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Aug. 30, 2016 3:10 p.m. ET Google is moving onto Uber Technologies Inc.’s turf with its own ride-sharing service in San Francisco that would help commuters carpool at far cheaper rates, according to a person familiar with the matter, jumping into a booming but fiercely competitive market. Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., GOOGL -0.49…
Illustration by Angelica Alzona Greetings. You may know me as @byyourlogic, previously @swarthyvillain. If you’re on MMA Twitter, Politics Twitter, Saudi Twitter, Gnostic Twitter, Foodie Twitter, or Nipslip Twitter, you’ve probably seen me pop up. Twitter has been a big part of my life, and is more or less responsible for every red cent I’ve…
Zaida Pugh (via Facebook); screenshot from video Zaida Pugh, the self-proclaimed “actress” who pretended to be a homeless woman and unleashed a box full of crickets and worms on a crowded D train last week as part of a viral “prank,” has been arrested, according to police. The NYPD tells us Pugh was arrested…
Image: Shutterstock The New Yorker’s social media editor Saira Khan went ballistic in a lengthy Twitter rant about her experience as a Facebook curator. Her tirade comes just three days after Facebook fired all human curators from its trending news operation. Khan described “the most absurd” things she saw during her time working as a…
Image: AP Facebook unceremoniously fired at least 15 editors from its trending news team on Friday, as Quartz first reported. The decision to eliminate humans came three months after Gizmodo’s reporting revealed the inner workings of the trending news group, including allegations from former curators that their colleagues suppressed conservative news. Now, as Quartz reported,…
A new version of Google+ is rolling out to users starting today, and just like every version before it, you probably won’t use it. Google project manager Danielle Buckley announced the news on her Google+ page today. In the post, she said the redesigned G+ includes three major updates, most of which make it easier…
Image: Wikimedia If you grew up in the 90s, you probably saw one of the legendary ITT Technical Institute commercials in the wee hours of the morning. Now, you’ll probably never see one again. Today, ITT Technical Institute campuses have stopped enrolling students at all of its campuses. The abrupt decision to stop enrolling students…
This started as a joke and now I’m not really sure anymore. Make sure to watch at 240p for that authentic 90s television feel. via Overwatch – F.R.I.E.N.D.S – YouTube. Source: Overwatch – F.R.I.E.N.D.S – YouTube
grab image for required schema tag end image for schema tag Brock Turner will be released from jail this Friday, September 2, after only serving three months of his already ridiculously short six-month sentence. Prosecutors suggested that Turner serve a six-year sentence, meaning he only served 1/24 of the recommended sentence. The maximum sentence for…
Jackie Robinson, in his 1972 autobiography, I Never Had It Made, described the moment when he realized that he could not “stand and sing the anthem,” nor “salute the flag,” which calls to mind recent statements made by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Robinson strongly indicted this nation on charges of racism, classism and bigotry: There I was, the black grandson…