1. India Hinders E-Commerce The Indian government shocked large American companies like Amazon and Walmart with new rules preventing them from selling products by affiliated companies on their shop…
Record Holiday Season for Amazon
1. Record Holiday Season for Amazon ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with car…
Uber Returns Self-Driving Cars after Fatal Crash
1. Uber Returns after Fatal Crash After a fatal crash last March, Uber was forced to take their self-driving cars off the road. This was the first known pedestrian death caused by a vehicle in full…
First Look at Elon Musk’s Boring Company Tunnel
1. Elon Musk’s Boring Company Tunnel Yesterday, Elon Musk opened the first Boring Company test tunnel in Hawthorne, CA where the Boring Company is also headquartered. The tunnel, which measures 1.4…
Facebook Data Breach Exposes Unposted Photos
1. Facebook Data Breach Facebook announced their newest violation of privacy revealing a bug on their server that granted third-party apps and developers access to users’ timeline photos, Facebook …
Apple to Keep Austin Tech
1. Apple to Keep Austin Tech For local Austinites, Mopac just got a lot more crowded. Apple announced Thursday that it will invest a cool $1B in a new 133-acre campus in North Austin, just 1 mile a…
Uber Breaks Into the Ad Industry
1. Uber Breaks Into the Ad Industry Uber has discovered yet another way to make money. The company has announced their intent to integrate a full advertising system into their food delivery platfor…
Austin E-Scooter Incidents Investigation
1. Austin E-Scooter Investigation Three specialists from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are heading to Austin, TX to conduct an epidemiology study (study of diseases or in this c…
Google’s Self Driving Taxi Goes Live
1. Google’s Self Driving Taxi Goes Live Yesterday, Waymo became the first autonomous ride-hailing company to hit the streets without engineers riding shotgun. It’s just you, the car, and nothing be…
YouTube’s Highest Paid Vlogger—Only 7 Years Old!
1. YouTube’s Highest Paid Vlogger 7-year-old YouTube Star, Ryan of Ryan ToysReview, has reportedly made $22M this year playing with toys. Talk about a sweet gig for a first grader! Ryan, with 17.3M…