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Instacart hires a top Facebook executive as its new chief.
Fidji Simo, the new chief, worked on Facebook’s advertising business and helped develop parts of the company’s mobile advertising. Source
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Tech Shakes Up the Supermarket
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. The grocery store might be the most visible place to see the ripple effects of technological changes […]
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At Grocery Stores, It’s Hard Work Picking Your Online Order
AWM, in Aliso Viejo, Calif., offers retailers sophisticated overhead cameras that are able to track employees and customers as they walk around stores and recognize products, even down to Red Delicious versus Gala apples. Kevin […]
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The Gig Economy Dipped Again in the Fall. But How Bad Was It?
Uber and Lyft will report financial results this week for a year that upended hopes that the companies would soon turn around big losses. Source
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Uber for Everything
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. One of the technology industry’s big bets is that once a company is good at transporting one […]
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It’s a Ballot Fight for Survival for Gig Companies Like Uber
A group that also includes Lyft and DoorDash has spent nearly $200 million to support a California proposition that could save them from a new labor law. Source