insert_link Tech Made Simple Judge rules California Prop 22 gig workers law is Unconstitutional The Verge reports that California’s gig workers law, which allows companies like Uber and Lyft to treat workers as independent contractors— not employees— has been ruled unconstitutional and unenforceable by a judge. Voters approved the law as ballot initiative Proposition 22 in November, with companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash spending more than $200 million to campaign for the measure. Labor organizations, including the Service Employees International Union, opposed it. […] todayAugust 22, 2021
insert_link Tech Made Simple Clayton Christensen, the Father of ‘Disruptive Innovation,’ Dies at 67 Clayton Christensen, the business scholar who coined the term “disruptive innovation,” died at a Boston hospital last week, the Deseret News reports. He was 67. You may not immediately recognize his name, but the tech industry — and every resulting industry — is built on the framework of technology disruption and innovation that Christensen devised. The crux of Christensen’s theory is that big, successful companies that neglect potential customers at […] todayJanuary 29, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Why Visa and Others are Bailing on Facebook’s Libra Project When Libra launched last June, it seemed like an alarming new front in Facebook’s megalomaniacal expansion. Having captured billions of users and tens of billions of dollars in annual profits, the company would now be taking over currency itself. The company’s head of blockchain, David Marcus, laid out his plan for Libra in a detailed white paper, with some of the financial world’s most powerful companies already signed on to […] todayOctober 16, 2019
insert_link Home Improvement Google and Amazon want to be the Uber for Handymen Amazon and Google are vying to become the Uber for handymen and capitalize on the growth of the on-demand services industry. A recent Intuit survey estimates 7.6 million Americans will be working in the so-called "gig" economy by 2020, more than double the current total of 3.2 million people. "This is a multibillion-dollar market, and clearly the incumbents have not done an effective job in providing a seamless, safe […] todaySeptember 5, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Elon Musk says that Teslas will soon be able to stream Netflix and YouTube Elon Musk has long touted the potential that the in-car displays found in Teslas have for drivers: they can not only provide information, but entertainment as well. To that end, he says that the cars will soon be able to stream video from Netflix and YouTube. Tesla has already unveiled games that drivers can play on the displays: in June, Bethesda studios announced at E3 that drivers would be […] todayJuly 31, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Bulk Unsubscribing Tools to Help Unclutter Your Inbox Like a home in real life, cleaning up isn’t always fun and easy, but if you put in a little elbow grease it may be worth the peace of mind of a clutter-free inbox. If you have multiple emails across providers like Gmail and Microsoft Outlook, it may be easier to use services that help you unsubscribe to emails than to do each sender individually. Free apps like Unroll.me […] todayApril 23, 2019
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