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The golden age of working for Instacart, DoorDash, and other delivery apps is over, workers say
Workers for Instacart, DoorDash, Grubhub, Walmart Spark and other apps say delivery gigs got harder…
Alex Bitter
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A delivery driver bit off a man's thumb while bringing him pizza, exposing a scary loophole in app safety
A shocking incident involving a Deliveroo rider biting off a customer's thumb exposes a worrying lo…
Mia Jankowicz
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Walmart's facial ID tool to combat fraudulent Spark delivery drivers is kicking legitimate workers off the app
Walmart's facial recognition tool, intended to verify Spark drivers' identities, is actually kickin…
Alex Bitter
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Newspapers are still the most credible news source, but readers prefer to receive news digitally, reports an AI-based research app
The top reason for preference of a digital delivery was convenience, with 93.2% scoring the digit…
PTI
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Mobile app may predict depression in pregnant women
"We can ask people a small set of questions and get a good sense of whether they'll become depre…
PTI
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I left apps like Uber Eats to start my own delivery business. I love connecting with people and not having to rush around
Tony Illes started "Tony Delivers" to offer more personal food deliveries in downtown Seattle after…
Alex Bitter
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Amazon Prime Day delivery workers say they're planning to grab early-morning shifts and take toilet paper with them
Amazon Prime Day is one of the busiest times of year for Flex drivers as they deliver packages. Som…
Alex Bitter
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Why is your grocery delivery taking so long? Your driver has 2 other deliveries.
Bundling orders weighs on gig workers' earnings and frustrates some customers on platforms like Wal…
Alex Bitter
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Consumers continue to throng apps in search of Roti, Kapda & Makaan, March sees healthy user metrics and app downloads
Despite an economic slowdown, Indians are still using apps to search for jobs, homes, and love. Tec…
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Lyft's CEO faces pushback after driving for the app and posting about how great it was
Lyft CEO David Risher drove for 90 minutes in Napa Valley, California. On LinkedIn, some commenters…
Alex Bitter
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Uber and Lyft drivers are desperate for tips. Riders don't shell out, but they'll tip three times as often for food delivery.
Uber and Lyft drivers often struggle with low or infrequent tips, which many rely on to pay bills, …
Noah Sheidlower,Jacob Zinkula
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New DoorDash customers are turning to the app for grocery deliveries and flowers, not just restaurant meals
DoorDash's roots are in meal deliveries, but it also has more than 100,00 retail stores on its app,…
Nancy Luna
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Three gig workers explain how they got deactivated on apps from Doordash to Walmart's Spark
These delivery workers for Walmart Spark, Instacart, and DoorDash have been deactivated for bizarre…
Alex Bitter
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Uber Eats is joining the ranks of apps that want to be just like TikTok
Uber Eats is launching a short-form video content feature that lets users see food videos from near…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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DoorDash is testing drone delivery at a single Wendy's location in a small Virginia town
The Wing drones can fly as high as 150 feet and travel at speeds up to 65mph.
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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A food delivery driver who bit off a customer's thumb has been seen delivering food again
At the time of the attack, the rider was working as a substitute using someone else's account.
Grace Dean
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A millennial who used a gig app to work in retail explains why he's never using it again
A worker who used a gig app to get shifts in retail said that those types of jobs aren't for everyo…
Alex Bitter
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Bots are some DoorDash and Walmart Spark delivery gig workers' dirty secret
Gig workers on delivery apps like DoorDash are turning to bots to claim high-paying orders as pay f…
Alex Bitter
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Lives at risk as delivery agents race against time to avoid penalties
Two delivery agents were killed in separate accidents while they were on duty on Holi. Both the dec…
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Instacart, DoorDash, and other delivery service customers say their accounts were deactivated because of innocent mistakes
Gig worker-powered delivery services like Instacart and DoorDash deactivate customers' accounts. Ge…