Katie Notopoulos
Katie Notopoulos is a senior editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Notopoulos writes about tech and internet culture and is cohost of the Internet Explorer podcast.
Contact this reporter at katie@buzzfeed.com
Ancestry.com Is In Cahoots With Public Records Agencies, A Group Suspects
A nonprofit claims its request to obtain genealogical records from state archives was brushed aside in favor of Ancestry’s request.
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• 12 hours ago
Here's How To Check If Your Facebook Profile Was One Of The 30 Million Affected By The Hack
A new security notice returns different results depending on your account's level of exposure.
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• 10 days ago
Here's How To Monitor Screen Time On Your Child's iPhone
Want to limit your kid's time on the iPad or iPhone? The new Screen Time feature is a parental control to set limits for your child (or yourself).
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• 20 days ago
Instagram’s Cofounders Abruptly Resigned
“We’re planning on taking some time off to explore our curiosity and creativity again,” said cofounder and CEO Kevin Systrom.
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• 27 days ago
Here's A Font That Lets You Cheat On Your Term Papers
It's called Times Newer Roman and it looks like a teacher-approved font — just, uh, bigger.
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• One month ago
Is Netflix Doing Product Placement In Its Latest Movies?
Royal Caribbean cruises and Subway sandwiches play a big part in the latest two Netflix movies. Are they ads?
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• One month ago
Broken Bones And Missing Teeth: Scooter Injuries Are Becoming Common At Hospitals
Emergency rooms are seeing people injured on scooters, or by tripping over them, but there’s no hard data on how many. Officials are looking to start collecting this information as they consider scooter regulations.
Katie Notopoulos
• 2 months ago
Tinder's Founders Claim They Were Swindled By Its Owners In A New Lawsuit
Former and current executives at Tinder have filed a lawsuit claiming the parent company swindled them out of valuable stock options and covered up sexual harassment.
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• 2 months ago
Meet The Scammers Who Abused The Shit Out Of The Brilliant Dumb Idea That Was MoviePass
A guy literally used it as a public bathroom pass.
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• 2 months ago
In A Major Turn, Uber Faces New Restrictions In New York City
The city voted for no new cars to hit the streets for a year while it does a study on the effects of ride-hail apps on the city.
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• 2 months ago
MoviePass Canceled Its Price Increase But Will Include Only 3 Movies Per Month For $10
The new $10 plan starts Aug. 15.
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• 2 months ago
A Look At MoviePass's Spectacular Rise And Fall In Just Eight Months
It's been a wild year for moviegoers.
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• 2 months ago
Struggling MoviePass Just Took Out A $5 Million Loan To Resume Service
The company told customers its service outage was due to a "technical issue."
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• 2 months ago
Venmo’s Public Feed Is Bad And They Should End It
There’s no good reason to have a public feed of your Venmo activity.
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• 3 months ago
I Switched On All My Phone’s Settings For A 10-Year-Old And It Was Fantastic
No Twitter, no email: Kids today have it pretty good — if their parents can figure out how to set up their phones, that is.
Katie Notopoulos
• 3 months ago
These Guys Made An App To Cheat HQ Trivia. Then They Went Ahead And Made Their Own Quiz Show.
The makers of HQuack, a site that auto-googled answers to HQ, just launched their own live quiz show app.
Katie Notopoulos
• 3 months ago
That Horrible Verified-Only Mural For Influencers Is A Marketing Stunt For A Web Series
“I expected everybody to get really mad.”
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• 3 months ago
Here's Why Trump Is Beefing With Harley-Davidson
Take this helmet and hop on the back of my hog; there are angry tweets ahead.
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• 3 months ago
