Uber drivers have seen a “marked decrease” in their monthly average gross earnings in the past year, according to a new research report from Gridwise, an app that helps gig workers track their earnings.
Uber drivers reported a 17.1% decline in gross earnings in 2023 compared to the year prior, the report said. Gridwise’s report pulls from its database of anonymized gig mobility data from more than 500,000 gig drivers and findings from a survey conducted with 528
Congressional hearings featuring Big Tech head honchos, including yesterday’s affair between the Senate Judiciary and the execs from major social platforms, often get a bad rap. These bitter brawls have been panned at turns as “kabuki theater” and “hot mess[es]”—and for good reason. With a few exceptions, the primary output of these events tends to be new viral C-SPAN clips.
But that doesn’t mean they’re entirely useless.
Most business leaders are all too familiar with the challenges of protecting their organizations from hackers and spammers. But what do you do when legitimate customers are the ones participating in fraudulent activities?
“Friendly fraud,” also known as first-party fraud, occurs when customers file a fraud claim or charge-back despite being satisfied with a purchase. Sometimes it can be done unintentionally—when, for example, a family member makes a purchase wit
Once, body cameras were attached only to cops, part of an effort to produce more evidence, de-escalate tense situations, and reduce force and abuse. The jury is still out on how effective they are, but the technology is spreading fast, and not just within policing. Increasingly, other sectors have adopted the cameras, and nowadays you might spot bus drivers, paramedics, sanitation workers, and even hospital and retail employees sporting the cameras. The idea is mostly twofold: to enforce acco
Without AI, there wouldn’t be much to say about Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra.
While it’s a very nice Android phone overall, it’s not vastly different from last year’s Galaxy S23 Ultra. I could point to the new titanium frame, the flat display that feels a bit roomier than the old Ultra’s curved glass, or the requisite annual upticks in display brightness and processing power. Still the overall impression isn’t so different from the S23
Access to telehealth abortion care can determine whether a person can obtain an abortion in the United States. For young people and those living on low incomes, telehealth makes a critical difference in getting timely abortion care.
These are the key findings from our recent studies published in the American Journal of Public Health and the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
We surveyed 1,600 people across the country who accessed telehealth abortion in 2
Universal Music Group is ready to pull its catalog of songs and artists—the industry’s most expansive—from TikTok, unless the two companies can hash out a new contract that addresses Universal’s concerns about artist royalties, the deepfakes flooding the platform, and problems curbing hate speech and harassment on the app.
Late on Tuesday, Universal went public with a letter (titled “Why we must call time out on TikTok”) that accused the soc
Once considered the hottest startup in Silicon Valley, 23andMe’s fall from grace has been swift and brutal. The genetic testing company, which was valued at $6 billion just a few years ago, is now facing both a possible delisting from Nasdaq and dozens class action lawsuits.
It’s all part of the continuing fallout of the hacking of the company last year. The company has since admitted it failed to detect the data breach for more than five months, giving the bad actors
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Over the past two weeks the world got a preview of the kind of damage AI deepfakes are capable of inflicting. Some New Hampshi
The tech industry has had a rough start to the new year. As the first month of 2024 comes to a close, it goes out in much the same way as it came in: with more tech layoffs. According to tech layoff tracker Layoffs.fyi, January 2024 has seen a total of 28,970 jobs lost across 104 companies. In the past two days alone, job cuts at several high-profile tech companies were revealed. They include:
- PayPal: On Tuesday, PayPal CEO Alex Chriss sent a letter to employee