Facebook is cracking down on services that promise to help Instagram users buy themselves a large following on the photo app. The social network said today that it has filed a lawsuit against a New Zealand-based company that operates one such ‘follower-buying service.’ The suit is in a U.S. court and is targeting the three …

Recently, in a group chat, I expressed excitement over an unlikely piece of work: a new short film from Adidas. The sportswear corporation, which now also counts Beyoncé as a “creative partner,” had teamed up with Donald Glover to make a series of vignettes featuring him and the actress Mo’Nique trading comic tête-à-têtes. Directed by …

It’s official: Nikkei, the Japanese media firm that owns the FT, has confirmed that it has acquired Singapore-based new media startup Deal Street Asia. (The Nikkei announcement is buried behind a paywall — make of that what you will!) The deal is undisclosed, but the announcement does confirm a TechCrunch report from last month which …

Good day, and welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s pop culture extravaganza! OK, it’s just a news roundup, but we still think it’s pretty cool. Anyway, what’s happening today? Welp, we now know who the villain is in the next James Bond movie. Also, Avengers: Endgame is coming for everyone’s last coin, and …

It’s been over a year since the Cambridge Analytica scandal hit Facebook, and the social media giant is definitely trying to do whatever it can to safeguard user information, announcing a new set of platform policies that developers will need to follow.  Under the new changes, frivolous apps like personality quizzes will receive more scrutiny …

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Uber is reportedly looking to sell shares between $44 to $50, aiming to raise $8 to $10 billion in the offering. This would value the company between $80 billion to $90 billion, Bloomberg reports. Previous reports had pegged Uber’s valuation at around $120 billion. Still, that valuation is higher than its last valuation of $76 …