Henry Chandonnet

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is enthusiastic about the company’s pilot with Waymo. In Q1 prepared remarks, he said the launch in Austin has “exceeded our expectations,” noting that the 100 self-driving vehicles there were busier than 99% of the city’s […]

In 2021, Netflix’s executive vice president of game development Mike Verdu made a big announcement: “Let the Games Begin.” Four years later, Verdu is out—and Netflix’s grand experiment in gaming still feels like a work in progress. Netflix bet big

Just five years ago, when the movie Parasite won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film, Bong Joon Ho, its South Korean director, said in his acceptance speech that American audiences needed to get over their issue with the

Spotify just opened up a new stream of revenue for podcasters. That is, if they’re uploading video.  What was once an audio-first medium, podcasting is now increasingly filmed and produced. That started on YouTube, which is now racking up one

As an app designed to facilitate gay hookups, popular site Sniffies has had a limitation since it launched in 2018—it was accessible only via web browser. Until now. On Monday, the map-based cruising site debuted its Apple-approved iOS app.  Building

Dating apps are a notoriously hostile space towards transgender users. If they list their transness in their profiles, they’re outing themselves to the world. If they don’t, matches could accuse them of catfishing. Picking the right time to tell matches

Wikipedia has faced political threats for years, but this time, it may be at a breaking point. Republicans have ramped up attacks against Wikipedia as yet another “woke” institution. Leaked documents from the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank that,

More than half of Pinterest users believe it’s more positive than other platforms, per a new survey. What’s kept it so sunny? Most social media platforms have devolved into a network of bottom-feeders and rage-baiters. Yet somehow, Pinterest has kept

In 1979, Sony premiered the Walkman to limited fanfare. Now, the entire music tech market has formed around it. Back in 1979, Sony cofounder Masaru Ibuka was looking for a way to listen to classical music on long-haul flights. In

Grok-2 has now made fun of Elon Musk, found an enemy in Mark Cuban, and sparked alt-right backlash. Late Friday night, Elon Musk’s xAI opened up Grok-2 access to the masses. The model isn’t all that different from the original