Sarah Kessler

When ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft created carpooling services in 2014, some people thought it would be fun to use chance encounters with other passengers on their routes as a speed dating opportunity. These love-seekers argued that “there’s something quite romantic about two people sitting in the backseat of a car,” and some developed habits of asking women co-passengers ”Where are you headed?” (nothing creepy about that!).

Working for Airbnb apparently isn’t as spectacularly amazing as it was last year.

Unions have been on life-support since President Ronald Reagan broke the air traffic controller’s union in 1981; their membership numbers have plummeted over the last 50 years. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Andy Puzder, the CEO of the parent company of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s fast food chains, as the next US labor secretary will likely further degrade their power and initiatives.

Amazon Go, the company’s latest store concept, allows shoppers to take products off shelves and walk out the door without waiting in a checkout line or dealing with a cashier. Instead, sensors and computer vision keep tabs on how much to charge customers’ Amazon accounts for their purchases.

The most common office gripe is not about lack of receptive management, disregard for well-being, or difficulty interacting with coworkers. No, more than anything else, workers just wish they could control the temperature of their workspaces.

Interns at tech companies make more money on an annualized basis than workers in the vast majority of occupations, according to a new online survey. A lot more.