How Uber Got Lost
The once-swaggering company is losing more money and growing more slowly than ever. What happened?
Can Roger Federer Break a Sweat?
On the eve of the U.S. Open, the tennis world’s GOAT coolly charms both fans and...
Giraffes Get New Protections, but Will It Be Enough?
International trade of giraffes will now be regulated, but habitat loss and bush meat poaching remain...
Ford Workers Who Sued Over Sexual Harassment Face Setback
A judge ruled that a lawsuit filed by 33 women cannot proceed as a class-action suit....
First Death in a Spate of Vaping Sicknesses Reported by Health Officials
An Illinois patient has died following a respiratory illness linked to vaping. Health officials offered few...
Google Tries to Corral Its Staff After Ugly Internal Debates
The tech company, telling its employees to “stop disrupting the workday,” issued new workplace rules designed...
What They Left Behind: Toons, the Snurfer and ‘Macho Man’
Some gems from the life’s work of people remembered in obituaries in The Times.
Gerard O’Neill, Boston Globe Investigative Reporter, Dies at 76
Mr. O’Neill’s biggest quarry was Whitey Bulger, Boston’s most notorious mobster, whom he helped expose as...
One Crazy Day Showed How Political Chaos Threatens the World Economy
An escalating trade war and unpredictable policy shifts. Also, tweets.
MDClone, which anonymizes patient information from databases it scans to provide on-demand, self-service access to doctors and researchers, raises $26M Series B
Shoshanna Solomon / The Times of Israel: MDClone, which anonymizes patient information from databases it scans...
Seattle Police Department has maintained an anti-swatting registry since last October, allowing people who fear being swatted give the police advance warning
Emma Grey Ellis / Wired: Seattle Police Department has maintained an anti-swatting registry since last October,...
S&P, Dow and Nasdaq Slide After China Tariff Threat and Trump Twitter Response
Stocks fell to a fourth-straight weekly loss after Beijing vowed new tariffs on the U.S. and...
India exempts startups from its “angel tax”, a much-criticised 30% tax when raising money at a rate higher than “fair market value” as assessed by tax authority
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India exempts startups from its “angel tax”, a much-criticised 30% tax when...
Facebook Bans Ads From The Epoch Times
The social network has struggled to implement a consistent political advertising policy as groups appear able...
Cloud-based app performance monitoring startup DataDog files for IPO, says it had revenue of $198M in 2018, up from $101M in 2017, and a loss of $13M in 1H 2019
Crunchbase News: Cloud-based app performance monitoring startup DataDog files for IPO, says it had revenue of...
Powell Highlights Fed’s Limits. Trump Labels Him an ‘Enemy’
Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell says the central bank will do what it can to sustain...
Netflix says it is testing “Collections” on iOS that are curated by experts on the company's creative teams based on factors like genre, tone, and story line
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Netflix says it is testing “Collections” on iOS that are curated by...
YouTube quietly announces a policy change to remove all content that contains “violent” or “mature” themes if it is targeted toward kids
Nick Statt / The Verge: YouTube quietly announces a policy change to remove all content that...
Your Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Spiked. Now What?
Long-ago miscalculations by insurers have led to policyholders’ facing steep premium increases. But there are ways...
Trump's tweets “ordering” US companies to start looking for an alternative to China rattle tech stocks, with Apple closing down 4.6%, Amazon 3.1%, and AMD 7.4%
Marlize van Romburgh / Silicon Valley Business Journal: Trump's tweets “ordering” US companies to start looking...