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FOIA documents reveal Amazon’s extensive control over delivery drivers it says are not employees, in a case the NLRB sought to settle on terms favorable to Amazon (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 6, 2026

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: FOIA documents reveal Amazon’s extensive control over delivery drivers it says are not employees, in a…

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As robot taxi companies attempt to expand in the United States, they face increasing scrutiny and criticism from drivers, law enforcement and local governments (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 31, 2026

Sean McLain / Wall Street Journal: As robot taxi companies attempt to expand in the United States, they face increasing…

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Massachusetts officially recognizes the App Drivers Union, which says it represents about 70,000 workers and is the first state-certified rideshare union in the United States (Bryan Hecht/The Boston Globe)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 25, 2026

Bryan Hecht / The Boston Globe: Massachusetts officially recognizes the App Drivers Union, which says it represents about 70,000 workers…

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Waymo says its fleet has driven more than 170 million miles as of December 2025 and its Waymo Driver system has been involved in 92% fewer serious injury crashes than human drivers (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Andrew J. Hawkins / The edge: Waymo claims its fleet has traveled more than 170 million miles as of December…

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Tesla’s robotaxi service in Austin is significantly behind Waymo, deploying about 30 cars with safety drivers, compared to Waymo’s 200 cars without human monitors (Jack Ewing/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 25, 2025

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “A Ugly Citizen”, with Quinn Nelson The director’s commentary track for Daring…

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Uber begins rolling out fully driverless WeRide robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, after launching its robotaxi service with safety drivers in the United Arab Emirates in December 2024 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 26, 2025

Featured Podcasts [trading places]: Emily Zheng from Pitchbook 📊 | VC secondaries reach $95 billion 🔥 | Ramp 32 billion…

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China’s transportation, logistics and ride-hailing sectors are accelerating mass adoption of autonomous vehicles, threatening the jobs of millions of drivers (Edward White/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 20, 2025

Édouard Blanc / Financial Times: China’s transportation, logistics and ride-hailing sectors are accelerating the mass adoption of autonomous vehicles, threatening…

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The killing of a cat by a Waymo robo-taxi sparked outrage in San Francisco, as some questioned why deaths caused by human drivers don’t spark the same level of concern (Heather Knight/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Inside the AI Bubble: Debt, Depreciation and Losses – With Gil Luria The Big Technology…

Business & Money

Spirit Airlines to make leave of 270 drivers, demotize more than 100 others

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 28, 2025

In Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 Taxis at Los Angeles International Airport after his Boston arrived on September 1, 2024 in…

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How Namma Yatri, an open source carpooling application, forced Uber, Ola and Rapido to adopt its subscription model without third order for Pusher Drivers in India (Indulekha Aravind / Stay of World)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 3, 2025

Indulekha Aravind / Rest of the world:: How Namma Yatri, an open source carpooling application, forced Uber, Ola and Rapido…

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Filing: Strategy suspended its Bitcoin acquisitions last week, instead increasing its USD reserve to $2.55 billion and announcing a $1 billion digital credit buyback program (James Hunt/The Block)

Heather Adkins, Google’s vice president of security engineering, warns that EU DMA proposals to open up Android and search could lead to a significant increase in fraud within weeks (Matt Burgess/Wired)

AI is forcing consulting firms to move from hourly billing to fixed or results-based pricing, a transition that is proving slow and difficult for the industry (Mark Maurer/Wall Street Journal)

DeepSeek details DSpark, a speculative decoding framework for its V4 models, saying it speeds up AI inference by up to 85% and has been tested on Gemma and Qwen (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

Jefferies: Memory prices are expected to rise 40-50% in the third quarter of 2026 and 30-40% in the fourth quarter as Chinese memory makers are unlikely to provide significant relief in the near term (Hassan Mujtaba/Wccftech)

Browsing: drivers

FOIA documents reveal Amazon’s extensive control over delivery drivers it says are not employees, in a case the NLRB sought to settle on terms favorable to Amazon (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

As robot taxi companies attempt to expand in the United States, they face increasing scrutiny and criticism from drivers, law enforcement and local governments (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)

Massachusetts officially recognizes the App Drivers Union, which says it represents about 70,000 workers and is the first state-certified rideshare union in the United States (Bryan Hecht/The Boston Globe)

Waymo says its fleet has driven more than 170 million miles as of December 2025 and its Waymo Driver system has been involved in 92% fewer serious injury crashes than human drivers (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Tesla’s robotaxi service in Austin is significantly behind Waymo, deploying about 30 cars with safety drivers, compared to Waymo’s 200 cars without human monitors (Jack Ewing/New York Times)

Uber begins rolling out fully driverless WeRide robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, after launching its robotaxi service with safety drivers in the United Arab Emirates in December 2024 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

China’s transportation, logistics and ride-hailing sectors are accelerating mass adoption of autonomous vehicles, threatening the jobs of millions of drivers (Edward White/Financial Times)

The killing of a cat by a Waymo robo-taxi sparked outrage in San Francisco, as some questioned why deaths caused by human drivers don’t spark the same level of concern (Heather Knight/New York Times)

Spirit Airlines to make leave of 270 drivers, demotize more than 100 others

How Namma Yatri, an open source carpooling application, forced Uber, Ola and Rapido to adopt its subscription model without third order for Pusher Drivers in India (Indulekha Aravind / Stay of World)