[Link] Peloton Apologizes to 2800 Laid-Off Workers With Free Memberships

Read: 8/2/2022 www.vice.com

Peloton, the fitness and technology company, announced Tuesday that it was laying off 2,800 people as it attempts to right the ship following a string of controversies and corporate missteps that led to production stoppages, price increases, and a plunging share price.

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[Link] New York City Taxi Drivers Win Debt Deal After 15-Day Hunger Strike

Read: 4/11/2021 www.gizmodo.com.au

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance has declared victory in its struggle with the city government that had made millions artificially inflating the price of taxi medallions and then left taxi drivers to suffocate under debt as those prices plummeted in the age of Uber.

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[Link] The Sincerest Form Of Flattery: Cloning Open-Source Hardware

Read: 31/10/2021 hackaday.com

We’re great proponents (and beneficiaries) of open-source hardware here at Hackaday. It’s impossible to overstate the impact that the free sharing of ideas has had on the hacker hardware scene.

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