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The battle for the future of “gig” work

Ride-sharing companies are pushing to make a third category of "independent" worker the law of the land. Drivers say the notion of independence is little more than a mirage.

By Sarah Jaffe

Biden’s labor secretary says gig workers should be considered employees

By Rani Molla

Live results for California’s Proposition 22 on ride-hailing drivers

By Rebecca Heilweil

Uber’s sexual assault report won’t hurt it as badly as other incidents

By Rani Molla

A landmark law disrupted the gig economy in California. But what comes next for Uber drivers?

By Shirin Ghaffary and Alexia Fernández Campbell

How the tech unicorns of 2019 are doing on the stock market

By Rani Molla, Ryan Mark, and 1 more

Have we hit peak “tech” company?

By Rani Molla

Uber and Lyft say they don’t plan to reclassify their drivers as employees

By Shirin Ghaffary

Scooters may be a better business than Uber or Lyft, says Lime president Joe Kraus

By Eric Johnson

The high-stakes battle between Uber executives and drivers in California, explained

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

Driver strikes didn’t break Uber — but they showed gig economy workers are mad

By Shirin Ghaffary

Ford CTO Ken Washington explains why self-driving cars are such a hard tech problem

By Eric Johnson

More tech companies are selling stock that keeps their founders in power

By Rani Molla

Valerie Jarrett has some advice for Democrats running in 2020

By Eric Johnson

The world of Silicon Valley moneymaking is finally open to everyone

By Theodore Schleifer

Even hedge funds investing in Lyft don’t believe in its long-term prospects

By Rani Molla

Why companies like Lyft and Uber are going public without having profits

By Rani Molla

How New York City earned its reputation for being tough on tech

By Shirin Ghaffary

Lyft’s IPO filing shows how founders create their own supremacy in Silicon Valley

By Theodore Schleifer and Rani Molla

Uber and Lyft are in a battle for user loyalty, and riders may win

By Rani Molla

The 2019 IPO class headlined by Uber will create a ton of new wealth. Will the billions go to mansions or missions?

By Theodore Schleifer

Lyft has eaten into Uber’s U.S. market share, new data suggests

By Rani Molla

Why Lyft had to beat Uber to an IPO filing

By Theodore Schleifer

New York City has set the nation’s first minimum pay rate for Uber and Lyft drivers

By Shirin Ghaffary

Uber, Pinterest and the rest of the 2019 IPO class emerged from the ashes of the Great Recession

By Theodore Schleifer

One way to track the rise of tech — check the expense reports

By Rani Molla

Uber drivers and other gig economy workers are earning half what they did five years ago

By Rani Molla

Full Q&A: ‘Temp’ author Louis Hyman on Recode Decode

By Eric Johnson

Uber lost in NYC. But here’s the real problem.

By Johana Bhuiyan

Why Uber will win the scooter wars

By Eric Johnson

Uber and Lyft are fighting a critical battle against New York City — and this time, they might not win

By Johana Bhuiyan

Here are five hidden trends in corporate America’s travel and expenses as online services take over

By Rani Molla

The Scooter Wars will be a bloodbath — and Uber will win

By Sunil Paul

Scooter companies tried to barge into San Francisco and got kicked out. Now they’re making big promises to get legal.

By Johana Bhuiyan

Americans seem to like ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. But it’s hard to say exactly how many use them.

By Rani Molla

Lyft is also building an ‘Amazon of transportation,’ just like Uber

By Johana Bhuiyan

Here’s how Uber compares against Didi around the world

By Johana Bhuiyan and Rani Molla

Lyft’s new users skew younger than Uber’s

By Rani Molla

Following Uber’s lead, Lyft is also allowing alleged victims of sexual assault to pursue cases in open court

By Johana Bhuiyan

Why did Jason Calacanis sell all his Facebook stock?

By Eric Johnson