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The decay of Google, Amazon, and Facebook are part of a larger trend.
The protests spotlight gig workers’ lack of basic labor protections.
The Dropout, Super Pumped, and WeCrashed try to break up our love affair with tech founders. They don’t totally succeed.
The car rental giant is making a huge bet on electric vehicles — and bringing Uber along for the ride.
Ride-sharing companies are pushing to make a third category of “independent” worker the law of the land. Drivers say the notion of independence is little more than a mirage.
That could mean big trouble for companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash.
The full pardon of Anthony Levandowski came out of nowhere.
Californians will vote on whether ride-hailing drivers should be independent contractors or full-time employees.
Demand for bikes is surging, but the supply chain is still catching up.
When dividing and conquering goes wrong.
Ride-share drivers lack employment protections that could keep them safer.
The company documented nearly 6,000 sexual assaults in two years.
It could be the latest business practice in the gig economy to raise regulatory questions.
Uber and Lyft drivers need to decide if they want to unionize, and how. Plus, legal and political challenges are looming.
Check our IPO tracker for a glimpse at the performance of some of the biggest new public companies in tech.
Uber and Lyft may not convince anyone that drivers aren’t core to their business, but the argument is a strategic move to buy time.
How will the companies react to California’s new regulations? Ask Austin.
It might not be as good a time to call yourself a tech company as it used to.
Politicians in California have passed a new bill aimed at making gig economy companies give workers more protections, like a minimum wage. But the real test will be in the courtroom.
Its competitors are consolidating, but Uber Eats says acquisitions aren’t in its near future.
An interview with Times reporter and author Mike Isaac, on covering a titanic battle and being used as leverage in that battle.
On the latest episode of Recode Decode, Kraus says the rocky debuts of the ride-hailing giants on Wall Street have not scared Lime away from an eventual IPO.
Anthony Levandowski could face up to 10 years in prison after being indicted for allegedly stealing trade secrets.
Wall Street isn’t happy.
“The internet started out as the delicate flower. It had to be cultivated and we had let it see where it was going to go. Now we know where it’s going to go, and it’s time to put in the guardrails.”
Food delivery prices, labor rights, and the state of the IPO market are all at stake.
“It’s one of the functions of building a big, powerful platform that has a lot of positive impact. There are other things that come with it. It’s your job to evolve.”
The one thing drivers really want is the one thing ride-hail companies don’t want to give them.
Friday was bad. But how’s Monday?
Why Uber’s biggest shareholder, SoftBank, is so important to understanding Silicon Valley today.
Uber says the protests haven’t impacted their business, but the global day of action shows drivers’ growing frustration.
As the company continues to reduce drivers’ pay, they’ll make their frustrations heard.
On the latest Recode Decode, Kapor Klein says we need to “take a deep hard look at the BS notion of meritocracy.”
And why Tesla’s so-called Autopilot features are not really “self-driving.”
It’s the most important tech IPO in five years.
What is Uber? It’s an amalgamation of a bunch of Ubers of other countries.
The last time unprofitable companies went public at this rate was in 2000 — the year the dot-com bubble burst.
Community outrage over Amazon HQ2 is just one example of the city demanding oversight of tech’s expansion.
Believe in Logan Green and John Zimmer. Or don’t.