Amazon offers to help employees start delivery business
Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its own employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we'll help you start a business delivering Amazon packages.
Discord, a social network for gamers, crosses 250 million users
Discord, the San Francisco-based chat app that serves as a social network for gamers announced Monday that it had crossed 250 million users across its web and mobile platform. That’s an impressive feat for a four-year-old app, which nearly doubled its user base from 130 million in May 2018, making it as wildly popular as Fortnite, the free to play video game from Epic Games.
Uber shares slide below $37, 17% below IPO price
Uber shares sunk even further after its disappointing stock market debut as doubts lingered over the company's ability to turn a profit and trade tensions dragged down the overall market.
Facebook to pay US content reviewers more amid criticism
Facebook is raising how much it pays U.S. contractors who do some of its most taxing work, including watching violent and other objectionable material for possible removal from the service.
Supreme Court allows lawsuit over iPhone apps
A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that consumers can pursue an antitrust lawsuit that claims Apple has unfairly monopolized the market for the sale of iPhone apps.
Supreme Court allows consumers antitrust suit against Apple
A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that consumers can pursue an antitrust lawsuit that claims Apple has unfairly monopolized the market for the sale of iPhone apps.
Shampoo to corn: Increased tariffs on some 6,000 Chinese products could hit US consumers hard
President Donald Trump raised tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods from an already existing 10 percent tariff put in place in September to 25 percent.
Uber begins trading nearly 7% below its IPO price
NEW YORK (AP) - Uber began trading as a public company at $42 per share Friday, nearly 7% below its initial public offering price. The shares rose slightly just after trading began just before noon on a volatile day for the markets.
San Francisco proposes IPO tax as many tech companies set to go public
A San Francisco proposal for a citywide tax on wealth from initial public offerings is being supported by the majority of city supervisors, Supervisor Gordon Mar announced Thursday, one day before ride-hailing company Uber is expected to go public.
Your Uber has arrived, on Wall Street
With a ring of the opening bell Uber began picking up passengers as a newly public company Friday and investors waited to bet on a service with huge potential, but a long way from turning a profit.
Uber shifts into lower gear, prices IPO at $45 per share
Uber is about to embark on a wild ride on Wall Street with the biggest and most hotly debated IPO in years.
Mexico says tariffs will send tomato prices soaring in US
Mexico's Economy Department said Tuesday that U.S. consumers could pay 38% to 70% more for tomatoes after the U.S. Commerce Department announced it would re-impose anti-dumping duties on Mexican imports.
Uber, Lyft drivers plan hold strike across US and in London
Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are turning off their apps to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors.
Google I/O 2019 highlights: Duplex, Android Q, Nest Hub Max, and more
Google’s annual developer conference kicked off Tuesday at the Shoreline Amphitheatre with a keynote that packed in the tech giant’s progress in hardware, software, and AI. Google’s AI powered assistant was central to a lot of the announcements made today, and last year’s showstopper, Google Duplex made a comeback as well. The Pixel 3a leak from Monday turned out to be completely accurate.
San Francisco to join list of those banning cashless stores
San Francisco is about to require brick-and-mortar retailers to take cash as payment, joining Philadelphia and New Jersey in banning a growing paperless practice that critics say discriminates against low-income people who may not have access to credit cards.
Pirates are using Facebook to stream Game of Thrones episodes
While watching pirated content comes with considerable risks, several hundreds of thousands of people have watched the latest episode of Game of Thrones on the walled gardens of Facebook, KTVU has found.
Full specs of mid-range Pixel phone leaked ahead of Google I/O 2019
A steady stream of leaks have all but confirmed the specs and price of Google’s upcoming midrange Pixel phone, which is expected to be revealed at Google I/O, it’s annual developer conference on Tuesday.
Google's AI Assistant aims to transcend the smart speaker
Google Assistant - known primarily as the voice of the Google Home smart speaker - is increasingly central to Google's new products.
Report: Facebook considering its own bitcoin for payments
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook plans a cryptocurrency-based payment system that it could launch for billions of users worldwide.
Microsoft offers ElectionGuard, a software tool to secure elections
Microsoft announced an ambitious effort it says will make voting secure, verifiable and more transparent with open-source software. Two of the three top U.S elections vendors have expressed interest in potentially incorporating the software into their voting systems. The software kit is being developed with Galois, an Oregon-based company separately creating a secure voting system prototype...