Future of Work New York’s new wage law for Uber drivers is a lesson for cities around the world Alex Rosenblat rode along with Uber drivers for 5,000 miles. We talked with her about the huge impact the law could have. by Erin Winick 2018-12-13T04:00:00-05:00
Silicon Valley Silicon Valley’s 2017 Report Card It’s been a bad year for America’s biggest tech hub—though not because of a lack of innovation. by Martin Giles 2017-12-26T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity The Tech World Is Convinced 2021 Is Going to Be the Best Year Ever If the crystal ball is right, you’ll be eating lab-grown chicken nuggets in your autonomous car and thanking your lucky stars for male birth control. by Rachel Metz 2017-07-26T00:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Hailing a Different Ride in Austin Following a bruising political battle, Uber and Lyft pulled out of Austin, Texas, making room for new forms of ride-sharing. by Dan Solomon 2017-03-07T00:00:00-05:00
Business Impact Ride-Hailing Apps Have a Racism Problem Travelers with African-American-sounding names suffer longer waits and more cancellations than their white-sounding counterparts. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-10-31T14:35:00-04:00
Rewriting Life The Best—and Worst—Things About Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot The government’s latest plans to beat cancer range from inspiring to highly questionable. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-10-17T16:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Lyft’s Driverless Pipe Dream Getting car-service vehicles to drive themselves in the next five years will require huge improvements in a technology that is very far from being finished. by Will Knight 2016-09-19T15:55:00-04:00
Connectivity This Is How Americans Really Feel About Uber and Lyft A new report shows that 15 percent of Americans have used ride-hailing services, but more than twice as many have never heard of them. by Michael Reilly 2016-05-20T17:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Uber and Lyft Are Still Trying to Avoid Acting Like Regular Employers Two of the most prominent names in the gig economy continue to struggle with their labor practices. by Michael Reilly 2016-01-27T12:20:00-05:00
Business Impact Big Auto Searches for Meaning Beyond Selling Cars Car companies from Ford to BMW take a page from Silicon Valley’s playbook to offer transportation services, in some cases without a real business model in mind. by Bradley Berman 2016-01-21T00:00:00-05:00