Tech
Amazon Sellers Are Price Gouging Horse Dewormer Because People Want To Eat It
A $7 horse deworming treatment is commanding prices as high as $45 on Amazon thanks to unfounded claims that it is a cure for COVID.
Katie Notopoulos
The D’Amelios Need To Talk About Money
Wealth is omnipresent on the new Hulu reality series The D’Amelio Show, and in the lives of powerhouse influencer families generally. So why won’t they address it?
Tanya Chen
Apple Unveiled New iPhones And A New iPad Mini
Better camera, faster chip. Steve Jobs’ fairly consequential idea continues to improve at the expected rate. Plus, new iPads!
Joseph Bernstein
The New Apple Watch Is Big Enough To Type On
But how would you explain this miracle of technological sophistication to the simple people of the past?
Joseph Bernstein
A Facebook Watchdog Group Appeared To Cheer A Law That Could Hurt Journalists
The Real Facebook Oversight Board wants content moderation, and it wants it now. What happens when journalists are targeted?
Joseph Bernstein
Facebook Is Making Camera Glasses, Ha Ha Oh No
Ray-Ban Stories can take photos and videos with a touch of a button and send them to your phone.
Katie Notopoulos
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Lied Again And Again To Make Billions Of Dollars And Earn Public Adoration, Prosecutors Said On The First Day Of Her Trial
“Now, in the end, Theranos failed and Ms. Holmes walked away with nothing,” an attorney for Holmes said. “But failure is not a crime.”
Stephanie K. Baer
Uber And Lyft Have Pledged To Cover Their Drivers' Legal Fees If They Get Sued Under The Texas Abortion Law
"Imagine being a pregnant woman trying to get a healthcare appointment and not knowing if your driver will cancel on you for fear of breaking a law," a Lyft blog post reads.
Salvador Hernandez
Get Ready To Use Your iPhone As ID At The Airport
Arizona and Georgia will be the first states to get Apple's digital ID.
Katie Notopoulos
Elizabeth Holmes Might Accuse Her Ex-Boyfriend Of Clouding Her Judgment From Mental And Sexual Abuse
The founder and former CEO of the disgraced blood diagnostics company Theranos is facing a dozen fraud charges.
Stephanie K. Baer
OnlyFans' Ban On Adult Content Cost Sex Workers Followers And Money. Now The Company Says It's Changed Its Mind.
"Every single dime that company has made has revolved around porn whether they want to admit it or not... I think it’s hilarious now watching them try to pick up the pieces from a vase they threw at the wall."
Clarissa-Jan Lim
Police In At Least 24 Countries Have Used Clearview AI. Find Out Which Ones Here.
As of February 2020, 88 law enforcement and government-affiliated agencies in 24 countries outside the United States have tried to use controversial facial recognition technology Clearview AI, according to a BuzzFeed News investigation.
Ryan Mac
Influencers Are Taking Desperate Measures To Recover Their Instagram Accounts
People who operate on the fringes of Instagram’s community guidelines say they’ve resorted to desperate measures after losing their accounts, turning to dealers who say they have a back door to the platform.
Lauren Strapagiel
OnlyFans Creators Are Trying Not To Panic
"I am going to have to rebuild everything from scratch if OnlyFans kicks sex workers and lewd creators off the platform."
Paige Skinner
Big Tech Thought It Had A Billion Users In The Bag. Now It Might Be Forced To Make Hard Choices To Get Them.
Long viewed as the world’s biggest market for “the next billion users,” India is fast becoming Silicon Valley’s biggest headache.
Pranav Dixit
Stitch Fix Took Away Flexible Scheduling For Employees. Hundreds Of Them Just Quit.
Employees are departing the personal styling company, while those who remain fear their jobs are gradually being replaced by an algorithm. “We know the ultimate goal of Stitch Fix was to get rid of us,” one employee said.
Caroline O'Donovan
OnlyFans Says It Will Ban Sexually Explicit Content
The new policy takes effect Oct. 1.
Paige Skinner
Facebook Unveiled VR Work Meetings, Which, No Thanks
The problem is, work sucks.
Katie Notopoulos
The Co-Founder Of Snopes Wrote Dozens Of Plagiarized Articles For The Fact-Checking Site
“You can always take an existing article and rewrite it just enough to avoid copyright infringement."
Dean Sterling Jones
Elizabeth Holmes Is About To Go On Trial, And Theranos Patients Will Be Allowed To Testify Against Her
A judge has denied a motion by Holmes to suppress evidence of customer complaints and their test results in her criminal wire fraud trial.
Stephanie K. Baer
Ahoy, Humans, Do Not Tempt The Cruel Gods Of The Sea
Why I love the @HauloverDaily TikTok account.
Katie Notopoulos
My Phone Doesn’t Realize My Mother Is Dead
Technology has made avoiding painful memories impossible.
Karolina Waclawiak
Activision Blizzard Employees Walked Out Over Discrimination And Harassment Allegations
Players also joined in solidarity with a mass logout.
Lauren Strapagiel
Twitter Permanently Suspended Nine Accounts That Had Been Promoting Pro-Trump "Audits" Of The 2020 Election
One of the accounts was the official Twitter for Arizona’s ongoing audit.
Sarah Mimms
This Is How Streamers Are Reacting To The Activision Blizzard Discrimination Lawsuit
After a two-year investigation, California officials are alleging the World of Warcraft maker has a "frat boy" culture rife with sexual harassment and discrimination against women.
Lauren Strapagiel
Venmo Is Ditching Its Public Feed. But It Still Needs To Do More.
The payments platform still needs to make friends and transactions private by default.
Katie Notopoulos
A Pandemic Safety Feature On Uber And Lyft Is Getting Abused To Scam Drivers And Discriminate Against Passengers
Black and LGBTQ passengers told BuzzFeed News they’re being refused rides due to false claims they’re not wearing masks. But masked drivers are also being accused.
Julia Reinstein
How Sleeping On A Stranger’s Couch Became A Moral Dilemma For Travelers
Host a Sister was supposed to be a safe space for women travelers, but that mission nearly destroyed the group when the pandemic hit.
Tyra Bosnic
Can Virtual Reality Fix My Fear Of Space?
Some places just don’t need to be explored, OK?
Scaachi Koul
A Government Watchdog May Have Missed Clearview AI Use By Five Federal Agencies In A New Report
In a government accountability report about facial recognition, five federal agencies said they didn't use Clearview AI. Data reviewed by BuzzFeed News suggests they should have.
Caroline Haskins
