Postmates could deliver your next meal by robot

Postmates will be getting a permit to test its sidewalk delivery robots in San Francisco, according to a report. San Francisco Public Works will let the company that’s behind the food-delivery app run tests of the service, TechCrunch reported Wednesday. The San Francisco Public Works confirmed the permit has not yet been issued, but will …

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MoviePass reportedly changed passwords to keep users from ordering tickets

MoviePass, the $10-a-month movie subscription service that once dominated the industry, has been hit with financial issues that essentially brought an end to the company as we knew it. It dealt with those issues in-part by changing some users’ passwords to keep them from ordering tickets, according to a Business Insider report this week.  MoviePass parent company Helios and Matheson didn’t …

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20 best phones that still have a headphone jack

Despite being immensely useful and generally low maintenance, the beloved headphone jack began disappearing around 2016 when Lenovo/Motorola and Apple lopped it off their phones. Since then, the feature became a rarity among premium When Samsung unveiled its trio of new phones in August to debut the Note 10, Note 10 Plus and Note 10 5G, the phones’ lack of headphone jacks signaled another …

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Instagram denies 8chan owner’s claim about El Paso shooting manifesto

Instagram said a hate-filled manifesto linked to the El Paso massacre suspect wasn’t first uploaded to the Facebook-owned site as suggested by the owner of the extremist site 8chan where the document was discovered. A spokeswoman for Facebook said that on Saturday the company disabled an Instagram account tied to the suspected gunman in the El Paso, Texas, attack earlier that …

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Google updates Maps with AR, Facebook tests new video service

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Hyundai Palisade is a surprisingly palatial three

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Use Google Maps to see how fast you’re driving

Sometimes that lead foot of yours can get you into trouble. When you’re cruising down the highway, you may not think to check if you’re going over the speed limit. Fortunately, if you use Google Maps while you drive, you can keep an eye on how fast you’re going with the speedometer tool built into navigation. Yes, we know your car …

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Buy 3 months of Mint Mobile service, get 3 months free

Buying a new Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and need service to go with it? Not loving the price or performance of your current carrier? Looking for a dirt-cheap plan for your backup phone? You’ve come to the right Cheapskate. For a limited time, phone carrier Mint Mobile is offering a pretty sweet buy-one-get-one (BOGO) deal: Buy 3 months of service, …

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Android malware that comes preinstalled is a massive threat

Keeping your Android device safe from malware is difficult enough as it is — but it’s an entirely different threat when the harmful apps come with your device. Android’s open-source operating system allows for more affordable alternatives for millions of people, but it also opens the door for hackers to sneak in prepackaged malware. Preinstalled malware had been discovered on …

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Apple comes under antitrust pressure in Russia

Russia’s competition watchdog is probing Apple over allegations that it’s abusing its dominance over iOS apps. The complaint came from cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab. The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) is looking into why Kaspersky’s Safe Kids parent control app wasn’t updated — causing a major loss in its functionality — while Apple‘s own Screen Time was. Apple didn’t …

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FCC deems 5G safe

Cellphones — old and new — are safe, including those that’ll use new 5G technology. That’s according to a new proposal that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai circulated Thursday. It would keep the agency’s current safety limits for radio frequency exposure the same as they’ve been for 23 years.   Following more than six years of public input and …

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Amazon workers in Minnesota stage another protest

Amazon continues to struggle with worker discontent in the Minneapolis area. A group of Amazon employees protested outside the Eagan, Minnesota, warehouse Thursday morning. The Eagan protest was to raise concerns about working conditions and a lack of parking at the location, which has resulted in Amazon towing workers cars off its lot, according to the Awood Center, a local …

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Uber’s second

It’s been a rocky few months for Uber. The ride-hailing company went public in May only to see its stock price stagnate. Since then, three of its board members have stepped down, along with its COO and chief marketing officer. The company also laid off 400 employees. Uber’s second-quarter earnings, which it reported on Thursday, suggested the situation wasn’t looking …

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