Instacart is pulling in-store shoppers out of Whole Foods markets. On Thursday, Instacart said its partnership with Whole Foods is “beginning to wind down,” with the online grocery-delivery service wrapping up in-store shopping operations at Whole Foods markets during the next few months. “For our in-store Whole Foods shoppers who are personally impacted by this …

Netflix might let you instantly replay your favorite scenes with one click. The streaming service is testing a feature that lets viewers pause a show or movie and rewatch a scene with a click of the remote or tap on the screen. Right after must-see scenes during some original and licensed content, a pop-up appears offering an instant replay of …

Apple’s rumored subscription news service may hit digital newsstands next year. The company is preparing to relaunch Texture, an app that offers unlimited access to magazines and news outlets, as early as spring 2019, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday. The tech giant reportedly plans to make it a premium product within Apple News, which comes preinstalled on iPhones. …

People really like watching other people play video games on YouTube. YouTube global gaming head Ryan Wyatt told VentureBeat on Friday that people have logged “50 billion hours of gaming watch time in the last 12 months.” More than 200 million people watch gaming videos on the Google-owned platform every day, according to a YouTube spokesperson. In September, the popular …

Tired of the same old, text-based DMs? Good news, then: Instagram now lets you send voice messages. On Monday, the popular photo-sharing app quietly added a feature that lets you share short audio messages with friends. If you’ve ever used voice messaging on Facebook Messenger, this will feel familiar: Hold the microphone button down, record a short message and send …

Holidays shoppers are set to break even more online sales records this year. Adobe Analytics forecasts that this holiday season, which runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, will see at least $124.1 billion in total online retail sales in the US. By Thursday, shoppers had already spent a record $80.3 billion online, an 18.6 percent increase from last year, …

The federal government keeps a map that highlights areas that have or don’t have broadband service. Critics say this national broadband map doesn’t accurately reflect the level of access in the US. Now, the Federal Communications Commission is going to act on this. On Friday, Chairman Ajit Pai said his agency will investigate if carrier companies have submitted incorrect coverage …

Pandora has decided its podcast recommendations are ready for prime time. The company behind the on-demand music app has been testing podcast recommendations in beta over the past few weeks. On Thursday, it officially launched the feature as part of Podcasts on Pandora. The company also added 60 percent more podcast episodes and made it easier to find them. Pandora …

Lyft is getting ready to ride the stock market. The ride-hailing service on Thursday said it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. Lyft said it hasn’t yet determined how many shares will be offered or what the price range will  be. The IPO is expected to begin after …

Google continues to make its tools less gender-biased. On Thursday, the search giant said its Google Translate service will give both a feminine and masculine translation for a single word. Previously, the service defaulted to the masculine options. The new function is available when translating words from English into French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Spanish. It provides a similar function …