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Real estate
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Nonprofit, Airbnb helps NYC gig workers get on the path to homeownership

Pathways to Homeownership helps NYC gig workers document irregular income and qualify for first-time homebuyer mortgages through workshops, counseling, and Airbnb funding.
#uber
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Uber headhunted PhDs to join 'Project Sandbox.' After a month, it said that their AI training contracts were over.

fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Uber headhunted PhDs to join 'Project Sandbox.' After a month, it said that their AI training contracts were over.

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fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

DoorDash Finally Found a Way to Stop Paying Its Workers For Good

Throughout 2025, via political donations and not-so-subtle business moves, DoorDash has been showing the millions of gig workers who make its multibillion-dollar business viable that it's willing to spend far more to undermine their rights than to compensate them fairly-and it may soon replace them entirely with driverless vehicles. Last week, the United States' largest food-delivery platform announced it was kickstarting a partnership with the autonomous vehicle brand Waymo-a subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet,
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New York Knicks
fromStreetsblog
3 months ago

Have Cake, Eat It Too: Delivery Workers Earning More, Industry Booming With Minimum Pay Standard - Streetsblog New York City

Deliverista minimum wage raised gig-worker hourly pay while consumer spending and delivery orders increased, indicating no negative impact on business.
US politics
fromwww.amny.com
3 months ago

Instacart backs minimum wage hike for delivery workers, but conditions apply

Instacart supports a $21.44 hourly minimum for grocery delivery workers only if regulators do not impose utilization-based calculations that force shift scheduling and remove flexibility.
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