sharing economy Startup offers to build studio apartments in homeowners' backyards and split the rental income Mark Frauenfelder

design Fiverr's new recruiting ad promises to literally work you to death Cory Doctorow

law One professor's nightmare renting her house through the sharing economy Andrea James

uk Uber's VAT-avoidance means it owes millions to EU states and will face huge cuts to future EU profits Cory Doctorow

Business Excellent, deep series on Uber's Ponzi-scheme economics Cory Doctorow

Business Profile of People's Ride: a co-operative, driver-owned alternative to Uber Cory Doctorow

Business Airbnb stealth-updates terms of service, says it's not an insurer and requires binding arbitration Cory Doctorow

Business Uber and Lyft don't cover their cost of capital and rely on desperate workers Cory Doctorow

Business New rideshare service bets women are ready to leave Uber's sleazy, rape-friendly service Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Trailer for The Internet Wants, when the big hotels use psychopaths to disrupt Airbnb Cory Doctorow

Business Umbrella-sharing service: return it in 48h and it's free Cory Doctorow

#CoronavirusLockdown Scooter sharing companies got clobbered by the pandemic Mark Frauenfelder

Business O'Reilly Media shutters its conference business forever David Pescovitz

Gadgets Learn photography, finance, and more from the masters like Tim Ferriss Boing Boing's Shop

corruption How the "prosperity gospel" convinces poor people to give everything to grifty millionaire preachers Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Buried in Uber's IPO, an aggressive plan to destroy all public transit Cory Doctorow

electric scooter sharing Pay-by-the-ride scooters only last a month, according to Louisville public data Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Public records requests reveal the elaborate shell-company secrecy that Google uses when seeking subsidies for data-centers Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Democrats unveil "Internet Bill of Rights": transparency, privacy, control, notification, Net Neutrality, competition, accountability Cory Doctorow

money Relying on a ridesharing gig to make money ain't what it used to be Seamus Bellamy