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Lyft has already been declared illegal in New York City.

Lyft has already been declared illegal in New York City . The city's taxi commission is threatening to impound driver's vehicles, saying the e-hailing startup hasn't complied with "safety requirements...

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Social Network With No Revenue or Assets Somehow Worth $4.75 Billion

Perhaps CYNK is proof that we're in a tech bubble. Or maybe investors are getting taken for a ride. Either way, a Belize-based "social networking" startup that has no assets, no revenue, no members,...

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MonkeyParking has given up fighting San Francisco.

MonkeyParking has given up fighting San Francisco. After City Attorney Dennis Herrera deemed the parking spot auctioning startup illegal , MonkeyParking initially refused to shut down. Now they're...

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Not Even Diane von Furstenberg Can Pull Off Google Glass

What does it tell you that DVF—one of the most elegant, fashion-savvy style geniuses of our time, a woman with enough foresight to literally invent a new kind of dress—looks dumb with a face...

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The Wall Street Journal was supposed to have the last word on the GitHub...

The Wall Street Journal was supposed to have the last word on the GitHub harassment allegations , but Julie Ann Horvath claims the story pivoted after cofounder Tom Preston-Werner resigned. For a look...

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Paleofuture Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla | Defamer Some Dawn of the Planet of...

Paleofuture Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla | Defamer Some Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Scenes Were Directed Over Skype | Regressing LeBron Would Be Nuts To Stay In Miami, Because Dwyane Wade Is Dead |...

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Google Spokesman Clarifies That Google Glass Cannot Read Your Mind

British hardware hackers have developed a grotesque appendage for Glass that claims it can read your mind. MindRDR monitors brainwaves, allowing wearers to take pictures by sheer concentration.Read...

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Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, which owns Tinder, isn't sweating the sexual...

Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, which owns Tinder, isn't sweating the sexual harassment suit . "We've been doing an internal investigation that is not yet complete, but so far has not given us any...

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The Sun Valley "Summer Camp for Billionaires" Is Boring as Hell

Several centuries ago, executives behind the AOL-Time Warner deal met in private at the annual Sun Valley oligarch conference to plot their own demise. To this day, business reporters are still flown...

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Cleveland Cavs Owner Who Snagged LeBron Just Invested in Rap Genius

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert must have the hot hand. The Comic Sans-loving billionaire just won the dramatic toss up for LeBron James. Gilbert also boxed out other investors for a spot in a...

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Lyft Slapped With a Restraining Order Ahead of New York City Launch

Lyft's east coast expansion is already hitting serious legal traffic. Despite billing itself as the savior of New York City , the city's tax commission was quick to declare the e-hailing startup...

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Charlie Gasparino Had a Sun Valley Adventure!

Fox Business correspondent Charles Gasparino made quite an impression at Allen & Co.'s rural schmoozefest this week. Both on Twitter and in an on-air segment, Gasparino complained about being...

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Yahoo Gives Up Hope

Yahoo, the last living fossil of the internet dinosaurs, is coming to grips with its own mortality. The lumbering tech giant once bought 48 acres of land in Santa Clara for a massive office expansion....

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Female Yahoo Exec Sued By a Female Employee for Sexual Harassment

Maria Zhang, a top executive at Yahoo, is being sued for sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The complaint was filed today by Nan Shi, an...

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Secret, the anonymous gossip app, just raised $25 million in venture cash.

Secret , the anonymous gossip app, just raised $25 million in venture cash. According to the New York Times, this values the company at over $100 million.Read more...

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Ex-CEO Who Pled Guilty to Domestic Abuse Proudly Launches New Startup

Over the weekend, Gurbaksh Chahal, the former RadiumOne CEO who was fired after pleading guilty to domestic violence, published and then deleted a blog post (printed below). In it, the raving...

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Investor Fred Wilson on how the underdog becomes the overlord: "The same...

Investor Fred Wilson on how the underdog becomes the overlord: "The same could be said of Google, Twitter, YouTube, SoundCloud, Uber, and all of the dominant networks that are emerging around us. From...

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Fox's Charles Gasparino Admits He Was Kicked Out of Sun Valley

Charles Gasparino , the surly bull market bruiser of Fox Business News, managed to get kicked out of this summer's dullest event . But he doesn't care: the whole thing "wasn't worth going to"...

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Sean Parker Cozies Up to Republicans

Now that former Facebook president Sean Parker has his billions from Silicon Valley, he's tackling DC next, funneling cash to politicians that specialize in "compromise." And in Parker's mind, those...

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Google in 2007: Super Afraid of That Little Company Called Facebook

The pending Silicon Valley wage-fixing settlement is a dud, but the upshot is a trove of private executive emails put into the public record. New court documents show the leadership at Google in a fit...

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