Over the last decade, the rapid expansion of the gig economy has had a significant impact not just on the future of work, but on our digital society. Given its swift rise to meteoric growth, few have stopped to consider the possible negative impact that third-party delivery apps might have on restaurants, gig workers, and […]
We may not have flying cars as “Back to the Future” predicted we would’ve by now, but we are at a point where self-driving vehicles are moving off the roads and into the fields. Agricultural equipment maker John Deere announced Tuesday that it developed technology to create a fully autonomous tractor. The equipment in question […]
Driverless tech company Motional has announced that it’s teaming up with delivery giant Uber to launch an autonomous (aka driverless) delivery pilot in Santa Monica, California. How will it work? The pilot program, set to launch in 2022, will transport meal kits from a select few restaurants on the Uber Eats app with one of […]
It should come as no surprise that Amazon, the largest e-commerce company in the world outside of China, is overflowing with customer and merchant data. What is surprising, however, is that Amazon’s well of data has been leaking. Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and Wired reviewed critical Amazon documents that highlighted the company’s […]
In recent years, the number of independent and gig workers has multiplied to the extent that it now employs an estimated 34% of the U.S. workforce. COVID-19 highlighted our reliance on gig workers in particular as many other parts of the economy shut down. Even though the economy has started to rebound, Americans continue to […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it’ll start to give tips to thousands of Amazon’s delivery drivers, which is something that Amazon has neglected to do. More specifically, the FTC will be paying workers about $60 million worth of withheld tips as the result of a settlement from earlier this year. Amazon Flex […]