Emerging Tech

Airbnb to ban Party Houses After Halloween Shooting

A Halloween party at an Airbnb in Orinda, California, located in the San Francisco...

SoftBank Prepares to Take Over WeWork, Pay its...

SoftBank agreed on Tuesday to a deal to take over WeWork for $10 billion...

(Yet Another) Case Against DoorDash’s Tipping Policy

On September 25, Jennifer Peter and Karson Theiss filed a class action complaint (Peter et al...

Facebook’s Calibra Sued over Logo

On October 10, Finco Services, Inc., sued, Facebook, Inc., and its subsidiaries Calibra, Inc., and...

Kik Messaging App Lives After Acquisition from MediaLab

In September, Kik, a popular messaging app, announced it was shutting down to focus on its cryptocurrency,...

Facebook’s Libra Announces Board Despite Exits

Facebook’s ambitious Libra cryptocurrency announced the creation of its 21-member association Tuesday.  The announcement was made...

TikTok Hires Law Firm to Advise Moderation...

Relentlessly popular video app TikTok, created by Chinese company ByteDance, has hired K&L Gates to...

Federal Trade Commission Targets Stalking Apps

On October 22, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it is prohibiting developers of three ‘stalking’...