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Uber and Lyft drivers in the U.S. are receiving tips for rides just 28% of the time, according to a study by gig worker tech company Gridwise. And that might help explain part of the reason why thousands of gig workers staged a strike on Valentine’s Day over low pay.

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• Donald Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump are executive vice presidents at the Trump Organization.
• On Friday, a NY judge hit them with far lighter penalties than their father.
• The judge had questioned during closings if Don Jr. and Eric "knew there was fraud."

Since January of 2017, Donald Trump, Jr., and

The Switch 2 rumor mill continues to grind. The original reporting on the Switch 2’s release date pegged it for a fall 2024 release in time for the holiday rush. Now, according to sources speaking to VGC, Nintendo is telling publishers the console’s release date is slated for Q1 2025.

And VGC isn’t the only one: a video from a

• Mark Zuckerberg said that tech layoffs since the pandemic are due to multiple factors.
• The first wave was due to a course correction from pandemic-era growth and overhiring.
• Meta's CEO said more recent layoffs are because companies realized being leaner can make you "more efficient."

Mark

A coalition of 20 tech companies signed an agreement Friday to help prevent AI deepfakes in the critical 2024 elections taking place in more than 40 countries. OpenAI, Google, Meta, Amazon, Adobe and X are among the businesses joining the pact to prevent and combat AI-generated content that could influence voters. However, the agreement’s vague language and lack of binding enforcement call into

Florida has been playing host to an emerging version of the dengue virus, new research shows. The study found that the state has experienced an “unprecedented” number of cases caused by dengue virus serotype 3 over the past two years, including locally acquired cases. Outbreaks have remained relatively small and…

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Despite calls for de-influencing and digital detoxes, the social media hamster wheel shows no signs of slowing. For creators who make their money online, that's a good thing, and insights from influencer marketing marketplace Collabstr shed light on how the creator economy could continue to provide job security for creatives in the years to come.

In its annual influencer marketing report

• Trump, his eldest sons, and Trump Org must pay back $364 million pocketed through a decade of fraud.
• Friday's verdict also bans Trump from running a business in New York for three years  — including Trump Org.
• Trump's frauds "leap off the page and shock the conscience," the judge wrote.

In a scathing verdict that punishes a decade of

• Officials on the Manhattan Project recruited top scientists to research and develop the atomic bomb.
• Some of them were already Nobel Prize winners, but others received theirs as late as 2005.
• Most won the physics award

• There's a 15% chance the Fed raises rates this year, Larry Summers says.
• His rationale is built upon a streak of strong economic data and still-high inflation. 
• There's almost no strong deflationary pattern in the housing and service sectors, he said. 

A wave of

Major tech companies announced a new pact at the Munich Security Conference on Friday pledging to fight AI-generated fakes that are intended to deceive the public and influence elections. The press conference, which was livestreamed online, featured leaders from Big Tech firms who’ve been under immense pressure in…

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