Uber app gets another makeover to focus on food delivery
The Uber ride-hailing app isn’t as popular as it once was, so the company is freshening up the homepage. For users worldwide starting Tuesday, Uber Eats along with bike and…
Samsung Pay Card is here, starting with the UK
In May, Samsung announced it would launch a debit card sometime this summer, an expansion of its Samsung Pay services. The company delivered: On Aug. 18, the Samsung Pay Card…
In a Touch-Free World, the QR Code Is Having Its Moment
Venture outside and you’ll soon see them. Printed on posters and signs, pasted on pub walls and hotel lobbies, taped to picnic tables in beer gardens: QR codes. WIRED UK…
The YOLOers vs. Distancers Feud Is Tearing Us Apart
Not only are the Distancers wrecking the school system and bludgeoning the economy, they’re also actively campaigning for a second nationwide lockdown. In the minds of committed YOLOers, all this…
Ratio Eight Coffee Maker Review: A Near-Perfect Chemex-Style Pot
A few years ago while visiting my friend, I eagerly watched him go through the entire routine of making pour-over coffee in a Chemex. He weighed and ground the beans,…
A Move for Driverless Mass Transit Hits Speed Bumps
Sharad Agarwal has a prediction about driverless vehicles: “Autonomous public transportation is going to happen,” he says, “and it’s going to happen sooner than with taxis and cars.” Agarwal leads…
Here are the Samsung devices getting three generations of Android updates
Samsung has confirmed exactly which of its devices will be receiving “three generations” of Android updates, after announcing the initiative at its Note 20 launch event earlier this month. As…
NYPD used facial recognition to track down Black Lives Matter activist
The New York City Police Department used facial recognition software to track down a Black Lives Matter activist accused of assault after allegedly shouting into a police officer’s ear with…
How the forced sale of TikTok could splinter the internet
Well, you know how it is. Head out the door for a long-planned vacation, pray nothing major erupts before you get back, and before you can so much as pack…
More affordable Samsung Galaxy S20 ‘Fan Edition’ emerges in leaked renders
Samsung’s unannounced Galaxy S20 “Fan Edition” (FE) has leaked again in new renders from Evan Blass. A series of leaks over the past few months from the likes of SamMobile,…