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Washington State Passed a Contentious New Gig Worker Law
James Childers says he really likes his job driving for Uber and Lyft in Spokane, a city in Washington State.…
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New York Taxi Drivers Hated Uber. Now They’re Going to Help It
Uber has been especially squeezed in New York, because the city has since 2018 capped the number of ride-hail vehicles…
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Europe’s Digital Markets Act Takes a Hammer to Big Tech
Everyone thinks it’s normal to make a call without knowing which provider the other person is using, says MEP Paul…
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The Entirely Predictable Impact of Salary Transparency
“Firms are also wary of wages getting compressed and losing their best talent to competitors without transparency,” says Obloj. “But…
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China’s Gig Workers Are Challenging Their Algorithmic Bosses
“Even minor disruption in the form of these very small-scale collective actions can bring the station-level managers to the bargaining…
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Biden Puts Surveillance Advertising on Notice
The digital advertising industry of course denies the bad rap that surveillance advertising has accrued. It argues that getting rid…
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China Is About to Regulate AI—and the World Is Watching
Wen Li, a Shanghai marketer in the hospitality industry, first suspected that an algorithm was messing with her when she…
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A Fight Over the Right to Repair Cars Turns Ugly
Chie Ferrelli loved her Subaru SUV, which she bought in 2020 because it made her feel safe. So when it…
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Gibraltar Could Launch the World’s First Crypto Stock Exchange
British entrepreneur and financier Richard O’Dell Poulden hopes that his new venture will relieve the plight of an underserved cohort:…
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The EU Has a Plan to Fix Internet Privacy: Be More Like Apple
Like millions of other internet users in Europe, when Alexandra Geese, a German member of the European Parliament (MEP), wants…
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