No Uber and Lyft rides in California? After a judge rejected the companies’ attempt to delay an order that they classify drivers as employees, it seems immutable. Uber and Lyft must follow the order by August 20th. But the companies have said they need to get dark in the Golden …
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Chinese restaurant ‘deeply sorry’ for weighing customers
A restaurant in China has apologized after weighing diners in an effort to prevent food waste. The restaurant in central Changsha asked customers to stand on scales and scan their data in an app that recommended food choices based on their weight, Agence France Presse reported. Signs were placed on …
Read More »Democrats put emergency post hearing with top post officials amid fears of delayed vote
Democratic leaders announced Sunday that they are planning an emergency shelter on August 24. For top U.S. Postal Service officials to testify before Congress, after the agency raised the alarm about its ability to handle increased mail-in voting. “The President has explicitly stated his intention to manipulate the Postal Service …
Read More »New York correlated coronavirus while California’s cases increased
The trend lines are as strong as they are puzzling: Daily COVID-19 infections in New York have been down more than 90% since their April high, while California’s new cases have gone up ten times in that time. New York, a horror of coronavirus in the spring, has since been …
Read More »Massive lava tubes on Mars and the moon could be life at home, researchers find
Lava orbits below the surface of both the moon and Mars are large enough to be the houses of planetary bases, as humans continue to explore the cosmos, suggests a newly published study. Research shows that the tubes are probably between 100 and 1,000 times the size of those on …
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