The former Florida football recruit is suing Coach Billy Napier, along with a big-time Gator booster and others, claiming they defrauded him by backing out of a promised $13.85 million agreement after he had turned down offers tied to other programs.
Drivers will get a 20% wage increase.
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft said Monday they will keep operating in Minnesota now that state lawmakers have passed a measure that will increase driver pay, but at a lower rate than approved by Minneapolis officials earlier this year.
Although the new pay minimums are less than the rate approved by the Minneapolis City Council in March, they are intended to ensure drivers across the state are paid at least the city’s minimum wage equivalent of...
Middle managers are burned out. They have been asked to go above and beyond, and are being laid off at higher rates than other roles. This is how companies can reimagine the role.
Middle managers have had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad couple of years.
The new items, including a Smoky Classic BBQ Burger, will be available until early September.
Burger chain Shake Shack announced this morning that it will release a BBQ menu just in time for the start of summer.
SEIU filed a lawsuit against Proposition 22, which classifies app-based drivers as independent contractors.
California’s top state court on Tuesday will consider a labor union’s challenge to a ballot measure allowing app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to classify drivers in the state as independent contractors rather than as employees with more benefits.
"[This album] was so underwhelming on multiple levels. It's just proof, at this point, their fanbase will buy anything."
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It’s been a long time coming, but the Sonos Ace are the headphones you’ve been waiting for.
US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo says the US is collaborating with other countries including the UK, Japan, and Canada to manage the risks posed by artificial intelligence.
The company’s app redesign fumble threatens to steal the thunder from what otherwise looks (and feels) like a strong debut in a new category.
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Sonos is refreshing its small portable speaker, the Roam, with a second-generation model that mostly adds some minor quality-of-life improvements. It’s reasonable to think of the new Roam 2, available today for $199, as more of a Roam 1.5: this is really what Sonos should’ve released in the first place.
As I reported earlier this month, the Roam 2 can be used right out of the box like any other Bluetooth speaker. That differs from the original, which awkwardly...
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Adobe is adding some new generative AI tools to Lightroom that aim to make the photo editing platform easier to use for both professional creatives and inexperienced users alike, even from a phone. These include an in-development object removal feature that’s rolling out in beta and new AI lens-blurring effects that are now generally available to all Lightroom users.
“Generative Remove” —...
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We’ve heard the story so many times, that this is the time that Windows on Arm will work and we’ll get a revolution in powerful, portable, long-lasting PCs. For a decade, the story has been fiction. This time, though... I don’t know. It sort of seems real.
On this episode of The Vergecast, Tom Warren joins from Seattle to tell us all about Microsoft’s latest event, what a Copilot Plus PC is, how the new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop feel, why...
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F1’s crown jewel is here, and Haas is ready for the challenge
Ask five different Formula 1 drivers their favorite circuit to drive, and you might get five different answers. But for Haas driver Kevin Magnussen the answer is clear.
Monaco.
“It’s the best track on the calendar to drive, it’s just phenomenal on these little tight streets with walls everywhere. The feeling of driving a Formula 1 car in Monaco, to me, is...
You'll no longer recoil in disgust whenever you open a drawer or cabinet.
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'Tis the season of vacations, so here are a few items to help make it as ~easy breezy~ as possible.
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I do love a good divisibility rule.
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BRB, moving to Europe.
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Regular coasters and flower vases are canceled — only vinyl-shaped coasters and popcorn bucket-shaped vases from now on.
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They predict the ups and downs of Bitcoin based on planetary movements, and their super-secretive clientele listens.