Jason Del Rey

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Uber Starts Accepting PayPal

November 18, 2013 at 6:42 pm PT

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PayPal said today that customers of Uber, the car service startup, can now pay their fares using PayPal. Uber also happens to be one of the highest profile customers of Braintree, the payment gateway company that PayPal parent eBay agreed to acquire for $800 million less than two months ago.

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That Giant Bitcoin Crash in the Wake of China Restrictions? It Never Happened.

December 30, 2013 at 8:00 am PT

This Is What It Looks Like Inside an Amazon Warehouse (Photos)

December 23, 2013 at 7:30 am PT

A New Perk for Google Employees? It Could Be Low-Interest Personal Loans.

December 22, 2013 at 12:03 pm PT

By Setting Debit Limits Following Target Breach, Chase Looking Out for Itself, Too

December 22, 2013 at 8:03 am PT

As Amazon’s Stock Hits All-Time High, Warehouse Issues Under Scrutiny

December 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm PT

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Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work