As voters weigh Prop 22, a California appeals court upheld a lower court ruling ordering Uber and Lyft to stop classifying drivers as independent contractors
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A county judge in San Diego has ruled that Instacart's classification of its California workers is not compliant with AB5; Instacart says it will appeal
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Apple restores Google's internal iOS apps after certificate misuse punishment
and it made a powerful point Scott Rosenberg / Axios : Tech giants are the new gatekeepers Wall Street Journal : Apple Exerts Power as Privacy Protector Enrique Dans / Forbes : Google Vs. Facebook: Si...
Google says it will make arbitration optional for individual sexual harassment claims, provide more info about investigations, expand training, and more
Amazon Wants to Get America Scanning for the Holidays James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : After global walkout, Google rewrites policy on sexual misconduct cases Brian Heater / TechCrunch : Google CEO high...
Sources: Andy Rubin left Google with $90M after credible sexual misconduct allegation; one accused executive left with a big exit package while another remained
starting with this bombshell story. http://twitter.com/... Keith Boykin / @keithboykin : Rich people get rewarded for bad behavior, but working class people get vilified simply for asking for a living...
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht's alleged right-hand man Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, extradited to US after 2.5+ years in Thai custody
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US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein says strong encryption that law enforcement can't break is “unreasonable”
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US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein says strong encryption that law enforcement can't break is “unreasonable”
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CEO of bitcoin mining firms GAW Miners and ZenMiner, Josh Garza, ordered to pay $9.8M to SEC after pleading guilty to fraud in July
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Samsung Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee arrested on charges of bribery, perjury, and embezzlement, after last month's arrest warrant request failed
Lee Jae-yong, the acting chief of Samsung … Carlos Tejada / New York Times : Money, Power, Family: Inside South Korea's Chaebol Thomas Ricker / The Verge : Poll: How do you feel about the Samsung heir...