Instacart projects a strong third quarter as more people place orders

Instacart projected its third-quarter gross transaction value and core profit above analysts’ estimates on Tuesday, betting on higher transaction and advertisement fees and more orders on its online grocery delivery platform.

Shares of the company jumped more than 7% after the bell.

Instacart has partnered with retailers to offer same-day delivery of products ranging from home imp

Elon Musk’s ‘civil war’ X comment gets blasted by U.K.

The British government has called on Elon Musk to act responsibly after the tech billionaire used his social media platform X to unleash a barrage of posts that officials say risk i

This is the latest device New York City is using for emergency messaging

Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather.

With a buzzing sound in the background, a drone equipped with a loudspeaker flies over homes warning peopl

NASA’s next astronaut launch to the ISS is delayed. Here’s why

NASA is delaying its next astronaut launch to buy more time at the International Space Station for Boeing’s troubled new crew capsule.

The space agency said Tuesday it’s bumping SpaceX’s four-person flight from this month to next. It’s now targeted

The Biden administration has been trying to improve the U.S.’s cybersecurity—no thanks to Congress

Over the past three years, the White House has quietly been working to raise the nation’s information-security shields. And it has done so largely without the help of Congress. 

Instead of seeking new legislation, the Biden administration built its own scaffolding for this effort, starting with an 8,000-plus word executive order (EO) on cyb

Am I a heartless ghoul if I post a photo of my viral croissant in times of global warfare?

There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what about the rest of the rules? When can we really remind someone of our old Venmo request? What happens when someone tries to flirt with you on LinkedIn?

Fortunately, terminally online writers Delia Cai and St

Why Google isn’t Standard Oil, AT&T, or even Microsoft

When Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Monday that Google had engaged in illegal behavior to maintain a monopoly on web search, major media outlets didn’t hesitate to call the decision a “landmark.” That would be a fair assessment if we were talking about the fate of

Mozilla wants you to love Firefox again

Last month, Mozilla made a quiet change in Firefox that caused some diehard users to revolt.

Deep in the browser’s privacy settings, Firefox introduced an experimental “privacy-preserving ad measurement” toggle, enabling it by default without explanation or disclosure. It’s a system that Mozilla designed in partnership with Meta, allowing advertisers to measure

Reddit forecasts higher quarterly revenue, owing to growing ad spend

Reddit forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, a sign that a recovering digital ad market would draw new advertisers to the social media platform.

The results, the company’s second after it went public in March, follow bigger rival Meta’s upbeat second-quarter revenue and rosy sales forecast, driven by robust digital-ad spending.

The earnings also fan optimism that Reddit&#

Brokerage outage: Schwab blames high trading volumes and a technical issue

Charles Schwab & Co. said on Tuesday that high trading volumes and a technical issue with a key vendor triggered temporary outages on its trading platform on Monday, a day when its customers rushed to navigate an outsize market sell-off.

A spokesperson for the firm did not identify what kind of technical issue hampered the ability of Schwab client


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