Linux Group Shares Its First Open Dataset for Creating Real Google Maps Alternatives

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If you’re not Google (or, to a much lesser extent, Apple), map apps are damned hard to make.

Your Lyft ride got cheaper because the company laid off so many employees

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Lyft fares have decreased since the company laid off just over 1,000 people this spring.

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Lyft's new CEO reversed its WFH policy. Now he says employees should want to come back to the office 'for the snacks.'

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Lyft CEO David Risher said people should want to return to the office "for the snacks," the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Meet a 64-year-old San Francisco Uber driver who says switching to a Tesla has saved him more than $1,000 a month on gas and maintenance

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The number of people doing gig work on apps like Uber and DoorDash more than doubled during the pandemic

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Get ready to make a deal for your ride. inDrive is bringing its rideshare haggling business to the US again.

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inDrive operates in 655 cities across 48 countries.

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Here's a list of major companies requiring employees to return to the office

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Mark Zuckerberg is the CEO of Meta.

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Silicon Valley has been subsidizing millennials' lifestyles for most of our adult lives. We'll still end up poorer.

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I always figured we were lucky to live in an age of Ubers and Airbnbs. Maybe I was wrong.

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Uber must face driver's lawsuit related to independent contractor dispute, California's supreme court rules

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An Uber Eats rider.

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The dirty little secret that could bring down Big Tech

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New research reveals that Silicon Valley uses predatory pricing to crush competitors and scam investors — evidence the government can use to bust up tech monopolies.

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