Indian ride-hail company Ola is acquiring Foodpanda's Indian food delivery business from Germany's Delivery Hero for $50 million in stock, and has committed to invest an additional $200 million.
Why it matters: Ola wants to complete with Uber's food delivery business, UberEats.
When Phoenix residents begin using Waymo's self-driving ride-hailing service next year, they'll be insured by Trov, a five-year-old startup that provides custom coverage. Waymo's own commercial insurance policies will cover damages to the car and from accidents.
Why it matters: The eventual arrival of self-driving cars will have a huge impact on auto insurance.
If car ownership significantly declines in favor of ride-hailing services, passengers will need protection for lost items, medical needs while onboard, and so on.
Insurance for the cars themselves is also expected to be heavily affected, especially as more self-driving cars hit the road, reducing accidents caused by human errors.
President Trump tweeted this morning to refute a Washington Post report that he considered rescinding the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court after Gorsuch criticized Trump's attacks on the federal judiciary during his confirmation process:
With iOS 11, Apple made an unusual decision in how Wi-Fi and Bluetooth will toggle in its control center.
How it works: Turning off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth there doesn't actually turn off those radios, but instead just disconnects from the current and other nearby networks.That allows Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to remain available for a number of other uses, including AirDrop and AirPlay.
Yes, but: It also runs counter to what many people expect the button to do. So, with the latest update to iOS 11, Apple decided to make things a bit more clear. The button still works the same way, but when you press it, Apple pops up a dialog box (see above) explaining that the "off" button isn't really off.
New studies about engagement with congressional Facebook posts and hyper-partisan Facebook pages show that information shared by partisan sources is increasingly leading to angry reactions.
Reproduced from a Pew Research Center report; Chart: Axios Visuals
Twitter’s approach to verified accounts deserves all the criticism it gets. Recent moves to halt new verifications — and even to remove previously granted blue check marks — will do little to reduce the hate speech, violent threats, and abuse that run rampant across the platform. Amid pressure to keep adding users, Twitter’s best approach can’t possibly be to eliminate rudimentary safeguards.
Indeed, the steps will make Twitter's influence on politics even worse. Come 2018 and 2020, elected officials, candidates and even our strongest democratic institutions will face asymmetric warfare in which traceless attacks remain unstoppable. The threat isn’t tangible like a tank or a bomb, but left unchecked it’s every bit as dangerous.
At least 3 three people are dead and about 100 injured after an Amtrak train derailed and fell off a bridge onto Interstate 5 between Tacoma and Olympia in Washington state this morning, the New York Times reports. The paper reports investigators are still going through the wreckage and that the death toll could change.
Amtrak 501 was traveling from Seattle to Portland along a new route on the maiden voyage of an expanded high-speed option. Amtrak confirmed there were approximately 78 passengers and five crew on board. The sheriff's department also confirmed that there were "multiple motorists" injured but no fatalities on Interstate 5. The National Transportation Safety board said in a press conference that they do not yet know what caused the derailment, but they have deployed a team to Washington to investigate.
This article has been updated with new information from officials on injuries and deaths.
President Trump declared this morning's Amtrak train derailment in Washington state as proof that his — still unseen — plan to revitalize American infrastructure needs to be "approved quickly."
Why it matters: The new rules, which Twitter says are stricter and more comprehensive, were added to cover areas the social media company has historically struggled to manage, such as Twitter accounts affiliated with organizations that promote hate and violence, or those accounts glorifying a violent act or figure. This has been a growing issue this year as individuals and groups identifying with white supremacy have become more active and visible on Twitter.
Yes, but: Twitter's real test will be in how it enforces these. The company has long had rules against certain types of conduct — yet users complained for years that accounts reported as clearly violating those rules were ultimately allowed to remain, or that Twitter responded too slowly.
