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Increasing competition in the ride-hailing space has resulted in better incentive structures for gig workers in the sector as platforms experiment with their business models or tweak the way they charge commissions from drivers.Swiggy-backed bike-taxi platform Rapido has introduced a subscription fee model for its driver partners on cabs and autos, doing away with the old structure of commissions on rides, while California-headquartered inDrive is offering commission rates of 10-12% to its drivers in India, less than half…

Crowded House will launch new album ‘Gravity Stairs’ with a headline show at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 13th June 2024. The show will take place a couple of weeks after the album’s 31st May release. Fans who snap up tickets will have an exclusive opportunity to hear the album live in its entirety for the first time. Tickets for the show will go on general sale, Friday 23rd February at 9am via LiveNation.co.uk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uMmTV4oGaA The news of the headline show follows the…

The song is the band's first new music since 2021 Crowded House have unveiled a new single, “Oh Hi.” The buoyant song, the band’s first original music in two years, was influenced by band leader Neil Finn‘s support for So They Can, an international nonprofit focused on building schools in remote parts of Kenya and Tanzania. “I’m hoping the song comes across without needing to know the backstory,” Finn said in a statement. “But it’s very much inspired by these incredible kids and their…

Felicis, the 16-year-old Bay Area-based early-stage venture firm, has a reputation for investing globally. Indeed, firm founder Aydin Senkut — who spent a handful of years at Google as a product manager in its earlier days — was born in Turkey and talks often of the hustle he sees in founders around the world. Felicis is also known for the very strong track record it has established over time, with early bets on some breakout companies as Notion, Canva, Adyen, Cruise, Flexport, and Shopify, to name just a handful.…

Las Vegas concert also featured a rare performance of their 1987 B-side "The Sweetest Thing" U2 resumed their Las Vegas Sphere residency Friday night after a six-week break, and the mid-show acoustic set featured their first-ever live performance of the 1986 Crowded House classic “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” It was dedicated to that band’s frontman Neil Finn and Tim Finn, his brother and longtime creative collaborator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxZi82AcbYk Crowded House have landed many…

EVs, like me after the holidays, have a tendency to bloat at the slightest provocation, which is why I can’t fit into those size 34 jeans. The big issue for electric cars is heavy batteries force cars to grow in size to accommodate them. Of course, the heavier the load, the more power is needed to keep going, forcing you into a vicious cycle. Even a small city car like the original Smart has, in its latest electric version, grown into a grotesque parody of its predecessor. Which is why there’s a lot of hope riding on…

Using satellite imagery and AI, researchers have mapped human activity at sea with more precision than ever before. The effort exposed a huge amount of industrial activity that previously flew under the radar, from suspicious fishing operations to an explosion of offshore energy development. The maps were published today in the journal Nature. The research led by Google-backed nonprofit Global Fishing Watch revealed that a whopping three-quarters of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked. Up to 30…

Crowded House have been confirmed for the 2024 Eden Sessions, performing their decades-spanning hits on Wednesday 12th June 2024. Forming in Melbourne, Australia, in 1985, Crowded House have sold 15 million albums worldwide, with four number one albums in Australia, earning them 13 ARIA Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and a BRIT Award. Rita Broe, Managing Director of Eden Sessions Ltd, said, “Crowded House have a back catalogue that spans decades and we’re very excited to welcome them to the Eden Sessions stage.…

Posted in: Comics, Image, san diego comic con | Tagged: eisners, graphic novel, zoe thorogoodYesterday, Zoe Thorogood tweeted the following image, "It's Crowded At The Centre Of The Earth" which looks like it may be a sequel of sorts.This could well be Zoe Thorogood's week. To be fair, she has had quite a few of them of late. Currently in San Diego, ahead of the Eisner Awards on Friday, where she has a record number of nominations for a first-time nominee , and an article in the Observer newspaper this past weekend ahead…

A clip of Tom Holland from his new series The Crowded Room is going viral on Twitter. The actor is trending with more than 96,000 tweets mentioning him and a sex scene that he performed with another male actor. Of course, his fans are going wild after seeing their favourite Spider-Man in a never-before-seen avatar. Tom Holland stars as a man with dissociative identity disorder in The Crowded Room. The Apple TV series The Crowded Room is inspired by the story of Billy Milligan, the first person acquitted of a…