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July 21, 2015
Lufthansa Jet Nearly Collides With Drone
Pro tip: Flying your pet drone when you're three miles from an airport is a bad idea.
A drone nearly hit an airplane three miles from Warsaw's international airport on Monday, the Associated Press reports.
Today in Tabs: The Reichstab Fire
But what's a good hill to picnic on?
At the Gawker editorial Denton-pummeling yesterday afternoon, departing editor Tommy Craggs reportedly compared his boss's decision to take a post down to the Reichstag fire, which is a good metaphor, except instead of Denton setting the seat of the German government on fire, it was more like Craggs set the seat of his own pants on fire and then Denton put it out and said "hey what if instead of being complete assholes, we were a little more like Vox?" According to the tab factory, Gawker was tearing itself apart! Having an existential crisis! An implosion! A meltdown! A civil war! If it had been dancing with Mr. Brownstone and knocking on heaven's door, we'd have a whole Guns N' Roses greatest hits album. People were dying on hills and "Reichstag fire" was trending:
Twitter's New Safety Center Highlights Its Efforts To Curb Harassment
The social network has created a resource for using the platform safely.
Twitter unveiled a new "safety center" on Monday, where users can learn more about its safety policies, reporting process, and tools for filtering harassment out of timelines.
Hackers Remotely Hijacked A Jeep On The Highway
Own a Fiat Chrysler? You may want to update your car's software.
If you drive a Fiat Chrysler vehicle, listen up: Your car may have a gaping security flaw. Uconnect, the Internet-connected software installed in newer Fiat Chrysler models, can be hacked remotely due to a vulnerability in its cellular capabilities.
Amazon Competitor Jet.Com Debuts With "Club Price Savings"
Jet CEO Marc Lore has e-commerce giant Amazon in his crosshairs with the launch of his new venture.
Online shopping platform Jet.com finally opened to the public on Tuesday. After introducing a beta site for select customers in the spring, Jet is now launching with a valuation of $600 million—and is rumored to be in talks to raise that number to $3 billion by the end of the year.
With 40 People Spread Across 20+ Countries, This Startup Wants To Make Physical Offices Irrelevant
The maker of Todoist dreams that even huge corporations can let employees work from wherever. But it's starting with itself.
A network of far-flung employees wasn't what Amir Salihefendic had in mind when he created Todoist more than eight years ago.
Now Even North Korea Has Bike Lanes
A modern idea in a mostly backwards nation.
City and national leaders around the world are joining the movement to create safer streets for cyclists. Now that even includes North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un.
Test Your Eye For Color With This Addictive iPhone Game
How sharp is your eye? Well, how high is your score?
A hue test can be a maddening exercise. Arranging colors into a perfect gradient sounds easy enough, until you're staring at two teals that you swear are exactly the same. The glee of bragging rights goes out the window as you're faced with the limits of your own perception.
Jimmy Wales Wants You To Feel Good About Paying Your Cell Phone Bill
The Wikipedia founder launches The People's Operator today, a mobile carrier that gives 10% of your bill to a charity.
Nobody raves about their mobile carrier. Here in the United States, we merely tolerate the companies whose profit margins we help fatten every month in exchange for the luxury of staying constantly connected. And that's the best case scenario. But what if we could actually feel good about paying our cell phone bills? Sounds crazy, I know. But Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales doesn't think it's so far-fetched.
July 20, 2015
Airbnb Launches New Product To Attract Business Travelers
The rental site is introducing a new-and-improved Business Travel program aimed at corporate travelers.
Airbnb announced an overhauled corporate division on Monday as part of a concerted effort to poach business travelers' dollars from the hotel industry. Airbnb's Business Travel program centers on a dashboard for corporate travel planners, as well as accounting that offers centralized billing, financial reporting data, and information on employee itineraries booked through the service.
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