A VTuber concert can sell out arenas with performers who do not physically exist. Here is how they work, the tech behind them ...

Seattle's Office of Labor Standards released a study Wednesday on the impact of the city's 2022 minimum pay law for gig workers. The law, which went into effect in 2024, tries to compensate drivers ...

People in Nigeria and India are strapping iPhones onto their heads and recording themselves doing chores. When Zeus, a medical student living in a hilltop city in central Nigeria, returns to his ...

GIG HARBOR, Wash — Five people are dead, including the suspect, after what authorities say was a protection order violation near Gig Harbor that escalated into a stabbing in the street and an exchange ...

Google Fiber (which is increasingly going by “GFiber” these days) is upgrading its service to start at 3 Gig as part of its multi-gig future, beginning in Des Moines. The “Core 1 Gig” plan is now ...

The September jobs report showed stronger-than-expected growth with 119,000 jobs added, but unemployment ticked up to 4.4%. Goldman Sachs finds 20% of laid-off workers turn to gig work, earning only ...

(New York) – Governments negotiating a new global treaty on gig work should strengthen the draft text to ensure fair wages and social security for these workers and protect them from exploitative ...

The labor market is experiencing an ongoing slowdown in job creation and hiring, turning the workforce into an exclusive club with high standards for admission. This is especially true for young ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

(Washington, DC) – Major digital labor platforms, also known as gig companies, operating in the United States misclassify gig workers as independent contractors, denying them labor rights, Human ...