Ride-share companies scored a victory in the California Supreme Court, allowing them to continue classifying gig workers as independent contractors rather than employees. Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other gig-economy companies invested around $200 million in the passage of Proposition 22, which voters approved in 2020. The state’s highest court rejected a legal challenge from a… Continue reading California Supreme Court upholds classification of gig workers as independent contractors
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Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have finally won the Prop 22 gig worker battle
/ The ride-hailing and food delivery services won’t have to classify gig workers as employees. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story California Gig Workers Union members gather outside the Supreme… Continue reading Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have finally won the Prop 22 gig worker battle
CrowdStrike Offers $10 Gift Card as Apology for Shutting Down Basically the Whole Earth
“To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!” Free Snacks CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm behind last week’s epic global computer meltdown — seemingly the largest IT outage in history — is offering its partners a hilariously inadequate mea culpa: a $10 Uber Eats gift card in apology.… Continue reading CrowdStrike Offers $10 Gift Card as Apology for Shutting Down Basically the Whole Earth
Tesla shares close down 12% after earnings miss for biggest slump since 2020
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla. Antonio Masiello | Getty Images Tesla shares plummeted the most since 2020 after the electric vehicle maker reported weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings and another drop in automotive revenue. The stock closed down 12% on Wednesday at $215.99. It’s now down 13% for the year, while the Nasdaq is up 16% over… Continue reading Tesla shares close down 12% after earnings miss for biggest slump since 2020
German FAZ: Slowly but surely: How and when autonomous cars will revolutionize the industry007341
New brands, new business areas, shifts in value creation and new types of collaborations will permanently change the automotive industry. Waymo with Uber, Zoox with Amazon, Baidu in China and self-driving vehicles of all kinds. An international look at the developments shows an industry that is increasingly in flux. Go to Source
The 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Will Be Unlike Any Before It
This year also marks the first time that the opening ceremony will be open to all and free of charge—well, almost. Spectators won’t need to show a ticket to watch the parade form the upper platforms along the Seine. Those who want to stand on the lower docks, from the Austerlitz Bridge to the Iéna… Continue reading The 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Will Be Unlike Any Before It
CrowdStrike offers a $10 Uber Eats card to say sorry before pulling the offer
Last week’s CrowdStrike outage plunged a noticeable portion of the world into a sea of blue death screens. The cybersecurity company tried to apologize with an Uber Eats gift card but its roll out also ended in failure, according to a report from TechCrunch. CrowdStrike apparently tried to send its millions of clients a $10… Continue reading CrowdStrike offers a $10 Uber Eats card to say sorry before pulling the offer
Global Times: China’s badminton team eye gold sweep at Paris Olympics
BEIJING, July 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Earlier in May, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) unveiled the list of qualified participants for the Paris Olympics, with 173 athletes competing in five disciplines. The Chinese team is the only team in the world set to participate in all five events. The only country ever to achieve a clean… Continue reading Global Times: China’s badminton team eye gold sweep at Paris Olympics
MetaVs New Llama 3.1 AI Model Is Free, Powerful, and Risky
Most tech moguls hope to sell artificial intelligence to the masses. But Mark Zuckerberg is giving away what Meta considers to be one of the world’s best AI models for free. Meta released the biggest, most capable version of a large language model called Llama on Monday, free of charge. Meta has not disclosed the… Continue reading MetaVs New Llama 3.1 AI Model Is Free, Powerful, and Risky
Abortion Rights Groups Rush to Back Kamala Harris
Reproductive rights organizations have been quick to come out in support of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee after President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he would drop out of the presidential race and endorse Harris instead. Harris could be an even stronger proponent for reproductive health care than… Continue reading Abortion Rights Groups Rush to Back Kamala Harris