Jun 6, 2017

Chicago taxis struggling

AP Photo/Adam Rountree, file

Chicago taxi revenues have fallen 40% in the last 3 years and 42% of the taxi fleet was idle in March, USA Today reports. The taxi union is asking the city for regulatory relief to better compete against Uber, Lyft and Via.

Why this matters: Taxi ridership is also plunging in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles too as ridesharing use grows. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that taxi and chauffeur employment will grow 13% in the decade ending 2024 because of growth of ride-hailing apps — at least until the self-driving taxis arrive.

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Axios
17 mins ago - Podcasts

The art and business of political polling

The election is just eight days away, and it’s not just the candidates whose futures are on the line. Political pollsters, four years after wrongly predicting a Hillary Clinton presidency, are viewing it as their own judgment day.

Axios Re:Cap digs into the polls, and what pollsters have changed since 2016, with former FiveThirtyEight writer and current CNN politics analyst Harry Enten.

Orion Rummler
3 hours ago - Technology

Twitter launches warnings on election misinformation and delays

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Twitter will start pinning notices to the top of all U.S. Twitter users’ timelines warning that results in next week’s election may be delayed and that they may encounter misinformation on mail-in voting.

Why it matters: Delayed election results are expected across many states that are handling unprecedented amounts of absentee and mailed ballots, which President Trump has baselessly called "very dangerous" and "corrupt."

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Miriam Kramer, author of Space
3 hours ago - Science

NASA confirms water exists on sunny parts of the Moon

Photo: NASA/JPL/USGS

Water on the Moon might be more easily accessible than previously thought, opening up new possible avenues for future human exploration, according to a new study.

Why it matters: NASA is aiming to send people back to the Moon as part of its Artemis program by 2024, with plans to eventually create a sustainable presence on the lunar surface. That sustainability relies on mining the moon for its resources, like water.

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