Government & Policy

Uber, Lyft, DoorDash can continue to classify drivers as contractors in California

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The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Proposition 22 – the ballot measure that passed in November 2020 and classified app-based gig workers as independent contractors rather than employees – is here to stay.  The decision is a win for app-based companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart, which have fought hard to maintain their […]

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Singaporean e-commerce firm Qoo10’s Korean units face probe due to payment delays to merchants

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The e-commerce market in South Korea ranks as one of the largest in the world, but it’s also proving to be a precarious one. On Thursday, South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission announced that it had launched an investigation into two major South Korean e-commerce platforms owned by Qoo10—Ticketmonster (TMON) and WeMakePrice—for failing to pay out

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Apple’s App Store hit with antitrust probe in Spain

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Apple has a fresh antitrust headache in Europe: Spain’s competition authority, the CNMC, announced the opening of an investigation into Apple’s App Store Wednesday, citing concerns the iPhone maker could be imposing unfair trading conditions on developers who use its store to distribute their software to iOS users. Few details about the substance of the

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UK school reprimanded for unlawful use of facial recognition technology

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An English school has been formally reprimanded by the U.K.’s data protection regulator after it used facial recognition technology without getting specific opt-in consent from students for processing their facial scans. The news reignites the ongoing privacy debate around the use of biometric data, particularly in school settings where children are involved. New York banned

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EU to investigate Delivery Hero and Glovo over food delivery cartel concerns

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The European Commission announced a formal investigation into Berlin-based food delivery giant Delivery Hero and its Spanish subsidiary, Glovo, on Tuesday, citing cartel concerns. The Commission will launch an in-depth probe into agreements between the online delivery firms to establish whether any anticompetitive activity has taken place. “The Commission is concerned that, before the takeover,

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CIA AI director Lakshmi Raman claims the agency is taking a ‘thoughtful approach’ to AI

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As a part of TechCrunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch interviewed Lakshmi Raman, the director of AI at the CIA. We talked about her path to director as well as the CIA’s use of AI, and the

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What Kamala Harris has said about AI, tech regulation, and more

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With President Joe Biden dropping out of the race, Vice President Kamala Harris may become the Democrats’ new nominee. In announcing his plans, Biden offered his “full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,” while Harris said her “intention is to win and earn this nomination.” That said,

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Some Black startup founders feel betrayed by Ben Horowitz’s support for Trump

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Some of the richest, most influential investors in Silicon Valley are publicly supporting Donald Trump’s campaign. They run powerful firms that every founder wants as backers. But because of their financial support for Trump, some Black founders are rethinking if they should have them on their cap table, according to seven Black founders and investors

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