Prop 22 in California keeps delivery, ride share drivers as independent contractors...In Portland Mai
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Prop 22 in California keeps delivery, ride share drivers as independent contractors…In Portland Maine voters say no to facial recognition by police…FBI looking at robocalling and stay home suggestions….Starlink is delivering really good speeds in beta…Stats show how TikTok is really growing…Comcast is pairing up with Walmart.…Amazon and Williams Sonoma make peace over IP…Spotify comes to the Apple Watch…For SNAP it’s now all about the numbers...Door to Door and Floor to Floor robot delivery coming soon..those stories and more are all here today, in THE COMUNICANO!!!
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California's Proposition 22 passes in major win for food delivery companies
California voters passed Proposition 22, a ballot measure that exempts third-party delivery platforms from reclassifying drivers as employees. The vote was running 58% in favor of the measure and 42% against with over 70% of ballots counted.
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California Sides With Uber, Lyft, DoorDash on Prop 22 Gig Workers Labor Issu
Gig economy giants including Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and DoorDash Inc. have won their effort to pass a hotly contested ballot measure that will exempt the companies from a state law requiring them to classify most of their workers as employees.
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Woowa aims to test door-to-door food delivery robots in 2021
A self-driving robot capable of traveling between floors will roam freely through an apartment complex for the delivery of food to the front door of each household next year.
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FBI probing election robocall campaign targeting Michigan, telling voters nationwide to ‘stay home’
An unidentified robocaller has placed an estimated 10 million calls in the past several weeks warning people to “stay safe and stay home,” spooking some Americans who said they saw it as an attempt to scare them away from the polls on Election Day.
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FBI investigating voter suppression robocalls on Election Day
Voters in battleground states are getting calls meant to trick them into delaying going to the polls until it’s too late.
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SpaceX's Starlink internet public beta is giving some users blistering download speeds of more than 160 Mbps, including in rural Montana
People in SpaceX’s Starlink beta are uploading screenshots of their speed tests — and some are getting speeds faster than 95% of US connections.
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The Need for (Gigabit) Speed
Iam one of the fortunate ones — I have enjoyed the fiber-connected life for nearly 11 years, four of which have been blessed by a gigabit/second connection. The bi-directional gigabit speed has been a blessing.
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Statistics Show TikTok Is Tik-Taking Over
Find out Tiktok statistics that will blow your mind! This social media app is growing quickly and making high earners.
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Wish Spotify streamed on Apple Watch? The time has arrived for many
Back in September, we saw Spotify finally start testing streaming support for its Apple Watch app, something we’ve seen arrive with other third-party services like Pandora months ago. Now it looks like the feature may finally be rolling out more widely.
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Comcast, Walmart in Talks to Develop and Distribute Smart TVs
Under the terms the companies are discussing, retail giant Walmart would promote TV sets running Comcast software and would get a share of recurring revenue from Comcast in return.
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Amazon and Williams-Sonoma settle legal battle over IP
Amazon and Williams-Sonoma have settled a lawsuit that the home goods retailer filed against Amazon in 2018.
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Snapchat now lets creators show off their subscriber counts
Snapchat is letting creators decided whether to display their subscriber counts publicly. This could help creators ink deals with brands because brands can immediately get a sense of a creator’s scale.
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The pandemic has created a middle class private jet boom
With commercial airlines grounded, holidaying households are booking business flights to beat local lockdowns
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Portland, Maine has voted to ban facial recognition
Portland, Maine is just the latest city to swear off public and police use of facial recognition technology, following previous bans by Boston, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon.
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