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US gig worker murders expose apps’ safety gaps, says labour group

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Los Angeles, US Thomson Reuters Foundation Two years after fleeing political persecution in Bangladesh, Salauddin Bablu was stabbed to death in Manhattan by a man who stole the electric bike he used to deliver food during long shifts for the Grubhub app. “When Salauddin died, his family lost everything,” Bablu’s brother-in-law, Muhammad Ahsan, said by […]

Essay: Prayer apps are flooding the market, but how well do they work?

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In an article published on The Conversation, DORIAN LLYWELYN, president of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, says any app which helps people to be more patient, humble, just, and attentive to the poor is a good thing but being an active member of a real community is needed as well…