The Minimum Wage for Delivery Drivers in NYC Is Now $17.96 an Hour
The city is raising the minimum wage for "deliveristas" to $17.96 per hour, making it the first city in the U.S. to implement such a law.
Police Raided Afroman Searching for a ‘Dungeon.’ His Record Label Says He Doesn’t Even Have a Basement
Motherboard reviewed a bevvy of bodycam footage and the search warrant that underpinned the raid on Afroman’s residence in August 2022.
'Duped': Inside the Black Market for Illegal Temporary License Plates
When a Harlem 20-something answered a Craigslist ad, he had no idea he was about to become a dealer of illegal ghost plates.
Apollo, the Best Reddit App, Is Shutting Down Because of Reddit's New Fees
"Talks with Reddit have deteriorated to an ugly point."
RFK Jr. Could Be Laying the Groundwork for a Third-Party Run
With a coalition of anti-vax activists, crypto enthusiasts, Silicon Valley moguls, and supporters from across the horseshoe of extremism.
Why Air Quality Index Readings Vary So Much During Wildfire Smoke Events
How you, a newly minted AQI expert, can sort through the data noise from AirNow and PurpleAir.
There Is No Plan For This Predictable Event, New York City’s Mayor Says
Mayor Eric Adams said there is “no blueprint or playbook” for hazardous air quality, but he did suspend alternate side parking.
State Department Offers $5 Million for Information on Key Anom Distributor
The FBI secretly created its own encrypted phone company. Now the U.S. government wants help capturing Maximilian Rivkin, one of its alleged top brass.
Delivery Drivers Share What It’s Like Delivering in Hazardous Wildfire Smoke
Drivers are delivering through Canadian wildfire smoke with coughing fits, low visibility, and no protection from their company.
People Are Pirating GPT-4 By Scraping Exposed API Keys
Why pay for $150,000 worth of OpenAI access when you could just steal it?
They Bought a House With Plans to Airbnb. Then They Were Banned for Knowing the Wrong People
For Kristin Turner and her family, the short-term rental company's ban was as devastating as the appeal process was maddening.
OK, WTF Is Going on With the 'Intact Craft of Non-Human Origin' Allegedly Recovered by the U.S. Government?
There are currently no public details on what evidence or documentation, if any, the whistleblower may have.