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Grubhub, DoorDash hit with lawsuit for 'deceptive and unfair' practices in Chicago
Both companies fired back, calling the lawsuit and the allegations it raises "baseless."
Apple's finally letting developers tell users about payment options outside iOS app
The company has settled a lawsuit and will pay $100 million to the plaintiffs.
Airbnb is providing temporary housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees
This comes just a week after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.
Google made payoffs to preserve Play store's dominance, court records show
Epic has published an unredacted version of its antitrust complaint against Google, and the new tidbits are damning.
By Rachel Kraus
OnlyFans clarifies new policy: No sex, no 'extreme' genitals. But sure, boobs are fine!
It's like a Mardi Gras 'show your tits' circle embodied in an acceptable use policy.
By Rachel Kraus
Apple postpones return to office until 2022
Employees will work remotely until January at the earliest.
T-Mobile confirms data breach, says 47.8 million people affected
This is bad. Very bad.
T-Mobile is investigating a reported data breach. It sounds like a bad one.
Over 100 million people are reportedly affected in a data breach that hit multiple T-Mobile servers.
Google will make it easier for kids and teens to remove photos from Google search
The policy change is for users under the age of 18.
By Matt Binder
Facebook shut down political ad research, daring authorities to pursue regulation
The ball is in the regulators' court.
WhatsApp won't use Apple's child abuse image scanner, citing vague privacy fears
WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart took to Twitter in a thread that's more emotional than factual. It doesn't mean he's wrong, though.
'Sales suck monkey d*ck': Elon Musk's Tesla in 10 telling quotes
In a behind-the-scenes book on Tesla, the billionaire appears as more of an angry, entitled control freak than we knew.
By Chris Taylor
TikTok is testing Stories and time is a flat circle
Yep, posts that disappear after 24 hours are coming to TikTok. Is everything we thought we knew about everything a lie?
By Rachel Kraus
Sexual assault survivors can get trauma support...through Bumble
Bumble was once accused of being slow to block abusers. Now it's taking a tremendous step forward by offering survivors trauma support services.
By Anna Iovine
Apple redesigns its online store, makes it more like the iOS app
There's a new (old) "Store" tab on the site.
American Airlines adds TikTok to free inflight entertainment
TikTok is now free to move about the cabin.
Square will acquire buy-now, pay-later company Afterpay in $29 billion deal
This could be a bad omen for your wallet.
By Amanda Yeo
Twitter issues cash bounty challenge for undoing 'racist' photo cropping
Twitter is letting hackers under the hood of one of its algorithms to root out potential racism.
By Rachel Kraus
Telegram will let 1,000 people join a video call but it still won't touch revenge porn
Just something to keep in mind.
Why women in tech are so angry all the time
I’m simply a woman who works in tech and posts about it online. In exchange, I receive hoards of angry comments ranging from annoying trolling to death threats.
By Emily Kager
New book about Tesla already causing drama between Elon Musk and Apple's Tim Cook
The drama is a little one-sided, obviously.
By Rachel Kraus
EU slaps Amazon with a record $886 million fine over privacy violations
It'll hurt, but Amazon shouldn't have problems paying the fine after its $100 billion quarter.
