s removing locked accounts from its platform. That’s in an effort to clean up its bot problem. Bots are fake Twitter accounts that spread propaganda and intimidate...
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