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Uber is cutting workers again, and this time the ax is falling on the people closest to the ground. The latest round of layoffs targets operational and support staff — the so-called foot soldiers — raising familiar questions about how platform companies treat their workforce once the growth phase slows and efficiency becomes the only metric that matters.
Shifting to the courtroom, the UK Supreme Court has opened a significant legal door for victims of state-sponsored spyware, ruling that foreign governments may no longer be fully shielded from civil suits brought in British courts. It is a quiet but potentially landmark moment for accountability in a space where powerful actors have long operated with near-total impunity.
And in a story that is equal parts innovation and overreach, dating apps are now rolling out facial recognition tools to verify that users are real humans and not scammers. The intent is reasonable enough, but handing biometric data to commercial platforms built around romantic desperation raises serious questions about where that data goes and who profits from it.
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