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U.S. researchers must share results to quickly combat coronavirus
By simply requiring that scientists funded by U.S. tax dollars openly share the results of their work, the Trump administration can end the needles... (2020)
Vacation rentals: 9 alternatives to Airbnb - Curbed
From a vacation rental company that focuses on families to one that wants to combat racism, here are nine alternatives for your next vacation. (2016)
Ford Buying San Francisco-Area e-Scooter Startup Spin - The New York Times
Ford Motor Co said Thursday it will join the mushrooming micro-mobility movement with the acquisition of 2-year-old Spin, an electric scooter renta... (2018)
Scooter startup Bird is seeking a $2 billion valuation - Axios
VCs have never before participated in such a rapid and rocketing price spike. (2018)
Charging Electric Scooters Is a Cutthroat Business - CityLab
“Bird hunting” has become a pastime and a side hustle for teens and young professionals, but for some it’s a cutthroat business... (2018)
The Numbers Behind WeWork’s Growing Empire - Bloomberg
WeWork Cos. is tapping the bond market for the first time and in doing so, has provided a rare glimpse into the startling numbers behind its breakn... (2018)
Uber Spent $10.7 Billion in Nine Years. Does It Have Enough to Show for It? - Bloomberg
Uber is a financial oddity. Can it mutate into a sustainable business? (2018)
GrubHub Drivers Ruled Contractors in Gig-Economy Milestone - Bloomberg
In a significant court decision on the status of so-called gig-economy workers, a federal judge ruled drivers for GrubHub Inc. are independent cont... (2018)
Teachers Pay Teachers: A Sharing Economy Where Teachers Win - The New York Times
On TeachersPayTeachers, some educators have been able to convert hours of class preparation into thousands of dollars, and 12 have become millionai... (2018)
Fluid Truck, the Zipcar of commercial trucks, raises $63M to take on rental giants – TechCrunch
Fluid Truck has built an app-based platform that aims to take away the pain and cost of owning or leasing commercial vehicles, all while grabbing m... (2021)
Uber loses gig workers rights challenge in UK Supreme Court – TechCrunch
Uber has lost a long-running employment tribunal challenge in the U.K.’s Supreme Court — with the court dismissing the ride-hailing giant’s appeal ... (2021)
Libraries lend books, and must continue to lend books: Internet Archive responds to publishers’ lawsuit
Yesterday, the Internet Archive filed our response to the lawsuit brought by four commercial publishers to end the practice of Controlled Digital L... (2020)
J.K. Rowling is releasing a new book chapter-by-chapter online for free
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has a new children’s book, The Ickabog, which will be released over the next seven weeks chapter-by-chapter. Rowli... (2020)
National Geographic launches a homeschool hub for parents and teachers, NatGeo@Home
The COVID-19 outbreak has closed schools across most of the U.S., impactingmore than 55 million students who are now learning at home. That's creat... (2020)
Uber won its license back in London - Business Insider
Uber spent two days in Westminster Magistrates' Court arguing that it deserved to have its London license back after the capital's regulator, Trans... (2019)
The Internet Relies on People Working for Free - OneZero
When you buy a product like Philips Hue’s smart lights or an iPhone, you probably assume the people who wrote their code are being paid. While that... (2019)
Sony launches a taxi-hailing app to rival Uber in Tokyo – TechCrunch 2019
Sony last year announced it would enter Japan’s taxi-hailing space and, good to its word, the electronics giant has kicked off its S.Ride service i... (2019)
UC terminates subscriptions with scientific publisher in push for open access to publicly funded research
As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding ... (2019)
Lime raises another $310 million, bringing its valuation to $2.4 billion | VentureBeat
On-demand electric scooter startup Lime announced that it has closed a $310 series D round, which values the company at $2.4 billion. (2019)
Go-Jek makes first close of $2 billion round at $9.5 billion valuation – TechCrunch
Southeast Asia-based ride-sharing firm Go-Jek is making progress with its plan to raise up to $2 billion in fresh capital to fund its battle with c... (2019)
Elsevier journal editors resign, start rival open-access journal
Following in the footsteps of linguistics journal Lingua, the editorial board of the Elsevier-owned Journal of Informetrics has resigned and launch... (2019)
Brazilian startup Yellow raises $63M — the largest Series A ever for a Latin American startup – TechCrunch
After selling their ridesharing startup, 99, to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion last year, Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas didn’t waste any time thr... (2019)
High score, low pay: why the gig economy loves gamification - The Guardian
The long read: Using ratings, competitions and bonuses to incentivise workers isn’t new – but as I found when I became a Lyft driver, the gig econo... (2018)
BlaBlaCar to acquire Ouibus and offer bus service – TechCrunch
French startup BlaBlaCar is announcing plans to acquire Ouibus, the bus division of France’s national railway company SNCF. For the first time, Bla... (2018)
Grab lands $50M from Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank to further its fintech push – TechCrunch
Southeast Asia ride-hailing firm Grab is continuing to add strategic investors to its ongoing Series H round — which is targeted at more than $3 bi... (2018)
SF fines two landlords $2.25 million for illegal Airbnb rentals – TechCrunch
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is laying down the law — literally. Today, Herrera’s office announced a $2.25 million settlement with tw... (2018)
Ride-hailing startup Shohoz raises $15M to build the Grab of Bangladesh – TechCrunch
Uber may be global but it is very much the alternative in some parts of the world. One such place is Bangladesh — the South Asian country that’s ho... (2018)
EU approves controversial Copyright Directive, including internet ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’
The European Parliament has voted on amendments to the Copyright Directive, including approving the controversial Articles 11 and 13, which critics... (2018)
Introducing the OER Champion Playbook | Lumen Learning
Lumen Learning introduces the OER Champion Playbook, a set of tactics and activities designed to help OER champions strategize, score, and win at s... (2018)
Electric scooters: why Bird, Lime, Skip, and Spin are taking over cities - Vox
Turns out there’s a lot of latent demand for a quick and cheap way to get around. (2018)
Smithsonian Open Access: 2.8 Million Images Are Yours to Use
People everywhere can now download, remix and share Smithsonian Open Access content for any purpose, for free, from portraits of historic Americans... (2020)
Driving For Uber, Sleeping In Her Car (HBO )
On Wednesday at 2:30 AM, Uber driver Terri White left her home in Stockton, California, and drove 83 miles to San Francisco for work. She wouldn’t ... (2018)
medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences
medRxiv - the preprint server for Health Sciences, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution (2020)
Help With COVID 19 - a clearing house for projects and volunteers
Help With COVID 19 - a clearing house for projects and volunteers that want to help with the COVID-19 crisis. These projects were posted... (2020)