Citi Bike Is Amazing. Citibank Should Pay for Every New Yorker's Membership(hellgatenyc.com)

37 points by raybb 3 years ago | 38 comments

A VC bought the Flatiron Building and didn’t pay for it(hellgatenyc.com)

155 points by laurex 3 years ago | 48 comments

The NYPD sent a warrantless subpoena for a copwatcher's Twitter account(hellgatenyc.com)

436 points by praisewhitey 2 years ago | 257 comments

Hell Gate article reporting that the NYPD sent a warrantless subpoena for a copwatcher's social media account data but won't defend it in court.

NYPD barred from telling people they can't film in precinct stations(hellgatenyc.com)

200 points by danso 3 years ago | 88 comments

Seattle's new airport terminal can’t fit planes it was designed to handle(paddleyourownkanoo.com)

73 points by hnburnsy 3 years ago | 49 comments

Uber and Lyft paid SFO about $50M last year(sfgate.com)

22 points by kaycebasques 2 years ago | 37 comments

Americans Are Spending More Money to Drive Worse Cars(theatlantic.com)

24 points by fortran77 6 days ago | 89 comments

An Atlantic technology article by Andrew Moseman on why Americans keep paying more for gas cars instead of switching to electric vehicles despite high gas prices.

Anatomy of a credit card rewards program(bitsaboutmoney.com)

1220 points by disgruntledphd2 2 years ago | 705 comments

A Bits about Money essay by Patrick McKenzie (patio11) explaining how credit card rewards programs work and are funded.

Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data(eff.org)

533 points by gslin 3 years ago | 206 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Hayley Tsukayama arguing that Mastercard should stop selling cardholders' transaction data.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted mobile app traffic?(doubleagent.net)

408 points by haxrob 2 years ago | 161 comments

A technical investigation into class action lawsuit claims that Facebook used the Onavo Protect app to intercept encrypted traffic from competitors' mobile apps.

Plastics are poisoning us(newyorker.com)

361 points by fortran77 3 years ago | 416 comments

New Yorker article by Elizabeth Kolbert on how plastics release and attract toxic chemicals and spread everywhere, from human placentas to deep ocean trenches.