gig economy

Tech

Minnesota Governor Vetoes Minimum Pay for Ridehail Drivers After Uber Threatens to Leave

05.26.23

By Roshan Abraham
Tech

Uber Charged Riders Surge Rates, But Drivers Didn’t Get Paid Due to Glitch

05.23.23

By Roshan Abraham
Tech

‘Screwed’: Uber Claws Back Double Pay from Drivers After April Fools Glitch

04.04.23

By Roshan Abraham
Tech

Uber and Lyft Fares Skyrocketed But Drivers Didn’t See all the Benefits, Study Says

02.14.23

By Roshan Abraham
Tech

Pay Algorithms Make Working in the Gig Economy Feel Like ‘Gambling,’ Study Says

01.25.23

By Roshan Abraham
Tech

Biden Proposal to Make Gig Workers Employees Sinks Uber and Lyft Stock

10.11.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

Conservative Democrat Introduces Labor Bill That Would Exempt Millions from a Minimum Wage

08.02.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Life

Why Is It Still Impossible to Get an Uber?

07.14.22

By Darcey Edkins
Tech

Grubhub’s Disastrous ‘Free Lunch’ Promotion Shows Why the Gig Economy Is Broken

05.20.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
News

Deliveroo’s New Union Deal Dubbed a ‘Cynical PR Move’

05.12.22

By Ruby Lott-Lavigna
Entertainment

Portraits of Workers Who Prop Up the Gig Economy

05.03.22

By Jihane Bufraquech
Life

Meet the Gig Workers Making (a Ton of) Art for the NFT Boom

04.15.22

By Lucas Gelfond

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Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: November 18, 2024

Saturn retrograde returned direct over the weekend, returning the faraway planet’s disciplinarian focus toward external obligations.

11.18.24

By Melanie A. Davis
Photo by Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Life

Gold Watch Gifted to Titanic Hero Auctioned Off for More Than $1.6 Million

A captain of a nearby ship was gifted the pocket watch by three Titanic widows, who appreciated his life-saving efforts.

11.17.24

By Paige Gawley
Screenshot: Microsoft Game Studios

Gaming

In Defense Of: Rare’s Grabbed by the Ghoulies

I think it’s high time I let y’all know how underrated Rare’s ‘Grabbed by the Ghoulies’ is! It didn’t deserve your animosity!

11.17.24

By Dwayne Jenkins
Photo by PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images

Life

10 Newborns Killed in Fire at Hospital’s NICU

Ten babies being treated in the NICU of an Indian hospital are dead after a fire broke out. Sixteen newborns remain in critical condition.

11.17.24

By Paige Gawley
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Sports

AEW Collision: Mariah May and Anna Jay Deliver a Hardcore Classic

The AEW Collision main event was for the sickos.

11.17.24

By Haley Miller