San Francisco fintech Forage helps Uber Eats quench thirst in ‘food deserts’

bizjournals.com “By being able to order online, you have a virtual grocery store in your pocket,” the fintech CEO said of working with Uber Eats to deliver groceries to low-income Americans…

A woman called Swastika got an apology from Uber after it banned her because of her name

aol.com None Swastika Chandra had her Uber account banned because of her name. • None Uber eventually apologized to the Australian woman and reinstated her account. • None Chandra…

Forage and Uber Eats Partner on SNAP EBT Grocery Delivery

pymnts.com Forage and Uber Eats have partnered to offer online purchasing and delivery of groceries to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits Transfer…

SNAP benefits use expanded for millions of Americans

newsweek.com SNAP recipients will now have a new vehicle to get their food benefits: Uber. SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a federal program that offers…

IBM accused of wage theft by denying overtime pay

theregister.com IBM has been accused of cheating its executive assistants by denying them overtime pay and meal breaks and retaliating against them for accurately reporting their working…

Seattle's Instacart shoppers are having to go miles out of their way because of the new gig worker pay law

businessinsider.com Seattle-area gig workers have had to go miles out of their way as Instacart arranges orders outside of the city limits. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Instacart is…

Uber, Nvidia-backed Serve Robotics hits public markets with $40M splash

techcrunch.com Serve Robotics, the Uber and Nvidia-backed sidewalk robot delivery company, debuted publicly on the New York stock exchange Thursday, making it the latest startup to choose…

How did the cost of food delivery get so high?

vox.com Food delivery apps have recently added new fees in response to minimum pay rules in New York City and Seattle. | Getty Images/iStockphoto As delivery discourse rages, don’t…

Meet five offbeat startups in a16z crypto’s spring accelerator programme

dlnews.com New crypto projects are popping up in 2024. Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm announced 25 early-stage startups that will participate in its Spring 2024 Crypto Startup…

Leisure centres scrap biometric systems to keep tabs on staff amid UK data watchdog clampdown

theguardian.com Dozens of companies including national leisure centre chains are reviewing or pulling facial recognition technology and fingerprint scanning used to monitor staff attendance…

Ghost kitchens are getting banished to the spirit realm

morningbrew.com Ghost kitchens manifested during the pandemic as a savior for shuttered restaurants. Now, the delivery-only food purveyors are vanishing into the ether, the NYT reported.…

It's easy to bash tech, but I've started taking robotaxis

businessinsider.com By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . You can opt-out at any time. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on…

Biden’s war on ‘junk fees’ misses the real problem

aol.com From claiming inflation was "transitory" to blaming it on Vladimir Putin, President Biden has seemed all too willing to ignore the enormous impact of inflation on everyday…

Gopuff Goes D2C as on-Demand Delivery Firms Seek New Revenue Streams

pymnts.com As on-demand delivery firms look for new revenue streams to boost profitability, Gopuff has unveiled a new B2B offering for direct-to-consumer (D2C) delivery. The…

Restaurant Technology Trends, Tools and Insights for 2024

tech.co Like most industries, the food and beverage sector is currently in the throes of a major digital transformation. As consumer preferences shift and economic conditions…

Delivery-Only Restaurants, Once Pandemic Successes, Face Uncertainty

yahoo.com Denny’s in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, in New York on March 7, 2024, which prepares food not only for diners at the restaurant, but also for delivery as…

TechCrunch Mobility: Cruise robotaxis return and Ford’s BlueCruise comes under scrutiny

techcrunch.com TechCrunch Mobility: Cruise robotaxis return and Ford’s BlueCruise comes under scrutiny Plus, a Faraday Future whistleblower case and humanoid robots in car factories…

Tesla set to launch a robotaxi: Where the industry stands now

finance.yahoo.com According to a report from Bloomberg, General Motors (GM) is set to resume testing of its Cruise robotaxi in Phoenix, Arizona, while Elon Musk announced on Friday in a post…

Instacart, DoorDash, and other apps appear to be trying to roll back Seattle's new laws for gig workers

businessinsider.com Instacart is pushing its gig worker shoppers to tell the Seattle city council to alter a pay law that took effect earlier this year. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst…

Germany to Deliver Benefits Via Payment Cards Rather Than Cash

pymnts.com The German parliament approved legislation Friday (April 12) that calls for benefits to be delivered to asylum seekers on payment cards rather than cash. This change is…

Tesla slashes price of its premium driver assistance option by half in U.S

cnbc.com Tesla said on Friday that it's cutting the subscription price of its premium driver assistance system for customers in the U.S. Marketed as its Full Self-Driving, or FSD,…

Outsourcing founder explains why a Manhattan restaurant uses a staffing firm in the Philippines that pays cashiers a few dollars an hour: ‘The cost is…

finance.yahoo.com Trying hard to stay afloat in a restaurant industry spending 36% of its cash on labor and with minimum wage creeping to $16, a cadre of local New York City chains have found…

You can now place DoorDash and Uber Eats orders through a call with an AI voice bot

aol.com None Some restaurants are connecting callers to an AI voice service to place DoorDash and Uber Eats orders. • None Voice AI company Kea takes customers' orders in phone…

Hong Kong, long an economic crossroads, now faces one

semafor.com The Scene Milton Friedman called it his favorite economy, a “laboratory experiment” in freebooting capitalism. “If you want to see how the free market really works,” he said…

Meet Grab: Southeast Asia’s post-Uber “everything app”

thestreet.com the Singapore-headquartered “Everyday Everything App,” is Southeast Asia’s answer to Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, and Venmo — all in a single platform. Best known for its…

Why your delivery order comes with a heaping side of fees

thehustle.co We all know the feeling: You’re home in front of the TV, treating yourself to your favorite delivery meal, when all of a sudden your $18 ramen turns into a $32 order. It’s…

52-Week High Danger Zone: 3 Stocks to Sell Before the Bubble Bursts

investorplace.com This could be as good as it gets for these three stocks “Let your winners run.” That’s the advice I gave two months ago in arguing for investors to not take profits on…

Uber Eats Marks Milestone of 1 Million Merchants

pymnts.com Uber Eats now has 1 million merchants around the world on its platform. These partners include restaurants, grocers and convenience stores ranging from small businesses to…

Uber Eats is joining the ranks of apps that want to be just like TikTok

businessinsider.com A person using the Uber Eats mobile app. Uber Uber Eats is experimenting with short-form videos. The video feed, similar to TikTok's format, will showcase restaurants…

Uber Joins Nvidia, Meta On Two Exclusive Lists

investors.com Ride-sharing pioneer Uber Technologies (UBER) is in good company alongside Nvidia (NVDA) and Meta Platforms (META) on the IBD Leaderboard list of top growth stocks. Uber…

Uber Eats launches a TikTok-like video feed to boost discovery

techcrunch.com Uber Eats is launching a TikTok-like short-form video feed to boost discovery and help restaurants showcase their dishes. The company’s Global Head of Product, Awaneesh…

Former store owner, 41, still paying off money she owes from her business closure in 2017: “I was absolutely drowning in debt”

theglobeandmail.com Annual income: $68,000 from full-time job plus $6,000 from occasional job What she does: Video librarian, baker Top financial concern: “My goal is to pay off this dang…

Industrial robots make people feel worse about work

theregister.com Robots may make companies more productive, as some studies have suggested, but they make people feel that their jobs have less meaning. Researchers with the University of…