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Uber Squeezed Europe’s Taxi Drivers. Now It Wants to Hire Them
Drivers like Hubert might be skeptical of Uber’s deals, but within some unions there is real hostility toward the company.…
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Ford Abandons the Self-Driving Road to Nowhere
Self-driving car developer Argo AI suddenly announced that it was closing its doors this week. Some of its 1,800-odd employees,…
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Why Meta Is Tanking—and How Zuckerberg Can Fix It
2012: Facebook plays catch-up with mobile. Not many people realize that Facebook had an existential scare when the action in…
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Will Be Chaos
After months spent trying to undo the deal he initiated, Tesla founder Elon Musk now owns Twitter. While official confirmation…
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Elon Musk Now Owns Twitter
After months spent trying to undo the deal he initiated, Tesla founder Elon Musk will pay $44 billion to take…
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A Chaotic Crypto Launch Reveals How Hard It Is to Beat Ethereum
Other community members have attacked Aptos for its failure to release the tokenomics—a description of the distribution of tokens, how…
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AI’s New Creative Streak Sparks a Silicon Valley Gold Rush
In the years since, a wave of investment from companies large and small has spread face recognition around the world,…
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Microplastics Are Everywhere. Here’s What You Can Do About It
So what, you might ask—it’s just plastic! After all, if you accidentally swallow a shirt button, it’ll pass straight through…
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How Retail App Temu Lures US Shoppers With Mind-Bending Prices
The prices seem almost too good to be true: Lenovo wireless earbuds for $3.70, an eyebrow pencil for 59 cents,…
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Apple’s App Review Fix Fails to Placate Developers
The new appeals process can save an app after it has been rejected, but developers say the most frustrating and…
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