Priya Anand
14 Things BuzzFeed Tech Tried And Liked In 2016
All the apps, hacks, habits, and products that made our lives a little better in 2016.
Ellen Cushing
Faraday Future Plagued By Lawsuits, Unpaid Bills Ahead Of Electric Car Reveal
The electric car startup is heading into a hyped-up reveal of its first production car after a year fraught with financial troubles, employee attrition, and lawsuits.
Priya Anand
DMV Threatens Legal Action After Uber Rolls Out Self-Driving Cars In SF
The same day Uber started testing autonomous cars in San Francisco, the California DMV asked the company to cease its program until it obtains a permit from the agency.
Priya Anand
Google Parent Alphabet Spins Out Self-Driving Car Company As Waymo
Founded in 2009 as a Google X moonshot, Google's autonomous car project becomes a real company.
Priya Anand
Privacy Advocates Ask Uber To Reverse Decision To Track Users After Rides End
The Electronic Frontier Foundation said users should have the ability to opt-out of an app update that tracks riders five minutes after they’ve been dropped off.
Priya Anand
Uber Just Bought An AI Startup To Make Its Self-Driving Cars Smarter
The ride-hail giant is opening up an AI Lab.
Priya Anand
Here's What It Was Like Inside The Deadly Oakland Warehouse Party Fire
As many as 40 people are feared to have died after the blaze at the artists warehouse in Oakland, California, on Friday.
Stephanie M. Lee
Trump’s Transportation Secretary May Be Friendly To Uber and Lyft
Elaine Chao served as labor secretary under President George W. Bush.
Priya Anand
Ola, Uber’s Largest Competitor In India, Adds Apple Music And In-Car Entertainment
India is Uber’s biggest battleground and Ola's newest features just turned up the heat.
Pranav Dixit
Lyft Kills The Pink Mustache And Launches National Ad Campaign Against Uber
Your app will glow the same color as a device on the dashboard of a car.
Priya Anand
Nobody Is Sure What Trump's $1 Trillion Transportation Plan Will Actually Look Like
Or who will run it.
Priya Anand
Instagram’s Algorithm Kept Resurfacing Optimistic Pro-Hillary Posts After She Lost
Instagram's algorithm reorders posts to put the ones it thinks people will care about most at the tops of their feeds.
Priya Anand
Latino Voters Are Freaking Out Over Trump's Win
"I'm scared and disappointed about what's going to happen."
Priya Anand
Tech Is Freaking Out Over Trump's Victory
"Everyone I know in Silicon Valley is in shock."
Priya Anand
Uber, Lyft, And Zipcar Want To Get You To The Polls
Vote!
Priya Anand
San Francisco's Oldest Taxi Company Sues Uber For Predatory Pricing
Desoto Cab alleges the ride-hail giant has created a “race to the bottom" in its home market of San Francisco.
Priya Anand
Uber App Update Brings Snapchat And Yelp To Ride-Hail
Uber adds Eats, Yelp, and calendar integration to a newly redesigned app in hopes of making ride-hail a transportation lifestyle.
Priya Anand
Supporters To Donald Trump: Don’t Mess Up This Opportunity
"Keep toeing the line that Hillary’s a criminal," one supporter urged.
Priya Anand
Elon Musk Wants To Power Every Home With A Solar Roof
The Tesla CEO wants you to buy an electric car to store in your garage in a home with a solar roof that has a battery pack to store all that energy from the sun – all from his companies.
Priya Anand
Uber Drivers Win Right To Minimum Wage And Holiday Pay In UK
The decision could have huge ramifications for workers in the so-called gig economy.
Sara Spary
