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Desperate workers rush to delivery app jobs to find low pay and punishing rules

Nitasha Tiku
May 30, 2020 6:19 AM - Instacart, Amazon Flex, Shipt and DoorDash added hundreds of thousands of workers to meet demand. These workers signed up hoping for flexibility, but instead encountered low tips and difficulty scoring gigs.
Commentary: The robots-are-taking-our-jobs threat gets real

Anjani Trivedi
May 30, 2020 6:00 AM - If there was ever a good time for the robots-taking-over-jobs argument, this may be it. Not just because factory owners don't want to pay for rising labor costs, but because workers don't want to gather every day in petri dishes.
Fortnite, rappers and the billion-dollar pandemic gaming boom

Devon Pendleton and Alex Sazonov
May 30, 2020 6:21 AM - A smash success since its release in 2017, Fortnite's popularity has again exploded as people flock to video games amid the tedium and isolation of COVID-19 quarantines.
Facebook ran multi-year charm offensive to woo state prosecutors

Naomi Nix
May 30, 2020 6:16 AM - Facebook went to great lengths to develop friendly relationships with powerful state prosecutors who could use their investigative and enforcement powers in ways that could harm Facebook's revenue growth.
Wearable tech can spot coronavirus symptoms before you even realize you're sick. Here's how.

Geoffrey A. Fowler
May 30, 2020 6:25 AM - Researchers say the constant stream of body data from Oura rings, Fitbits and Apple Watches could eventually feed into apps that offer an early warning you've got COVID-19.
Trump signs executive order against social media companies, escalating war on Twitter

By ZEKE MILLER
May 28, 2020 4:06 PM - President Donald Trump is escalating his war on social media companies, preparing to sign an executive order Thursday challenging the liability protections that have served as a bedrock for unfettered speech on the internet.
Historic SpaceX launch postponed because of stormy weather

By MARCIA DUNN
May 27, 2020 3:45 PM - The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit has been called off with 16 minutes to go in the countdown because of the danger of lightning. Liftoff is rescheduled for Saturday.
Microsoft unveils cloud tools tailored for health-care systems

Dina Bass
May 23, 2020 6:00 AM - Microsoft unveiled a package of cloud software designed for health-care systems, starting with a free trial to help the industry weather a viral pandemic that is both increasing the need for technology solutions and putting hospitals in financial peril.
Copyright bots and classical musicians are fighting online, and the bots are winning

Michael Andor Brodeur
May 23, 2020 6:21 AM - As COVID-19 forces more and more classical musicians and organizations to shift operations to the internet, they're having to contend with an entirely different but equally faceless adversary: copyright bots. Or, more accurately, content identification algorithms. But who owns Brahms?
The hunt for a work-from-home webcam: A story of broken supply chains, 'sold-out' messages and refreshing online carts

Rachel Lerman
May 23, 2020 6:22 AM - Just three months ago, webcams were turning into relics of the past. But the coronavirus pandemic changed that as millions of people began to work from home and heavily rely on technology to keep in touch.

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