Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal : DoorDash and Uber Eats are moving beyond food, focusing on groceries and alcohol, as users cut spending due to high inflation and a potential economic downturn — Delivery apps look to move beyond food as they face high inflation, a potential economic downturn — Grubhub CEO on the Postpandemic Future of Food Delivery
First lady Jill Biden smiled and waved as two unidentified hecklers shouted at her while she walked into an ice cream shop in New Haven, Connecticut on Wednesday.
Sarah Ferguson was joined by Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie for an emotional call with cancer patients. Ferguson has supported the Teenager Cancer Trust for three decades.
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters : Uber admits it failed to inform the FTC of the November 2016 hack that affected 57M passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement to avoid US criminal charges — Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers …
Dinesh Nair / Bloomberg : Sources: British satellite internet company OneWeb is nearing a deal to combine with France's Eutelsat, valuing OneWeb at $3B+ — British satellite firm OneWeb is nearing a deal to combine with France's Eutelsat Communications SA in a transaction that would create a pan-European operator …
Frank Chaparro / The Block : Blockchain infrastructure company Chain acquires Measurable Data Token, including the cash-back app RewardMe and the financial data protocol MeFi, for $100M — - Chain acquires Measurable Data Token ecosystem for $100 million. — The deal is unique inasmuch as it will involve a merge between Chain's XCN and MDT.
Kristin Cavallari revealed that she's online platforms for dating following her split from ex-husband Jay Cutler. The two announced their separation in April 2020.
Rep. Lee Zeldin doubled down on his threats to uphold his 'constitutional duty' if elected and fire the district attorney who allowed his attacker to be released without bail.
Emma Watson gained massive fame after starring as Hermione in the "Harry Potter" franchise. She has also been in other movies like "Beauty and the Beast" and "Little Women."
Bloomberg : Interview with 3AC founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, who could be hiding in UAE, on its “regrettable” collapse, leveraged bets, Luna, risk management, and more — After five weeks in hiding, the disgraced founders of Three Arrows Capital spoke extensively about the spectacular implosion …
Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch : Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta, who stepped down as CEO in 2021, says he'll step down as executive chairman and leave the board once the company goes public — A year ago, Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta left his role as chief executive of the grocery delivery unicorn and took on an executive chairman position.
Jane Fonda revealed she thinks sex gets better as you age during a recent interview. The "Grace and Frankie" actress also characterized her own sex life.
Selena Gomez turns 30 today! Take a look back at her life starting as an actress on Disney, dating Justin Bieber, and dealing with a lupus diagnosis and kidney transplant.
Brooke Jenkins, the newly appointed San Francisco District Attorney, will fundamentally change the city by bringing prosecutorial experience to the office.
Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss tested negative for COVID-19 both before and after he traveled with President Biden, his office announced after Biden tested positive.
Richard Lawler / The Verge : Instagram says all new video posts under 15 minutes will now be shared as Reels and videos under 90 seconds from public accounts will be recommended to others — And it's combining the Reels / Video section of your profile under one tab — Welcome to the new era of Instagram …
Kevin Hart and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson participated in the TikTok tortilla challenge in a video that has since gone viral. The two are promoting their upcoming movie.
Christine Hall / TechCrunch : Whatnot, a livestreaming service for buying and selling collectibles, has raised a $260M Series D at a $3.7B valuation, up from $1.5B in September 2021 — Livestream shopping in the United States has a ways to go to catch up with China's booming $600 billion industry, but Whatnot's …
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied "faking" being handcuffed by police after she was accused of performing political theater during an abortion rights protest Tuesday.
Kevin McLaughlin / The Information : Memo: Dan Wright, CEO of enterprise AI company DataRobot, resigned after less than 1.5 years, following employee uproar over stock sales by senior executives — Dan Wright, CEO of artificial-intelligence software pioneer DataRobot, has resigned less than a year and a half after ascending to the position …
Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew : Research details Reddit's cautious approach to monetization, giving no_ads, some_ads, and all_ads labels to subreddits based on human review — New research may pull back the curtain on Reddit's seemingly inconsistent approach to monetizing its communities. — R/mileycyrus. r/mensrights. r/daftpunk. r/floridaman.
