“Parents do you know where your teens are? Waymo does!”

—Local police post on Facebook that a Waymo in California called the cops on two teenagers for “drinking and shooting from the vehicle. ” Dora Manriquez has spent nine years driving for Uber and Lyft, where every ride she accepts or rejects is tracked by the apps she relies on for work. Having found herself unable to score enough better-­paying rides, she has had to file for bankruptcy. App-based employers aren’t the only ones keeping a very close eye on workers today. Jobs today—whether in an office, a warehouse, or your car—can mean constant electronic surveillance with little transparency, and potentially with livelihood-ending consequences if your productivity flags.

All that data is shifting the relationships between workers and managers—and protections are lagging. Read the full story on the widening power imbalance it’s created. A place for comfort, fun, and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line.

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