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Uber to Reclassify 70,000 U.K. Drivers as Workers After Ruling. Uber Technologies Inc. will reclassify all 70,000 of its U.K. drivers as workers, entitling them to the minimum wage, vacation pay and other benefits after a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court last month. (Ellen Milligan via Bloomberg)
Intel puts Apple's 'I'm a Mac' guy into new ads praising PCs. Intel has hired Apple’s former “I’m a Mac” actor Justin Long to create new ads praising PCs. Long starts each commercial with “Hello I’m a... Justin,” with the typical white background you’d find on Apple’s Mac vs. PC ads from the 2000s. (Tom Warren via The Verge)
The Identity Hoaxers. The confession, when it came, did not hold back. “For the better part of my adult life, every move I’ve made, every relationship I’ve formed, has been rooted in the napalm toxic soil of lies,” read the Medium post. (Helen Lewis via The Atlantic)
Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up. Google and Wikipedia have been in a kind of unspoken partnership: Wikipedia produces the information Google serves up in response to user queries, and Google builds up Wikipedia’s reputation as a source of trustworthy information. (Noam Cohen via WIRED)
David Dobrik Vlog Squad video extra says Durte Dom raped her. David Dobrik's Vlog Squad is one of the most beloved friend groups on YouTube. Now, an extra in a 2018 vlog says she was too intoxicated to consent to sex with Dominykas Zeglaitis, aka Durte Dom, during the night they were filming for the vlog. (Kat Tenbarge via Business Insider)
Nigeria's Plentywaka gets backing from Techstars, plans expansion to Canada. Plentywaka, a Nigerian bus-booking platform, today announced that it has been accepted into the Techstars Toronto accelerator program. It will join nine other startups in the class of 2021 and secure funding from the accelerator as it sets its sights on global expansion. (Tage Kene-Okafor via TechCrunch)
Florida Schools Reopened Without Becoming Covid-19 Superspreaders. As school districts around the U.S. continue to grapple with whether to reopen classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic, data shows Florida started in-person learning without turning schools into superspreaders. (Arian Campo-Flores via Wall Street Journal)
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