Like the striking writers, leaders of SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, have described their labor dispute in stark terms, calling the present moment “existential” for their members.And like the writers, they […]
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Back to news homeE.V. Ride-Sharing Programs Bring Cleaner Transportation to Low-Income Communities
Three mornings a week, Herminia Ibarra makes her way to a fleet of sparkling electric vehicles lined up in a dusty alley alongside a former diesel repair shop. Of the […]
$388 in Sushi. Just a $20 Tip: The Brutal Math of Uber Eats and DoorDash
Brantley Bush couldn’t shake the fear that he was about to be ripped off.It was a chilly Saturday evening, and Mr. Bush, a delivery driver for Uber Eats, was waiting […]
‘No Jobs Available’: The Feast or Famine Careers of America’s Port Drivers.
Consumer demand has cooled, leaving fewer containers to pick up on the West Coast. For Marshawn Jackson, a truck driver paid by the delivery, that means a hard scrabble to […]
Guaranteed Income Programs Spring Up City by City
Early in the pandemic, Alondra Barajas had a temporary job for the Census Bureau, doing phone work from the two-bedroom apartment she shared with her mother and four younger siblings. […]
A Plastic Factory Feels the Sting of Rising Energy Prices
Long before President Vladimir V. Putin unleashed his war on Ukraine, Mosharraf Khalid was already contending with an expensive, bewildering and unrelenting assortment of problems afflicting the global supply chain.His […]
Prepare Yourself for This Weekend’s ‘Crypto Bowl’
The crypto industry, which struggles with a reputation for being volatile, bad for the environment and overrun by wealthy tech guys, has tried to demystify itself for the general public […]
Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars?
On a Sunday night in September, Ashley Estrada was at a friend’s home in Los Angeles when she received a strange notification on her iPhone: “AirTag Detected Near You.”An AirTag […]
The Game Awards Returns With Glitz and an Industry Asserting Its Muscle
LOS ANGELES — Wearing blazers and bedazzled dresses, downing cocktails, swapping industry gossip, and hobnobbing with some of Hollywood’s biggest names, the stars of America’s video game industry assembled on […]
L.A.’s Staples Center will be renamed Crypto.com Arena.
During the dot-com boom two decades ago, high-flying technology companies bought up naming rights to stadiums and arenas, giving the world PSINet Stadium and Enron Field.Today, cryptocurrencies dominate the business […]