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Tesla Is Temporarily Shutting Down Model 3 Production. Again.
During the pause, workers can choose to use vacation days or stay home without pay. This is the second such temporary shutdown in three months for a vehicle that’s already significantly behind schedule.
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Trump Just Signed A Law That Helped Create A New Twitter For Sex Workers
Fearing a crackdown on sex work, more than 28,000 people have signed up for an alternative social platform for sex workers called Switter.
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Uber Is Courting Drivers With Its New App
Uber is launching a new driver app today, and using the opportunity to woo drivers with talk of how important they are to the company.
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Here’s How To Know If Your Employer Can Download Your Slack DMs
Slack recently made it easier for its paying customers to access data in private channels and direct messages. Here’s how to see if your employer has the option to read your private messages.
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These Were Some Of The Most Moving Moments From The March For Our Lives Rallies
Hundreds of thousands of people rallied at March for Our Lives events across the country Saturday. These were some of the most powerful moments.
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March For Our Lives Rallies Made A Huge Push To Register Teen Voters Across The US
Registering young people to vote was a top priority for the thousands of people who rallied across the US Saturday as part of the March for Our Lives protests against gun violence.
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Craigslist Just Took Personal Ads Offline After Congress Passed An Anti-Sex Trafficking Bill
This week, Congress passed the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act, which critics say puts sex workers in harm’s way and could even threaten freedom of speech online.
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It Sure Looks Like Elon Musk Just Deleted Tesla And SpaceX’s Facebook Pages
Moments after joking “what’s Facebook?” on Twitter, Elon Musk deleted the Facebook pages for two of his companies, Tesla and SpaceX.
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Arizona’s Governor Just Suspended Uber’s Self-Driving Tests After Fatal Collision
Five days after police released exterior and interior video of a self-driving Uber vehicle fatally colliding with a woman in Tempe, Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey shut down Uber’s self-driving program in the state indefinitely.
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An Autonomous Uber Vehicle Struck And Killed A Woman In Arizona
Police in Tempe, Arizona, are investigating a fatal crash in which a woman was struck and killed by a self-driving Uber vehicle.
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Anti-Immigrant Ads Aimed At Tech Workers Are Running On Public Transit
A DC-based group called “Progressives For Immigration Reform” has posted ads across San Francisco that say a foreign-born tech workforce has made US workers seem “expensive, undeserving, and expendable.”
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Trump Just Read Elon Musk’s Tweets About Trade With China On Live TV
After Tesla’s CEO weighed in on trade issues in a series of tweets to the president, Trump read them aloud on TV and said, “That’s from Elon, but everybody knows it.”
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Facebook Played A Pivotal Role In The West Virginia Teacher Strike
Over 24,000 teachers and public employees in West Virginia joined a private Facebook group that became the headquarters, forum, and meme factory for the massive teachers’ strike in West Virginia.
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No, Uber Drivers Are Probably Not Earning Only $3.37 An Hour
A professor is revising his shockingly low estimates of how much Uber and Lyft drivers earn after Uber’s CEO sent a snarky tweet.
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Recode Isn’t Going To Change Its Venue, Despite Sexual Harassment Protest
Recode’s annual Code Conference, headlined this year by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, is set to take place in the Terranea Resort, where a worker was allegedly fired for reporting her supervisor for sexual harassment.
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People Are Using Ubers As Ambulances — And Drivers Hate It
Sick people are increasingly using ride-hail to get to the emergency room, putting drivers in an uncomfortable position and a potentially tricky legal bind.
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At Tesla’s Factory, Building The Car Of The Future Has Painful And Permanent Consequences For Some Workers
Tesla wants to change the world by selling eco-friendly electric vehicles to the masses. But some of the workers laboring to build that dream have been hurt along the way.
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The Legal Consequences Of Sending Disappearing Messages At Work
A judge’s ruling on Uber employees’ use of ephemeral messaging apps like Wickr and Signal could impact other companies that use communication tools that auto-delete.
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Uber’s Latest Concession To Drivers Could Spell Trouble For Gig Workers
Labor leaders say Uber’s push to bring benefits to Washington state drivers could doom broader efforts to organize drivers.
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Here’s What Cops Have To Say When Teslas On Autopilot Crash
In the last week, two Tesla drivers who’ve crashed or lost control of their vehicles blamed Autopilot technology.
