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gig economy

Grubhub’s Disastrous ‘Free Lunch’ Promotion Shows Why the Gig Economy Is Broken

We’ve spent years entertaining the delusion that food delivery companies can work. Why are we still pretending?
Edward Ongweso Jr
5.20.22
Tech news

Majority of U.S. Power Grid at Risk of Failure This Summer, Report Warns

The Midwest is at "high risk of energy emergencies" and Texas and the West could see outages and shortfalls amid high heat and drought.
Audrey Carleton
5.20.22
tech-science

Stonehenge Builders Ate Cattle Organs at Wild Feasts, Scientists Discover

These ancient peoples also fed their dogs leftovers, a discovery that is preserved in their poop.
Becky Ferreira
5.20.22
tech-science

Harnessing the Night Sky to Generate Electricity Can Complement Solar, Scientists Say

What if we could generate power from the Sun during the day, and the dark sky at night? Scientists are getting closer to making this reality.
Audrey Carleton
5.20.22
Tech

America’s Complicated Relationship With Nuclear Power

Nuclear energy might help us fight climate change, but questions about its safety and startup costs still linger.
Matthew Gault
5.20.22
movies

The Multiverse Is Not Infinite

The multiverse as a narrative concept can show the audience the potential of our lives. Too often, it's just a bag of tricks.
Gita Jackson
5.20.22
Tech

National Guard Officer Allowed to Retire After Motorboating a Subordinate

A U.S. National Guard officer put his face between the breasts of a subordinate during a promotional ceremony and retired after his court martial hearing.
Matthew Gault
5.20.22
Netflix

Netflix DVDs Are Still the Best Way to Watch Movies

It allows us to bypass the algorithms that are increasingly billboards for streaming services, not movies we might actually like.
Aaron Gordon
5.20.22
Ukraine

Blinken Says Putin Is Using Food Shortages as a Weapon of War

“I think the indications that we have now is that unfortunately, tragically, this is likely to go on for some time.”
Liz Landers
5.20.22
Photos

Photos of the Best Fits at Charli XCX’s London Show

The pop star played a sold-out show at Alexandra Palace on Thursday. Here’s what everyone was wearing in the queue.
Daisy Jones
5.20.22
News

It’s So Easy to Unlock an Assault Weapon, the Buffalo Shooter Did It With a Drill

Nine states allow assault weapons to be sold only if they come with a locked magazine. But it’s shockingly easy to get around that.
Trone Dowd
5.20.22
Somalia

Revealed: CIA-Trained Militia Used US-Made Weapons in Deadly Attack

Weapons were directly supplied to the Puntland Security Force in Somalia but after the US withdrew, the group split and fought internally over control of the US-supplied assets.
Amanda Sperber
5.20.22
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