Nitasha Tiku · 01/03/14 04:38PM

Pioneering video game designer Bill Budge, who spotted this graffiti in Oakland, said he's "never seen this kind of hate" in 33 years. Image via Twitter.

PandoDaily's One Talented Writer Quits

Sam Biddle · 01/03/14 11:09AM

Hamish McKenszie, who provided the occasional sign of life in an otherwise algae-clogged editorial pro-corporate dead zone, has left PandoDaily for a PR gig at Tesla Motors, multiple sources tell me (and his LinkedIn confirms). Leaving Pando to join an actual startup—Sarah Lacy must be weeping with pride.

Nitasha Tiku · 01/02/14 06:48PM

Snapchat issued a statement about the security breach that exposed 4.6 million accounts. The company promised better privacy protection with the next update, but apparently brogramming means never having to say you're sorry.

Sam Biddle · 01/02/14 04:49PM

Workers in Silicon Valley "bring almost double the amount of money that their counterparts nationwide earn each week," according to new federal data.

Google Glass Fanboy Robert Scoble Breaks Creepiness Record

Sam Biddle · 01/02/14 02:17PM

Overpaid manbaby technologist Robert Scoble, famous for unapologetically wearing a face-mounted camera into public bathrooms, has outdone himself: as evidence that Google's face computers will be a hit, he recorded himself talking to a crew of eager high school girls.

Sam Biddle · 01/02/14 10:10AM

After being basically kicked off of the internet by Google, Andreessen Horowitz's $15 million golden child, is as popular in the new year as it was in the summer of 2011.

Halftime Entertainment, The Silicon Valley Way

Sam Biddle · 01/01/14 07:40PM

Fresh off of being hacked, Snapchat's logo makes an appearance at the Rose Bowl, in honor of the university that birthed it. Technically, guys, it shouldn't have eyes or a mouth, which were removed due to the startup's ongoing legal battle.

Facebook Candidate Uses Awesome Power of Internet, Pulls 146 Donations

Nitasha Tiku · 12/31/13 04:00PM

The best laid schemes of Facebook cofounders often go awry. Chris Hughes had hoped a $2 million home in largely working class Ulster County—not to mention his facility with those game-changing ways of social media—would help his husband Sean Eldridge win a Congressional seat. But according to Eldridge's fundraising emails, the latest attempt to capitalize on his campaign's "incredible momentum" has garnered fewer than 150 online donations in three days.

​Brit Morin's DIY2k13: A Look Back at Making Magic

Not Brit Morin · 12/31/13 10:32AM

Dear Diary/God/All Y'all Makers out there. PHEW. What a year! It has been full of blessings, Washi tape, pretzels with googly eyes on them, Velcro™, 3D printed spheres (put 'em on a bowl!) and doilies used for various things the Lord did not intend them for. But we reached the end, and have so much to be grateful for, so let's peep all the memories we "made" together. ;)

Uber Wants To Help You Avoid Getting Ripped Off By Uber

Sam Biddle · 12/30/13 01:40PM

We are only a day or so away from New Year's Eve, the biggest Uber car fare backlash since the last Uber car fare backlash. Rather than listening to frustrated customers and, say, capping "surge pricing" at 6x or so, Uber's anti-regulation superhero CEO Travis Kalanick has some tips on when not to use Uber.

The Regulatory Crackdown on Airbnb and Uber Is Going Global

Nitasha Tiku · 12/30/13 01:25PM

The kumbaya sound of the "sharing economy" hums right by the fact that the irresistible middlemen who make it easy to find a place to stay or a cab at your fingertips do so for a hefty profit. And when profit and public infrastructure like housing and transportation collide, regulators are bound to follow.