Hackers are targeting Walmart Spark drivers' accounts and using them to shop for the delivery service, drivers say

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Some Walmart Spark drivers say their other people appear to be using their accounts.

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Gig workers explain how they got their accounts reactivated on Instacart and Uber Eats

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Getting deactivated can bring a sudden end to gig workers' income.

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Instacart's CEO says that warehouses full of robots won't replace its gig workers anytime soon

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Instacart CEO Fidji Simo spoke during the company's second-ever earnings call on Tuesday.

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Bots are some DoorDash and Walmart Spark delivery gig workers' dirty secret

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A DoorDash delivery worker in New York City.

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Walmart offered to pay Spark drivers as little as 52 cents per order after a 'temporary' app issue

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Walmart Spark drivers say pay has declined from highs early in the pandemic.

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Amazon delivery worker out of a job after he's accused of trying to steal a customer's puppy

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An Amazon delivery driver in Georgia reportedly tried to steal a customer's dog.

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Gen X and boomers love Temu. I asked them why.

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Tiny pots and pans from Temu, all around $1-2 each

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I'm a gig worker who argued for Seattle's new minimum pay laws. Now, I'm fighting for my Instacart job.

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A woman wears sunglasses and a face mask while loading plastic bags full of groceries into the trunk of a car.
Instacart cut the minimum base pay that its gig-worker delivery drivers are paid, and many say the lower pay is making it harder to earn money on the app.

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Walmart's facial ID tool to combat fraudulent Spark delivery drivers is kicking legitimate workers off the app

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A customer in the parking lot of a Walmart store

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Amazon delivered a box of cookies by drone to someone 15 minutes and 29 seconds after they ordered

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An Amazon delivery drone is on display at Amazon's BOS27 Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts on November 10, 2022

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