Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash sue NYC for limiting fees the apps can charge restaurants Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Rebecca Bellan - September 10, 20210 Food ordering and delivery platforms DoorDash, Caviar, Grubhub, Seamless, Postmates and Uber Eats have banded together to sue the City of New York over a law that would permanently limit the amount of commissions the apps can charge restaurants to use their services. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news
Instagram adds new controls for limiting sexual and violent content in the Explore tab Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Taylor Hatmaker - July 20, 20210 Instagram is giving its users a tiny bit more power to see what they want — and not see what they don’t want — in its content discovery hub. The company introduced a new toggle called “Sensitive Content Control” on Tuesday that allows anyone to screen posts that it thinks
Microsoft and partners aim to shrink the ‘data desert’ limiting accessible AI Cyber Security by Devin Coldewey - October 13, 20200 AI-based tools like computer vision and voice interfaces have the potential to be life-changing for people with disabilities, but the truth is those AI models are usually built with very little data sourced from those people. Microsoft is working with several nonprofit partners to help make these tools reflect the
YouTube starts limiting ad targeting and data collection on kids content Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Devin Coldewey - January 7, 20200 YouTube now officially limits the amount of data it and creators can collect on content intended for children, following promises made in November and a costly $170 million FTC fine in September. Considering how lucrative kids’ content is for the company, this could have serious financial ramifications for both