www.mashable.com The fate of California’s Prop. 22 is uncertain yet again. On Friday, a Superior Court judge out of Alameda County called the measure that exempts ride-share and delivery workers from being paid and treated as employees unconstitutional. Judge Frank Roesch wrote in his ruling that “it limits the power of a future legislature to…
www.mashable.com In the days since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, people hoping to aid the country’s refugees have turned to crowdfunding to finance various rescue and humanitarian efforts. Among them is an ambitious campaign launched by an Instagram influencer that raised millions of dollars in a day. It also prompted critical questions about how the…
www.mashable.com We all have habits we’d like to add to our life, right? But it often feels overwhelming to get started. The Madefor program is based on the principle that each of us living to our full potential can affect change in others. In a world where quick-fix approaches to health and happiness sound promising,…
www.mashable.com TL;DR: Save up to 90% on select PS4 and PS5 titles during the PlayStation Store’s Games Under and PlayStation Indies sales, which both run through Sept. 1. The PlayStation Store isn’t missing a beat when it comes to gaming deals this season. After wrapping up its gigantic Summer Sale this past week, Sony is…
www.mashable.com Save up to $32.99: As of Aug. 20, you can grab an Echo Dot on sale and tack on a discounted color-changing smart bulb. Get the 4th Gen Echo Dot (plus bulb) for $39.99 or the 3rd Gen Echo Dot (plus bulb) for $34.99. We’ve had the ability for years now, but saying “Alexa,…
www.mashable.com The Delta variant has largely quashed the coronavirus competition. Delta, over twice as transmissible as earlier coronavirus strains, is the dominant variant infecting people in the U.S. and dozens of other countries. Those infected with Delta can carry 1,000 times more virus than people infected with the original strain. This makes unvaccinated individuals, who…
www.mashable.com Apple has postponed the mandatory return to office until 2022 at the earliest. In an internal memo sent by HR head Deirdre O’Brien and seen by Bloomberg, Apple said the decision was made because of rising COVID-19 cases. The company would confirm its plans to re-open one month before employees are required to return…
www.mashable.com Spotted: Tesla’s cyberpunk Cybertruck out in the wild. Or so it seemed. The triangular metal truck made an appearance while Tesla employees went deep into “four dimensional vector spaces” and “neural network training” at the company’s very technical AI Day recruiting event Thursday. The electric truck was seen in a video during the livestreamed…
www.mashable.com Twitter has mysteriously de-verified Danny DeVito’s official account, demoting the famed actor from the blue-ticked elites down to mingle with the egg-filled masses. It seems not even a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame can cement a Twitter verification badge. DeVito’s Twitter verification was unceremoniously removed on Thursday, with worker advocacy group More…
www.mashable.com The Biden administration will cancel the student loan debt of what it estimates as more than 323,000 Americans with severe disabilities, and plans to remove the complex process to qualify for this debt relief going forward. The Department of Education announced Thursday that this move will erase more than $5.8 billion in student loan…