Lawmakers have passed legislation granting benefits and protections, but allowing Lyft and Uber to continue to treat drivers as contractors.
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In Ukraine’s Information War, a Blend of Fact and Fiction
Experts say stories like the Ghost of Kyiv and Snake Island, both of questionable veracity, are propaganda or morale boosters, or perhaps both.
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Twitch Says It Will Bar Chronic Spreaders of Misinformation
The new policy will take down channels that persistently lie about vaccines and election fraud, as well as Russian state-run media.
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Why Chatbots Are Becoming Smarter
Customer service chatbots may finally become more intelligent, more conversational and more helpful.
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More Internet Options — in Theory
Americans pay more for worse internet service. But that may be beginning to change.
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New York Times Tech Workers Vote to Certify Union
The ratification, with about 80 percent of ballots in favor, makes it the largest tech union in the United States with collective bargaining rights.
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Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Data extortionists who stole up to 1 terabyte of data from Nvidia have delivered one of the most unusual ultimatums ever in the annals of cybercrime: allow Nvidia’s graphics cards to mine cryptocurrencies faster or face the imminent release of the company’s crown-jewel source code. A ransomware group calling itself Lapsus$...
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Anonymity in Crypto Raises Alarm
Investors give money to pseudonymous developers. Venture capitalists back founders without learning their real names. What happens when they need to know?
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Twitter Wants to Reinvent Itself, by Merging the Old With the New
The company is undertaking a far-reaching effort to change how it works. For some, it is an echo of their early idealism and a vision for what the internet could have been.
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Should Tech Stay or Go in Russia?
Tech companies seem eager to support Ukraine, but how best to do that isn’t as clear.