FTC says Amazon will pay $61.7M to settle charges that it withheld some customer tips from Flex drivers over 2.5 years; FTC will use the sum to pay the drivers
Bird's Fleet Manager program, effectively a franchise model, has saddled some contract workers with debt on scooters they do not own amid the pandemic downturn
In 2019, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google were collectively granted ~27,000 H-1B visas, over 30% of total visas available to private companies
built on an influx of global brainpower, vibrant university system, cities that encourage the spontaneous interaction of people and ideas—has worked so well that policy makers have...
In 2019, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google were collectively granted ~27,000 H-1B visas, over 30% of total visas available to private companies
Five tech companies use nearly 30,000 H1-B visas, while over 50% of graduate STEM degrees are earned by international students
A look at Amazon Handmade, an Etsy competitor that launched in 2015, which sellers say operates like the rest of Amazon with little differentiation
an Etsy competitor marketed as a ‘factory-free zone, a mass-produced-free zone.’ 5 years later, struggling vendors say Amazon's support of the program is paper thin. @SarahFKessler...
Many people who have lost income during the coronavirus pandemic, including gig workers for Uber and elsewhere, have turned to GoFundMe to fill the gap
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Zuckerberg gives up annual personal challenges, shares his goals for the next decade including a new private social platform, AR/VR, and new forms of governance
Every new year of the last decade I set a personal challenge. My goal was to grow in new ways outside my day-to-day work running Facebook.
In letter to senators, Ring says it has fired four employees over the last four years after it was notified about the employees' improper access to user videos
Amazon-owned home security camera company Ring has fired employees for improperly accessing Ring users' video data …
In Argentina, delivery apps Glovo and Rappi, which allow users to send and receive all kinds of packages, have been found to deliver drugs in ~10 cases so far
including illegal drugs — and poorly enforced laws leave them responsible https://onezero.medium.com/... Sarah Kessler / @sarahfkessler : Drug dealers in Argentina are using delive...
In Argentina, delivery apps Glovo and Rappi, which allow users to send and receive all kinds of packages, have been found to deliver drugs in ~10 cases so far
There, they can be hired to transport anything — including illegal drugs — and poorly enforced laws leave them responsible