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A Senator Just Introduced The First-Ever National Gig Economy Bill
Sen. Mark Warner introduced a bill today that would set aside $20 million to try to figure out how to get benefits for gig workers and other nontraditional employees.
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Tesla Replaces Head Of HR Amid Allegations Of Poor Working Conditions, Harassment
Tesla’s head of HR is leaving the electric carmaker amid allegations of unsafe working conditions, labor violations, harassment and discrimination at the company’s California plant.
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Racial Profiling Is Still A Problem On Nextdoor
Nine months after the social network for neighbors announced an algorithmic fix for racial profiling and doubled down on its commitment to fighting it, the site still has a problem with posts that unfairly target people of color.
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Google Wants To Help You Get A Job
Google announced “Google for Jobs,” a new search product that will help people across the spectrum of skills and experience find a job.
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Show This App The Receipts, And It Could Save You Money On Late Deliveries
Just give Paribus your credit card info, login credentials, access to your inbox, and the ability to send emails from your account, and you could get a refund on shipping fees the next time an Amazon or Walmart delivery arrives late.
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Some Uber Customers Will Pay More So Drivers Can Buy Injury Insurance
Uber is raising its rates in eight states by 5 cents per mile to cover the cost of optional personal injury insurance for drivers.
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Apple Says It’ll Invest More In US Manufacturing, Just Like Trump Wanted
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a $1 billion job fund yesterday to fund advance manufacturing and create new jobs in the United States.
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Google Technology Is Helping Exterminators Kill Bugs Faster
Google, Accenture, and a pest extermination company teamed up to build an app that could be the future of killing bugs.
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Airbnb Just Settled Its Lawsuit Against San Francisco
Airbnb agreed to build technology that will automatically register new hosts with the city when they sign up, as well as to deactivate existing hosts who don’t comply.
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Airbnb Is Working On A Device That Could Solve An Annoying Travel Problem
Airbnb is working on a concept for a “beam modem” device that could someday help travelers without Internet access or cell service navigate the unconnected world, according to a new patent filed this week.
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Airbnb Will Cooperate With Regulators Looking To Root Out Racists
Airbnb has agreed to report some instances of race-based discrimination to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which will independently investigate hosts.
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Blue Apron Has “Concerns” Over Proposed Food Safety Regulation
Blue Apron is pushing back against a California State Assembly bill aimed at requiring employees of meal-kit companies who handle raw food to get state-mandated food safety certification.
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Here’s What We Know About The FCC’s Plan To Roll Back Net Neutrality
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai gave a speech in Washington DC today in which he outlined his plan to roll back net neutrality rules introduced under President Obama.
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Uber Made It Easy For Riders To See Their Ratings
4.9 or bust.
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Workers Involved In Union Activities Say Tesla Is Illegally Intimidating Them
Last week, the union trying to organize Tesla’s Fremont factory filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that the company is illegally preventing workers from distributing information about the unionization effort.
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Waymo Says Uber Concealed A Secret Technology It Copied From Waymo From The Court
Waymo swiped back at Uber in court filings today, alleging that the company intentionally concealed a secret, second self-driving technology from the court.
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Instacart Is Testing A New Interface For Tipping
Tipping has been a contentious issue between Instacart and its delivery workers. Now, the company is testing a more prominent tipping interface.
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Blue Apron Has Been Dinged For A “Serious” Worker Safety Violation — Again
A 2016 inspection of Blue Apron’s California food packaging facility found five worker safety violations, including one that could potentially have resulted in “death or serious physical harm,” for which the company has been initially fined $6,580. The violations are currently “under contest” by Blue Apron.
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Here’s How Hackers Used Airbnb To Rob Hosts’ Homes
The company has already introduced new security measures to prevent this kind of hack from happening again.
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These Takeout Robots Won’t Wipe Out Delivery Jobs Just Yet
But that doesn’t mean the people of San Francisco are going to like them.
