We Think Uber and Lyft's New Surge Fares Screw Drivers and Riders. Help Us Prove It.

Uber changed how its surge pricing works last year. Not for riders, but for drivers. The changes have resulted in drivers earning less from surge pricing, but riders are still paying the same inflated costs, with Uber pocketing the difference.

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Save $30 on a DJI osmo Mobile 2 Gimbal and Create Super Slick Home Movies

DJI osmo Mobile 2 Handheld Smartphone Gimbal | $100 | massgenie

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London Considers Bubbling, Beeping, and Other 'Irritating' Sci-Fi Sounds for Electric Bus Fleet

The European Union is making a major safety push to add fake noises to electric vehicles, but some may sound goofier than others and that’s causing disagreement in the UK.

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Wikipedia Co-Founder Picks a Nice Day to Log Off

Thursday is projected to be a lovely summer day: high of 86, slight breeze and slightly overcast, no chance of rain—in New York anyhow. It’s also a national holiday. If all that sounds like good conditions to get away from the computer and enjoy the sunshine, incidentally, you’re part of a protest!

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Oregon Just Passed The Best Family Leave Law In The U.S.

The state’s benefits are extraordinary, particularly for low-wage workers.

Inside The Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths

The three-year-old group shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers, calling them “scum buckets” and “hoes.”

Spotify ends direct music uploads for indie artists

Indie artists will no longer have the option to upload music directly to Spotify — not that they’ll necessarily mind. Spotify is shutting down the upload beta test after determining that its efforts were better spent elsewhere. Feedback from music…

What we're buying: 'Typeset in the Future'

This week, Senior Editor Kris Naudus takes a look at a book that will please both sci-fi nerds and design geeks. ‘Typeset in the Future’ explores the typography and design in science fiction movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek, and more.

Netflix will be more picky with big budget projects

Netflix is known for taking bets on experimental shows and ambitious costume dramas set in far-flung locations. But the golden days of the company’s cavalier spending on original content may be coming to a close as it becomes more careful with financ…

MIT made an AI that can detect and create fake images

Creating digital renderings and editing images can take hours, but researchers from MIT and IBM want to change that. They’ve trained AI to generate photographic images from scratch and to intelligently edit objects inside them. While this could be be…