Hacker News with Generative AI: Food Delivery

Exploiting McDonald's APIs to hijack deliveries and order food for a penny (eaton-works.com)
API flaws in the McDonald’s McDelivery system in India, one of the world’s most popular food delivery apps, enabled a variety of fun exploits:

Cybersecurity, Food Delivery, APIs, India, Exploits

113 points by 2bluesc 30 days ago | 18 comments

Grubhub to pay $25M for deceiving customers with junk fees (theverge.com)
Grubhub has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that claimed the food delivery service misled customers and drivers while also damaging the reputation of restaurants.

Consumer Protection, Food Delivery, Lawsuits, Business

4 points by jakubsuchy 31 days ago | 0 comments

FTC Action Against Grubhub for Harming Diners, Workers, and Small Businesses (ftc.gov)

FTC, Lawsuits, Restaurants, Food Delivery, Business

6 points by impish9208 31 days ago | 0 comments

Just Eat Is Selling Grubhub to Marc Lore's Wonder for $650M (theverge.com)
Just Eat is selling off Grubhub to fancy food hall delivery startup Wonder in a deal worth $650 million.

Food Delivery, Acquisitions, Startups

39 points by anotherhue 65 days ago | 84 comments

Couple in a severe Uber crash can't sue because of an Uber Eats order (cnn.com)

Lawsuits, Uber, Accidents, Food Delivery

6 points by peutetre 106 days ago | 2 comments

The food delivery riders living in 'caravan shantytowns' in Bristol, UK (theguardian.com)

Social Issues, Urban Planning, Housing, UK, Food Delivery

19 points by edward 146 days ago | 3 comments

The food delivery bubble is bursting – and maybe that's not a bad thing (salon.com)

Food Delivery, Business, Technology, Economics

14 points by uladzislau 166 days ago | 1 comments

CrowdStrike is offering a $10 UberEats gift card as an apology for the outage (techradar.com)