Lyft's CEO faces pushback after driving for the app and posting about how great it was

Tech Insider : Economy
Lyft CEO David Risher standing in front of a gray wall with a white Lyft logo behind him.
Lyft CEO David Risher drove three trips for the ride-hailing app in Napa Valley, California.

Michael Liedtke/The Associated Press

The generation that may never retire: Why some millennials are behind on savings — and how they can catch up

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Magician holding wand over a hat, with a calculator displaying '$1,000,000' surrounded by sparkles and coins falling

Getty Images;Alyssa Powell/BI

A few years ago, Nathaniel Hudson-Hartman, 38, calculated that he'd need about $1.5 million in savings to retire comfortably in his sixties.

Three gig workers explain how they got deactivated on apps from Doordash to Walmart's Spark

Tech Insider : Economy
DoorDash driver on motor bike
Some gig workers have had to deal with having their accounts deactivated.

AP Photo/David Zalubowski

I used bots to work for Instacart. You need one to make the job worthwhile.

Tech Insider : Economy
Instacart
Bots that accept high-paying orders and spoof your location are key to working for Instacart, one shopper says.

Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Scammers are using delivery apps like Instacart to swindle customers and delivery workers out of money

Tech Insider : Economy
An Instacart shopper grabs paper bags full of groceries out of the back of a blue compact car while wearing a sweater, blue jeans, and tennis shoes.
A scam involves replacing items in an Instacart order with gift cards.

Boston Globe/Getty Images

Uber, Doordash, and other gig workers in Seattle may be about to face a pay reckoning

Tech Insider : Economy
DoorDash driver on motor bike
Gig delivery workers in Seattle could get paid at a lower rate under proposed changes to the city's new pay law.

AP Photo/David Zalubowski

Uber's CEO: Tesla will need us for robotaxis

Tech Insider
Dara Khosrowshahi
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that his company could play a key role in making self-driving taxis reality.

Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters

Uber and Instacart just formed an alliance, and they're taking aim at Doordash

Tech Insider
A black delivery bag that reads
Instacart and Uber Eats are teaming up on restaurant delivery.

Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

A Cleveland Uber driver who made $109,000 in 2023 but only took home $17,000 shares the 3 reasons he can't quit ride-hailing: 'I continue to run into a brick wall'

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
uber driver gig economy rideshare
A full-time Cleveland Uber driver took home $17,000 in profits last year. The driver in the story is not pictured.

Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Gig workers are fed up with being treated as second-class citizens by store workers

Tech Insider : Economy
Instacart gig worker delivery during coronavirus pandemic
Delivery gig workers say they some store employees treat them like second-class citizens.

Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Subscribe to gig-workers