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Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.
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Kirsten Korosec (via TechCrunch)
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10/1/26
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Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.
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Julie Bort (via TechCrunch)
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10/1/26
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Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
Source: some of the information that the three OpenAI employees allegedly mishandled pertained to OpenAI's infrastructure architecture — OpenAI has parted ways …
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Via Techmeme
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10/1/26
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Lyft agrees to pay $272.5M to settle California claims that it mislabeled drivers as independent contractors rather than employees between 2016 and 2020 — …
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Via Techmeme
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10/1/26
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Kohei Horikoshi's trades superheros for ritualistic horror in his boy-meets-girl one-shot, 'Quit Laughing, Shijima.'
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Isaiah Colbert (via Gizmodo | Tecg. Science. Culture)
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10/1/26
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President Trump reportedly asked for Grok's opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.
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Dominic-Madori Davis (via TechCrunch)
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10/1/26
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Amazon Prime Big Deal Days officially begin on October 6 and 7, but I’ve already spotted early discounts on gear our team recommends.
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Louryn Strampe (via Wired)
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10/1/26
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They're accused of “breaking the trust essential to our work,” according to a company spokesperson.
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Webb Wright (via Gizmodo | Tecg. Science. Culture)
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10/1/26
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This common science demonstration has been an enduring mystery. Now, this electrical engineer has started to figure it out.
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Margherita Bassi (via Gizmodo | Tecg. Science. Culture)
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10/1/26
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Don't be the idiot who breaks their $2,000 foldable iPhone because they listened to some 'experts' on social media.
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Raymond Wong (via Gizmodo | Tecg. Science. Culture)
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10/1/26
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
OpenAI launches two ChatGPT shopping features: a virtual try-on tool for clothing and accessories, and a Favorites feature to save products to a user's Library …
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Via Techmeme
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10/1/26
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It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.
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Dan Goodin (via ARS Technica)
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10/1/26
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More than $237m will be distributed to drivers over firm labeling them independent contractors and not employeesLyft agreed to pay the state of California $272.5m on Thursday to settle claims that …
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Dara Kerr and agencies (via Guardian)
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10/1/26
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The 'Testaments' and 'One Battle After Another' breakout is adding horror to her resume.
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Cheryl Eddy (via Gizmodo | Tecg. Science. Culture)
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10/1/26
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Martin Austermuhle / The Washington Sun:
DoorDash pulls support for a GOP bill that would have limited DC's ability to write its own tax laws after widespread calls for locals to boycott the …
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Via Techmeme
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10/1/26
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This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the voluntary AI safety agreement tech executives signed, AI agents for normies, and extremist candidates running for office in the US midterms.
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Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger (via Wired)
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10/1/26
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It's horrifying to imagine Trump asking AI for advice.
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Matt Novak (via Gizmodo | Tecg. Science. Culture)
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10/1/26
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Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy
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David McCabe (via The New York Times - Technology)
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10/1/26
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The exact date of the firearm is up for debate, but the discovery sets back the history of guns in Korea by 100 years.
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Gayoung Lee (via Gizmodo | Tecg. Science. Culture)
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10/1/26
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Nowadays, phone companies don't ship their new products with a charger in the box. And that means you're going to have to provide your own. The good news is that there are tons of great options out …
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Oliver Haslam (via Redmond Pie)
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10/1/26
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