Ride share drivers in New York are guaranteed a minimum wage — but Uber and Lyft gamed the law by locking drivers out of the app, making it impossible for them to earn more, a Bloomberg investigation found.
Bloomberg collected more than 7,000 screenshots of lockouts and estimated how much the companies could save using the lockout tactic.
Substack has long positioned itself as a safe haven for independent writers — including, at times, publications that contain Nazi and other extremist content.
The newsletter platform is now looking to be somewhere fans can go to financially support their favorite content creators, not just writers, because income from other social platforms can be unreliable. Where have I heard that before?
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In an Instagram post shared shortly after the first presidential debate between Harris and Donald Trump, the star ended the will-she-won’t-she speculation and threw her support behind the Harris/Walz ticket. Interestingly, she cited recent AI-generated fake images of herself:
Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter.
