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You Can Now Ditch Uber for a Driver-Owned Rideshare App in New York City

GizModo VR

The thank-you banners are down, but New York City residents have a real opportunity to show their appreciation for a population of low-paid, primarily immigrant frontline workers. New York City residents can help now by ditching Uber and Lyft for a competing driver-owned alternative app called “Co-op Ride,” created by… Read more.

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DoorDash Quietly Astroturfing in New York as Gig Economy Laws Loom

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Their sinister ballot measure Prop 22 passed, it’s practically unrepealable; now they’re lining New York state politicians’ pockets, and yet… Read more. Last year, in a feat of astonishing greed, Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash poured $200 million into buying a law that safeguards their profits and screws their struggling workers.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

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See Also: New Guidelines for Developers: XR Software Should Be Accessible for Users With Disabilities. Because their platform showcases life-like avatars, they typically hire for “holographic” roles that include 2D/3D design and engineers that have both AR/VR software experience and AR/VR hardware experience.

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Tesla inches closer to recall as NHTSA probes autopilot software

Mashable VR

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Thursday that it will significantly expand its investigation of Tesla's autopilot system, which could potentially see more than 800,000 vehicles recalled, according to a report from the New York Times. This isn't the first time Tesla has been under investigation by the NHTSA.

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How We Determined Predictive Policing Software Disproportionately Targeted Low-Income, Black, and Latino Neighborhoods

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Huge metropolises like New York City crunched reams of crime and arrest data to find and target “hot spots” for extra policing. The expansion of digital record-keeping by police departments across the U.S. in the 1990s ushered in the era of data-driven policing. Researchers at the time found that this reduced crime … Read more.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook: AR Is “Critically Important” For The Company’s Future

VRScout

Kara Swisher from the New York Times recently talked with Apple CEO Tim Cook about the companies future as well as its current priorities. Cook told Swisher that the company loves to integrate hardware, software, and services to seek out new intersection points of communication, stating “that’s where the magic occurs.”

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New York Yellow Cabs Will Finally Run Through Uber

GizModo VR

New Yorkers looking to catch an Uber may soon find themselves sitting in the back of classic Yellow Cab. Read more.

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