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What “Safety Check” Reveals About Facebook’s Changing Role

Questions after the recent bombing in Baghdad underscore the tightrope Facebook walks as it transforms into a humanitarian crisis tool.

Last week, within hours of deadly terror attacks in Istanbul and Dhaka, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature, marking roughly three dozen times that the company has let people in the area of a disaster instantly tell their friends and relatives if they were safe.

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The Food-Sharing Economy Is Delicious And Illegal–Will It Survive?

Politicians talk big about supporting innovation, but as home-cooking startup Josephine discovered, the system isn’t designed that way.

Renee McGhee, a 59-year-old grandmother of nine, was at home recuperating from a bicycle accident when she opened her neighborhood newsletter and saw an advertisement for home-cooked meals. A few clicks later, she learned that the neighbor who posted it had joined Josephine, an online marketplace that helps home cooks coordinate small takeout-food businesses. McGhee’s last job as the manager of a cake bakery had required heavy lifting. After breaking bones in both hands, she’d crossed anything like that job off of her list of potential employment options, but cooking for Josephine sounded like a way to pay her rent once the disability payments stopped—work she could do at home while she babysat her grandkids. She filled out the online interest form.

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Are Empty High-End Restaurants The Next Coworking Trend?

Several startups are offering off-hours restaurant spaces as an affordable alternative to traditional coworking offices.

Turning empty offices into coworking spaces isn’t cheap: You need to pay rent and buy desks, chairs, perhaps a fancy coffeemaker for the kitchen. So while a coworking membership is often cheaper for entrepreneurs and freelancers than renting their own office, it can cost several hundred bucks a month depending on the city and how much access or privacy they want.

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Learn, Vote, And Get In The Streets: What You Can Do Today To Help End Police Violence

Everyone—especially white people—should stand up and commit to doing the work to fix the problem.

Twice this week, the police have killed black men in shocking shootings that were filmed and distributed online, one on Facebook Live—and the horrible violence continued with the tragic shootings of police officers in Dallas. You may or may not have had the stomach to watch these deeply upsetting and graphic videos, but the stories from them are everywhere: Philando Castile, killed in Minnesota during a routine traffic stop as his girlfriend said he was reaching for his license, and Alton Sterling, shot dead while already pinned to the ground by officers. These videos have sadly put new energy into the movement that is harnessing the outrage over extreme police violence toward people of color and turning it into momentum for reform and accountability.

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The Best Global Cities For Working In Tech

Scoring cities by commute times, cost of living, available funding, and other factors reveals the top tech hubs in the world.

Silicon Valley is known across the globe as the cradle of tech innovation. Currently, it’s home to startups and the establishment, from Apple and Google to Uber and Slack. More hopefuls beat a path to this locus in the hopes that the cluster effect will bolster their chances of success.

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