February 24, 2025

Your boss is watching

A full day’s work for Dora Manriquez, who drives for Uber and Lyft in the San Francisco Bay Area, includes waiting in her car for a two-digit number to appear. The apps keep sending her rides that are too cheap to pay for her time—$4 or $7 for a trip across San Francisco, $16 for…

February 2023

Chinese influence, loan-collection practices reasons for India’s crackdown on lending apps

February 8, 2023

India’s push to ban over 90 lending apps has sent a panic to the industry as many scramble to understand why they have been impacted. The IT Ministry’s move is reportedly aimed at protecting the nation’s integrity and curb China’s influence in the South Asian market, the state-owned broadcaster said on Sunday. In meetings with […]

Chinese influence, loan-collection practices reasons for India’s crackdown on lending apps by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

GlossAi’s generative highlights are a glimpse of content’s crowded future

February 7, 2023

For anyone who wants to get a piece of content they’ve created out there, the number of platforms and formats means it’s not so simple as it used to be. GlossAi is a startup aiming to automate the process using (what else?) AI, and its approach of turning a half hour of content into an […]

GlossAi’s generative highlights are a glimpse of content’s crowded future by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Silvija Martincevic leaves Affirm to lead shift work management platform Deputy

February 7, 2023

Silvija Martincevic, former chief commercial officer of Affirm, one of the U.S.’s biggest buy now, pay later startups, is leaving to become CEO of shift work management platform Deputy. Based in Australia, Deputy is focused on expanding in the United States and other countries, and Martincevic will oversee its growth strategy. She will also take […]

Silvija Martincevic leaves Affirm to lead shift work management platform Deputy by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Biden to address children’s online safety at State of the Union

February 7, 2023

President Joe Biden will address the nation on Tuesday evening in the second State of the Union address of his term. Per a release from the White House, the president is expected to weigh in on children’s online safety issues, as well as data privacy. The briefing says that Biden will call on bipartisan lawmakers […]

Biden to address children’s online safety at State of the Union by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch