Google pulls controversial anti-gay religious app from the Play Store
The same day the Human Rights Campaign downranked the company in its index of the best LGBTQ-friendly employers, Google decided to yank a controversial app accused...
The FT is buying another media startup: Deal Street Asia
Fresh from picking up a majority stake in Europe-based The Next Web, the Financial Times is buying another new media startup. The newspaper, which was founded...
Office Depot Agrees to Pay $25 Million to FTC Over Scam Involving Computer Repair Service
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday said Office Depot and a tech support firm will cough up a collective $35 million to settle with the agency...
Investment platform Ellevest raises $33M Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures, Valerie Jarrett & PayPal
Ellevest, a digital investment platform specifically focused on helping women meet their financial goals, has raised an additional $33 million in a new round led by...
GoFundMe Joins the Baffling San Francisco Homeless Shelter War of 2019
There’s a fight unfolding in one of the richest neighborhoods in San Francisco, that northern-most outpost of Silicon Valley and the most expensive city in America....
Pop Culture Icons Like Thanos, Godzilla and The Matrix Leap Out of This Artist’s Imagination and Into Old Paintings
Artist Dave Pollot does something we all want to do, but only someone like Banksy actually does. He finds kind of lame paintings and then enhances...
10 Inspiring Quotes to Add Some Encouragement to Your Instagram Bio
Writing the perfect Instagram bio is intimidating. You have to sum up all of who you are in one succinct phrase? How does anyone do it?...
Facebook’s handling of Alex Jones is a microcosm of its content policy problem
A revealing cluster of emails reviewed by Business Insider and Channel 4 News offers a glimpse at the fairly chaotic process of how Facebook decides what...
WeWork backs New York tech clubhouse Betaworks Studios
Betaworks Studios, the brainchild of New York City seed-stage venture capital fund Betaworks, has amassed the support of WeWork, or The We Company, as they now...
In Defense of Hufflepuff, From the Perspective of a Resentful Gryffindor
In case you haven’t noticed, people tend to have pretty strong opinions about Harry Potter. Whether it’s moaning about Snape’s redemption arc or lamenting the reasons why Harry...
