Forget Cambridge Analytica, Facebook By Itself Can Be Easily Used To Influence Elections
The supposed leak of Facebook’s data through Cambridge Analytica reads a bit like a spy thriller — a researcher develops an app to…
WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Has Asked Everyone To Delete Facebook
The #DeleteFacebook chorus had been growing in steam over the last couple of days, but it’s just been endorsed by the most unlikely…
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Buys Startup For $150 Million, Is Once Again CEO
Once a CEO, always a CEO. Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick had been forced to step aside from his post just over a…
Bug In Ola’s App Allows Users To Book Cabs To Everywhere From The US To North Korea
Ola might’ve set up operations in Australia, but its app seems to think its services are even more international. A bug in Ola’s…
Chinese Hackers Are Using WhatsApp To Extract Citzens’ Personal Information, Says Indian Army
The Indian army is usually tasked with guarding our borders, but you know things are serious when it starts handing out advisories to…
Woman Killed By Self-Driving Uber In First Known Autonomous Driving Fatality
A woman has died after being struck by a self-driving Uber car in Tempe, Arizona. Elaine Herzberg was crossing the road outside of a…
Uber And Ola Drivers Are On Strike, Demanding Guaranteed Business Of Rs. 1.25 Lakh A Month
The fractious relationship between India’s cab aggregators and their drivers has hit yet another speed bump. Starting Sunday, thousands of Uber and Ola…
Spotify Is Officially Launching In India
Indian users will no longer have to find hacks to get Spotify to run in India — the company has said it’s now…
Mukesh Ambani Says Jio Was Founded After Daughter Complained That The Internet In Their House “Sucked”
India’s data revolution might have come about because the internet at the house of India’s richest man apparently “sucked.” “The idea of Jio was…