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A major overhaul to the platform's terms of service means that furry content is effectively banned, leaving many creators scrambling.

Fansly Outlaws Furry Content

Facing the loss of his home, one disgruntled Uber driver decided to take matters into his own hands and fly to Uber Headquarters.

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After Uber’s App Cost Him His Job, a Disgruntled Driver Flew to San Francisco and Showed Up at Its Headquarters

High-skilled freelancers are finding their wages suppressed as job opportunities drop, all thanks to the introduction of AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Freelancers Are Getting Ruined by AI

Gig economy platform YoungOne is allegedly charging workers an extra fee to receive their wages faster than a month.

Vile Startup Charges Gig Workers to Get Paid on Time

By Frank Landymore

AI has a very dirty secret: that the people hired to train it are making literal pennies on the dollar, which is tantamount to slave labor.

Artificial Intelligence

That AI You’re Using Was Trained By Slave Labor, Basically

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new bill, just passed by California's state senate, makes Uber and Lyft contractors actual employees and eligible for benefits.

New California Law Makes Uber and Lyft Drivers Employees

By Victor Tangermann

You can now peruse online profiles to pick someone you want to hang out with on a platonic level —as long as renting friends is something you can afford.

This Is What You Get When You Rent Friends From the Internet

By Kristin Houser

Airbnb has not been consistent with how it treats hosts using hidden cameras to record guests, sometimes responding in ways that threaten guests' safety.

Airbnb Hosts Are Spying on Guests With Hidden Cameras

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Apps That Provide Benefits Might Actually Make the Gig Economy Sustainable

The Digest: Apps That Provide Benefits Might Actually Make the Gig Economy Sustainable

By Kristin Houser

Driving for Uber or Lyft Is Awful, New Study Shows

Driving for Uber or Lyft Is Awful, New Study Shows

By Jolene Creighton

App-Based Services Spark a New Age of Labor Disputes

Robots and Machines

App-Based Services Spark a New Age of Labor Disputes

By Jelor Gallego