Drivers Are Rising Up Against Uber’s ‘Opaque’ Pay System In London, Uber drivers are protesting a new payment system that they say makes it impossible to understand the algorithms that decide how much they get paid. 05/22/2024 - 11:47 pm | View Link
Minnesota lawmakers strike minimum pay deal for Uber, Lyft drivers “When you take it as a blended rate, that results in a 20% increase in pay for drivers in the state of Minnesota,” the state’s Democratic House Majority Leader Jamie Long told reporters ... 05/19/2024 - 6:47 am | View Link
With quarterly revenue topping $5 billion, DoorDash, Uber push back on driver wage laws DoorDash and Uber are pushing back against measures that set a minimum pay standard for delivery drivers in Seattle. New York City and Seattle are the first two cities in the U.S. to pass a ... 05/8/2024 - 11:37 pm | View Link
Can a Canadian ride-hailing startup compete with Uber and Lyft? A new ride-hailing app promising fair pay to drivers is launching today, starting in the Toronto area, to take on Uber and Lyft. The company believes it will attract drivers by paying them 100 per ... 05/1/2024 - 8:59 pm | View Link
Ohio man fatally shot Uber driver after scammers targeted both of them, authorities say SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio (AP) — An elderly Ohio man who authorities say fatally shot an Uber driver who he thought was trying to rob him after a scam caller deceived them both has been indicted on ... 04/15/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."
Fareed hosts a spirited debate on the House bill that could lead to a US ban on TikTok, with the American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake and Glen Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency. They discuss national-security risks the Chinese-owned app might pose given its many American users.
A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humans, and that the US must intervene. "I think we should be mindful of it," says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he adds, "there have been big inventions in the past - the printing press, electricity, the internet - all of these have been a decried for the possibility of nefarious activity."