Latest Gig Economy News: Uber Ads, DoorDash Hacks, Porch Piracy, and AI Tools
Download the audio podcast! The latest wave of gig economy news shows how fast the space shifts between convenience, risk, and opportunity. We start with Uber’s expanding ad business, which now uses privacy‑screened trip insights to target promotions based on where...
Trust, Timing, and Tip Screens: Why Gig Work Is Never as Simple as It Looks
Download the audio here! The real world of gig work rarely fits a neat script, and this episode shows why. We open with a year-end mashup and an eyebrow-raising question: can you deliver on foot? In Tokyo, yes—Uber Walker is a thing—but that doesn’t translate to most...
DoorDash Scandals, Uber Court Battles, and the Future of Gig Work
Download the show here! The gig economy keeps rewriting its own rules. This week’s headlines showed why: a viral DoorDash incident turned indictment, a naked stranger jumped into a delivery van and crashed it, and another self‑driving car froze while...
Wild Week for Gig Workers: DoorDash Arrest, Uber’s New Safety Tools, Amazon Flex Chaos & Waymo Woes | Ep 278
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Weather, Wages, and Waymo: How the Gig Economy Moves
The week pulled us across the full map of the modern gig economy: slowdowns on Spark and wins on Amazon Flex, Halloween ride patterns, late-night safety, and the relentless march of autonomous vehicles. The tension felt everywhere is hard to miss. On one side, drivers...
How Uber and Lyft’s Latest Updates Impact Driver Earnings and Safety in 2025
Download the show! The gig economy runs on thin margins, quick choices, and constant change, and this week brings a stack of updates that could shape how drivers earn through the holidays. Lyft rolled out a bundle of driver-focused features that seem small in...
From Autonomous Cars to Tip Guarantees: The Evolving Landscape of Gig Delivery Safety and Pay
Download the audio of the show Autonomous delivery is no longer a teaser headline; it is rolling onto real streets with real implications. DoorDash and Waymo’s partnership in Phoenix pushes the boundary from novelty to pilot-scale logistics. The draw is clear: fewer...
Scarlet Letters and Self-Driving Cars: Who Is the Gig Economy Really Built For?
The gig economy is moving fast, and the fault lines are easy to see: tipping, transparency, automation, and the reality of driver pay. We kicked off by talking community—Patreon, live streams, and a Telegram group where drivers swap real-time tips and vent without...
On the Road and in the Boardroom: How Gig Economy Tensions Shape Pay, Safety, and Loyalty
Download the show! The latest wave of gig economy news reveals a tension every driver and savvy rider can feel: platforms race to automate, regulators and courts test accountability, and workers sift through new features hoping for reliability and better pay. We open...