Filming for "Law & Order: Organized Crime" resumed Wednesday as Chris Meloni and Jeffrey Donovan were spotted on set in NYC. A crew member was shot to death early Tuesday morning.
Khloe Kardashian seeminlgy approves of Tristan Thompson moving on with a mystery woman. The basketball star was spotted holding hands with a mystery woman in Greece.
Katyanna Quach / The Register : Google and Oracle report some of their cloud services and servers in the UK went offline due to cooling failures amid the country's record-breaking heatwave — Clouds burst as nation hits 40C — Cloud services and servers hosted by Google and Oracle in the UK have fallen offline due …
Erin Brodwin / Axios : Memo to staff: healthcare administration automation startup Olive AI, valued at $4B in July 2021, is laying off 450 employees, or about 31% of the company — Exit Content Preview … - “Our fast-paced growth and lack of focus strained our product and engineering resources and prevented us …
Cher opened up about suffering multiple miscarriages when she was younger on social media. The pop singer had her first at the age of 18 while married to Sonny Bono.
A former child star with a brief cameo in the 1975 film "Jaws" was sworn in as a Martha's Vineyard police chief this month after being tapped for the position in May.
A crew member for "Law & Order: Organized Crime" was shot and killed while reserving parking spots for the filming of the show. Authorities are still investigating.
Christopher Zara / Fast Company : BeReal, the social photo sharing app launched in 2020 in France, is the No. 1 free app in the US App Store; Sensor Tower says it has topped 20M downloads — No doubt you've seen the innumerable recent hot takes about BeReal. The French photo app, launched in early 2020 as a kind of stripped …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : Instagram rolls out a new searchable map for exploring popular tagged locations, which can be filtered by restaurants, cafes, salons, and other categories — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is introducing a new searchable and dynamic map experience on Instagram.
The Norwalk-LaMirada Unified School District is considering a contract with Planned Parenthood Los Angeles to open a reproductive health care clinic at a local high school.
Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg : Uber settles a DOJ lawsuit over “wait-time” fees it charged disabled people for taking too long to board vehicles, to pay 65K+ passengers a total of $2,238,500 — Uber Technologies Inc. will pay millions of dollars to settle claims by the US Department of Justice …
Prince Harry described a photo he was given of his mother, Princess Diana, meeting Nelson Mandela. She died five months after the snapshot was taken in 1997.
Jason Perlow / ZDNet : A look at reviving three old computers, including a 2011 iMac with 4GB RAM, with Chrome OS Flex, as Chrome OS cements itself as the most consumer-friendly Linux — The Linux desktop that will transform the industry is ChromeOS. — Linux is a great operating system. I've expounded its virtues for over 20 years.
Q’orianka Kilcher, an actress in Paramount Network's "Yellowstone," has been charged with two felonies for allegedly collecting disability benefits even though she was able to work.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Sydney-based Hivery, whose software helps retailers select the right mix of products to stock on store shelves, has raised a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global — Hivery, a startup that bills itself as an “optimization platform” for retailers, today announced that it raised $30 million …
Jennifer Lopez signed documents to change her last name to match Ben Affleck's after the couple reportedly married over the weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada
Barbiecore is the hottest celebrity trend, gaining popularity thanks to the new Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie. Reese Witherspoon and Kim Kardashian have embraced the trend.
Camilla, Dutchess of Cornwall, won over the queen, getting emotional when it was announced she would be referred to as queen consort to Prince Charles in public.
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg : Seattle-based Phaidra, whose AI software automates building controls for industrial facilities like power plants, raised a $25M Series A led by Starshot Capital — Industrial production is one of the dirtiest corners of the corporate world. A startup from former Google engineers thinks …