beginning of the end Uber pretended its drivers were contractors, and now it owes New Jersey $650m in employment tax Cory Doctorow
counterfeit capitalism Wework, Uber, Lyft, Netflix, Bird, Amazon: late-stage capitalism is all about money-losing predatory pricing aimed at creating monopolies Cory Doctorow
scooterfreude Here's how to take Wired's advice and get your own e-scooter, for a fraction of the cost Cory Doctorow
ab5 Uber general counsel threatens California: pass a law that makes drivers into employees and we'll spend $60m on a ballot initiative to overturn it Cory Doctorow
ab5 Rideshare companies' effort to kill California employment bill is failing miserably Cory Doctorow
accounting irregularities The guy who figured out Bernie Madoff's scam now says GE is about to go bankrupt Cory Doctorow
all-time low As Uber's stock craters amid billions in unanticipated losses, a hiring freeze on engineers Cory Doctorow
greater fool theory Uber projected $8b in losses for 2019, but it just booked $5.2b in losses in a single quarter Cory Doctorow
damned lies and usage statistics Facebook's alleged growth is largely coming from countries where Facebook says it has a fake account problem Cory Doctorow
magic underpants gnomes Bird Scooter reportedly lost $100m in three months, needs more capital to stay afloat Cory Doctorow
valley of the unicorns Now that Uber and Lyft are public, their inevitable financial collapse is much clearer Cory Doctorow
greater fools Uber is a "bezzle," doomed to disappoint the suckers who buy into its IPO Cory Doctorow
