Shoshana Wodinsky

4:59 PM

Tesla Is Rolling Out a New Insurance Program With Rates Calculated by Surveilling Drivers

The company's latest insurance product is available to customers in Texas today.

12:34 PM

New Zealand Lays Off Its Official City Wizard After 23 Years of Loyal Service

A council spokesperson said it wasn’t personal—it was just that wizards aren’t that cool anymore.

10/14/21

Nobody Wants Ads in Twitter Replies—Not Even Advertisers

It's a low bar, but this honestly might be Twitter's worst product idea yet.

10/13/21

Bird Scooters Will Now Annoy Riders Into Getting Off the Damn Sidewalk

If the endless beeps and phone notifications aren't enough for badly behaved riders, the company will just grind…

10/12/21

Researchers Find Android Phones Still Track You, Even When You Opt Out

This is one area where Apple clearly has the advantage.

10/12/21

Instagram Is Making Outage Alerts Part of Its User Experience

The U.S. trials are happening in the wake of some serious server issues that slammed Instagram users worldwide last…

10/8/21

Facebook Will No Longer Let You Monsters Sell Protected Amazon Land on Marketplace

The company rolled out a new policy for Marketplace on Friday in a bid to protect "ecological conservation areas"…

10/8/21

You Can Now Tune Your Guitar In Google Search

All you need to tune your instruments is a browser and a working mic.

10/7/21

Turns Out Teens Hate Facebook And Twitter, Too

A new survey out this week ranks the two blue apps squarely at the bottom.

10/7/21

How WhatsApp Swallowed Half The World

When the app suffered a six hour outage this week, millions of people's lives were thrown into turmoil. Why were…

10/5/21

France Is Threatening the UK's Power Supply

It's the result of a spat involving French fishermen being able to access UK waters, showing the messy Brexit split…

10/4/21

Here's How TikTok's Parent Company Reportedly Wants To Take On Amazon

The company's hiring around the globe to build out what is reportedly a new standalone ecommerce service.

10/4/21

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Are All Down [Update: It's Coming Back, Sorry]

Facebook's major outage took down all its apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp, on Monday.

10/1/21

The Feds Wants Stablecoin Companies to Register as Banks: Report

At least one major issuer—Circle—is already on board with the idea.

9/30/21

Leaked U.S. Docs Say Microwave Weapons Not Behind Mysterious 'Havana Syndrome'

A recently unearthed study points to a much less nefarious culprit for the sound linked to the "attacks": crickets.

9/30/21

Instagram Just Published Some of Its Internal Teen Research for All to See

In response, the Wall Street Journal did a document dump of its own.

9/29/21

PlantLife Is the Purest Social Platform I've Ever Tried

The app rolls out to green-thumbed iPhone users nationwide today.

9/28/21

Google Says It's Bing's Most Popular Search Term

Google's lawyers told the EU courts on Tuesday that its overwhelming search dominance is due to user choice.