Tech
It’s Scarily Easy To Track Someone Around A City Via Their Instagram Stories
By cross-referencing just one hour of footage from public webcams with stories taken in Times Square, BuzzFeed News confirmed the full identities of a half dozen people.
Megha Rajagopalan
Someone Is Doxing Hong Kong Protesters And Journalists — And China Wants Them To Keep Going
Days after an activist was doxed, thugs brutally attacked him outside his home. The site with information on him and more than 100 others is being spread by Chinese state media.
Rosalind Adams
Alexa Plays The Highwaymen Instead Of The Highwomen
"Me: Alexa, play the Highwomen. Alexa: Shuffling songs by the Highwaymen. Me: [dies of patriarchy]."
Nicole Nguyen
YouTube Announced That It Will Be Unverifying Some Creators
It was chaos on Thursday as YouTube tried to announce an update that would remove the verified checkmark from some users.
Ryan Broderick
Sega Genesis Mini Review: Like A Time Machine To The '90s
This thing will zap you right back to the '90s. Not literally, though.
Andy Golder
Instagram's Opioid Recovery Hashtags Are Full Of Drug Dealers
“Oxys, Roxy, Xans, Addy, codeine, perc...Available 24.7 for delivery.”
Joseph Bernstein
Google Is Allowing People To Dial A Phone Number To Talk To Google Assistant
The feature will let people in countries like India where millions of people still use feature phones ask Google Assistant for sports scores, weather forecasts, and more.
Pranav Dixit
These Brave Tech Workers Were Locked Out Of A WeWork Office By An Umbrella
“The umbrella has turned our office into an unmanned panic room.”
Katie Notopoulos
Instagram Users Under 18 Will Soon Be Blocked From Seeing Posts Promoting Certain Cosmetic Surgery And Diet Products
A spokesperson for Instagram said that it's about reducing the pressure that people can sometimes feel using social media.
Ryan Broderick
A Huge Market With Millions Of Smokers Just Banned Vapes Entirely
Violators will be jailed for up to three years and fined up to $7,000.
Pranav Dixit
Everyone's Putting Their Faces In This ImageNet Roulette App. Here's How It Works.
"ImageNet Roulette regularly classifies people in dubious and cruel ways," said its makers. That's the point.
Ryan Broderick
Facebook Really, Really Wants To Open A Portal Inside Your House
Facebook’s second-generation Portal, announced today, is more affordable than last year’s device. There’s also a new product built just for TV.
Nicole Nguyen
This Is The Year To Get An Apple Watch
With the release of the Apple Watch Series 5, the perfectly capable Series 3 drops to $199.
Nicole Nguyen
It's Not Just Millennials — Gen Z Is Dealing With A Lot Of Debt Now Too
Having lots of debt at a young age "is the new normal."
Venessa Wong
An iPhone 11 Pro Review For Dogs (And Their Owners)
Very telephoto. Much ultrawide. Wow.
John Paczkowski
Elon Musk Paid A Private Investigator $50,000 To Dig Up Dirt On A British Cave Rescuer He Called A "Pedo Guy"
“When I said ‘pedo guy,’ I didn’t mean that he was literally a pedophile; it was just an insult.”
Ryan Mac
Apple Stores Are Boring But They’re Still Raking In Cash
The company’s sleek stores changed retail but have struggled to keep shoppers amazed.
Leticia Miranda
Tim Cook Will Have To Pry My iPhone SE From My Cold, Tiny Hands
New iPhone season is here. But don’t give in to FOMO — the iPhone 7 is still the most-used phone in the United States.
Venessa Wong
Three Senators Are Demanding Answers From Amazon About Its "Unfair And Dangerous" Delivery System
Following a BuzzFeed News investigation into Amazon's delivery network, Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren, and Sherrod Brown wrote to Jeff Bezos, accusing the tech giant of disregarding public safety and workers’ rights and demanding information about the companies that deliver its packages.
Ken Bensinger
President Trump Said He Plans To Ban Vape Flavors
“It’s not a wonderful thing.”
Leticia Miranda
22 Funny Tweets About The iPhone 11
It's mostly jokes about that dual-lens rear camera.
Christopher Hudspeth
The New iPhone Is Triggering People's Fear Of Small Holes
WARNING: Do not look at this if you get squicked out by images of small holes.
Katie Notopoulos
Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Apple’s New iPhone 11 And iPhone 11 Pro
Apple just announced its brand-new iPhones: the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, as well as the iPhone 11, the XR upgrade. Highlights include a camera with three lenses on the Pro and, at last, official PORTRAIT MODE FOR PETS on the iPhone 11.
Nicole Nguyen
In 2011, Jeffrey Epstein Was A Known Sex Offender. The Leaders Of Amazon, Google, And Tesla Dined With Him Anyway.
After pleading guilty to charges of soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, Jeffrey Epstein spent part of 2011 reintroducing himself to elite society. A March 2011 dinner with the most powerful figures in tech showed just how connected he was.
Peter Aldhous
Private Instagram Posts Aren’t Exactly Private
A shockingly simple work-around allows your followers to share private photos and videos posted to both Facebook and Instagram.
Ryan Broderick
Nearly Every State Is Launching An Antitrust Investigation Of Google
Attorneys general from 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, have announced their plan to launch an antitrust investigation focused on Google, which they referred to as an "online search juggernaut."
Nicole Nguyen
Period Tracker Apps Used By Millions Of Women Are Sharing Incredibly Sensitive Data With Facebook
Data including when women last had sex was sent to Facebook and other third-party services, according to new research shared exclusively with BuzzFeed News.
Megha Rajagopalan
Apple Unveils New iPhone 11, Pro And Pro Max, Apple Watch, Apple TV+, More
BuzzFeed News is at the Steve Jobs Theater with all of the latest.
John Paczkowski
Apple Has Confirmed Uighurs Were Targeted In Wide-Ranging Phone Hacking Scheme
In a blog post, Apple also pushed back on claims made by Google researchers and claimed the attack was more limited than first thought.
Ryan Mac
Google Is Promoting Climate Change Denialism On Its Apps And Mobile Homepage
“Google is aiding and abetting the promulgation of climate science misinformation.”
Ryan Mac
