Prosecutors at a federal labor agency have determined that Amazon is a joint employer of subcontracted drivers who delivered packages for the company in California, pushing back on claims from the online retailer that they are not its employees.
The decision, made by a regional director for the National Labor Relations Boa
Google will soon give California millions of dollars to help pay for local journalism jobs in a first-in-the-nation deal, but journalists and other media industry experts are calling it a disappointing agreement that mostly benefits the tech giant.
The agreement, which
SpaceX’s attempt at the first ever private spacewalk next week will be a test of trailblazing equipment, including slim spacesuits and a cabin with no airlock, in one of the riskiest missions yet for Elon Musk’s space company.
A billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two
DoorDash is making it easier for gig workers who believe they’ve been kicked off the app unfairly to appeal the decision, the company said Friday.
The food delivery giant is rolling out in-app appeals for both iOS and Android-using workers that will allow them to launch an appeal directly in the Dasher app after being notified they were deactivated. Dashers will also see the status of their appeals in real-time.
DoorDash additionally “invested more resources” into
State-linked Chinese entities are using cloud services provided by Amazon or its rivals to access advanced U.S. chips and artificial intelligence capabilities that they cannot acquire otherwise, recent public tender documents showed.
In the first half of the year, there have been 1,571 breaches impacting customers’ personal data from the likes of AT&T. This
Earlier this month the White House announced a slew of new actions aimed at stopping corporations from trapping people in endless customer service loops and tricking people into parting with their cash. The crackdown is dubbed the “Time Is Money” effort, and it targ
As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to accept the Democratic nomination this week in Chicago, here’s our look at what space policy priorities might dominate a potential Harris administration.
Harris’ past
Though the vice president did not do much public work on space before joining President Joe Biden’s ticket, she has overseen the debate of two major space policy issues as chair of the National Space Council:
Gmail is a powerful email platform, but with the right Chrome extensions, you can pour some productivity-based gasoline on the fire, as it were.
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Uber and the GM-owned autonomous vehicle company Cruise are partnering together to bring the robotaxis to the Uber platform, according to a press release.
The companies plan to launch the multiyear partnership next year with a set number of autonomous vehicles. Once the robotaxis are available, when an Uber rider requests a qualifying ride within the Uber app, they may see the option to have that trip fulfilled by an AV.
“We are excited to partner with Uber to brin