Study: 193 Instacart users across four US cities saw different prices for the same items from the same store at the same time; Instacart says it's running tests
The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age, a trend economists say could be pushing up some prices.
A profile of Priscila Barbosa, who defrauded Uber and other apps by building a ~$10K-per-month business renting fake accounts to undocumented workers in the US
She came to the US with a dream. Using platforms like Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash, she built a business empire up from nothing. Mastodon: @waxy@xoxo.zone and @giannetti@ursal.zone X: @bhumrobhumro ...
Opinion: Apple has the technical chops to safely open up its NFC chip for third party payments apps, and the main reason it is not doing it is the revenue
Oil fluctuated as investors weighed a pledge by the G7 … John Gruber / Daring Fireball : ★ Noted Interaction Design and Security Expert Margrethe Vestager Redesigns the iPhone's NFC Support Ewdison Th...
A report finds over 50 US gig workers were murdered while working since 2017; the families say Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and others offer little support
Uber says driver price-naming and destination previewing policies it introduced last year in California have hurt its business, and is considering ending both
Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle : Tweets: @csaid , @gigworkersrise , @sarah_stierch , @kateconger , @sfchronicle , @davidzipper , @reinh , @gigwc , @ssmith_calabor , @daveleeft , and @mattroso...
How a law professor became the target of posts on conservative sites, social media harassment, and PR firms hired by gig economy companies, for supporting AB5
Labor activists are targeted in a social media campaign as gig economy companies spend millions to prevent workers from becoming employees. Tweets: @darakerr , @aaschapiro , @deaneckles , @gigworkersr...
Personal info of 200K+ Instacart users is being sold on the dark web, including names and last 4 digits of credit card numbers; Instacart denies a data breach
The personal information of what could be hundreds of thousands of Instacart customers is being sold on the dark web.
Some Instacart workers are frustrated over the delay in safety kits the company promised them on April 2; Instacart says it caps the daily number of kit orders
containing masks, hand sanitizer, and thermometers—but two weeks later, Instacart workers told me they've been nearly impossible to order and have yet to materialize. #scoop for @WIRED: https://www.wi...
Instacart workers say they are planning a nationwide strike from Monday after the company failed to offer protections like hazard pay, sanitizer, and paid leave
workers plan to strike (Update: Instacart responds) Bryan Pietsch / Business Insider : Instacart workers are planning to strike until the company gives them hazard pay and safety gear Christine Fisher...
Instacart workers say they are planning a nationwide strike from Monday after the company failed to offer protections like hazard pay, sanitizer, and paid leave
Instacart shoppers are planning a nationwide mass revolt over the grocery delivery app's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Tweets: @jason_koebler and @rmc031 Tweets: Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler...