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Sam Bankman-Fried Has Been Found Guilty of Fraud

Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty of fraud and conspiracy by a jury in a court in New York. The founder of bankrupt crypto...

Someone Has to Deliver Your Packages in This Scorching Heat

FedEx spokesperson Adam Snyder says the company reminds contractors to closely monitor working conditions. “We encourage our team members and service providers across FedEx...

India more attractive than other emerging markets: Capital Group – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Capital Group, an American financial services company, has said that India appears to be more attractive than other emerging markets in the...

The Evolution Of The Tech Startup Journey: 2 Key Differences Between Modern Founders And Their Predecessors

The startup landscape has undergone significant transformations over the past few decades. With the rapid advancements of technology and practices in the field, the...

Becoming Successful Before 30: Five Essential Tips

Success doesn’t happen overnight. If you want to become successful by 30, take responsibility to start planning the blueprint for your life now. The...

Uber and Lyft Drivers Must Now Set Their Own Mask Rules

As pandemic safety measures have lifted in the US, ride-hailing drivers risk deactivation for imposing their own mask rules.Nearly two weeks ago, Uber and...

Washington State Passed a Contentious New Gig Worker Law

James Childers says he really likes his job driving for Uber and Lyft in Spokane, a city in Washington State. But since he started...

Grocery Apps Hoped to Win Over Amsterdam. Then Things Turned Sour

In May 2021, grocery delivery company Zapp moved into a small garage, squashed between red brick apartment buildings on a residential street called Fagelstraat...

Gig Workers Gather Their Own Data to Check the Algorithm’s Math

Armin Samii had been biking for UberEats for a few weeks last July when he accepted a delivery he estimated would take 20 minutes,...

The UK Is the Latest Country to Tighten the Screws on Uber

For four years, the employment status of Uber drivers in the United Kingdom has been like a colorful beach ball: insubstantial, batted from...

The Amazon Case Signals a Tougher Stance on Gig Economy Firms

The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that Amazon had agreed to repay drivers for its Flex delivery service almost $62 million that consumers...

Why Instacart Is Laying Off Workers as Deliveries Soar

Noelle Marian started working for Instacart in May 2019. She’s an in-store shopper, one of fewer than 10,000 part-time Instacart employees assigned to...

DoorDash Shows Delivery Can Be Profitable—in a Pandemic

In the before times, hands sometimes went unwashed, “zoom” was a sound made by Mazda commercials, and food delivery businesses lost lots and...

The Fate of Gig Workers Is in the Hands of California Voters

On November 3, California voters will determine how the state’s gig workers will, well, work. A ballot measure would create a new legal classification...

Uber and Lyft Win a Reprive, and Won’t Quit California—for Now

Uber and Lyft will not ditch California drivers and riders at midnight, after a state appeals court let them—for now—continue treating their drivers as...

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