Deliveroo partners with UK supermarket Morrisons to open its first physical store in London; customers can shop in-store, collect orders, or get local delivery — Deliveroo is chewing up all of the data. The London-born, one-time restaurant delivery giant — now omnipresent goods-provider …
New Pegasus attacks on Mexican activists and reporters from 2019-2021 found using 0-click exploits, after the new president called Pegasus a thing of the past — Key Takeaways — Mexican digital rights organization R3D (Red en los Defensa de los Derechos Digitales) …
Sources: Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky withdrew $10M from the crypto lender weeks before freezing customer accounts; one source says $8M was used to pay taxes — Scrutiny of Alex Mashinsky grows after crypto lender was left with hole in balance sheet — Celsius Network founder Alex …
A look at AI chatbots that seek to improve mental health, like Wysa and Woebot, which have millions of users despite scant research to support their efficacy — With human therapists in short supply, AI chatbots are trying to plug the gap—but it's not clear how well they work. — Bots Run the Internet
Instagram food photography is becoming more realistic, driven by generational changes, more diverse food creators, and a frustration with the curation culture — The food blogger aesthetic has given way to something more realistic and DIY: Laissez-faire Instagram food is here
A look at the fake online traffic business, as some ad exchanges look the other way and advertisers are embarrassed to admit they purchased fraudulent inventory — Botmasters have created a Kafkaesque system where companies are paying huge sums to show their ads to bots. And everyone is fine with this.
Tencent is no longer China's most valuable company after its shares dropped 64% since Jan. 2021, wiping $623B in market value, more than any other firm globally — Tencent Holdings Ltd. has lost its title as China's biggest company to liquor giant Kweichow Moutai Co., the latest sign …
As car makers cede control of their auto-operating systems to Apple and Google, the limited choice in the duopoly of smartphone OSes may soon extend to cars — In the future, your choice of smartphone ecosystem—Android or iPhone—could determine which make and model of car you choose
Local media: Korea's Fair Trade Commission raided Apple's Seoul offices over allegations it is charging App Store IAP fees of 33%, rather than the stated 30% — Officials from Korea's Fair Trade Commission conducted a dawn raid on Apple's offices in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, over allegations …
Surveys of ~16,000 US adults per brand shows that 86% Gen Z adults have a “somewhat” or “very” favorable opinion of YouTube, 73% of Instagram, and 69% of TikTok — The youngest generation of adults is so crazy for tech companies that YouTube, Google …
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 202...
