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Soumyarendra Barik
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Soumyarendra Barik
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The Indian Express | I report on the intersection of tech and society | Views mine, not employer’s | Whoever stays until the end will tell the story
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    Jan 14
    🚨Ground report: I spent 3 days as a gig worker for Zomato, Blinkit & Swiggy in Delhi. 23 deliveries. 15.5 hours. 105 km. Total earnings: Rs 782 (Rs 34/hour) After fuel: ₹532 This is India's convenience economy. A thread on what I learned @IndianExpress
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    Apr 14, 2024
    Meet Prashant. He’d come over to my place to deliver a Blinkit order when I was jamming with a few friends. He’s interested in music and wanted to play a few songs. And he’s INCREDIBLE. Sharing a song he played - have fun!
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Jun 2, 2022
    🚨BREAKING: ExpressVPN becomes first major VPN provider to remove its servers from India in the aftermath of CERT-In's cybersecurity rules which require VPNs to store user data for 5 years. Says users will still be able to connect with their VPN services.
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    Oct 8, 2021
    🚨🚨BREAKING: More than 100 women working with Urban Company as beauticians are on strike against the company protesting against low wages, high commissions and poor safety working conditions for them. I’m reporting live @entrackr videos in 🧵
    Exclusive: Urban Company’s women workers strike against alleged exploitation
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Nov 11, 2021
    Electric vehicles will not save the planet. Efficient, accessible and affordable public transport will.
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Dec 21, 2021
    🚨🚨EXCLUSIVE. YOU ARE READING IT FIRST HERE. Urban Company has sued women protesting against the company calling the strike “illegal”, in what is perhaps the first such case where a new age Indian tech company has initiated legal action against its own gig workers.
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Dec 27, 2021
    Okay, presenting to y'all Good Habits of an Ideal Tech Boy.
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Dec 9, 2021
    Ground report | I tailed an Ola and Uber driver for a number of rides to investigate an important question: why have these drivers increasingly been asking passengers to cancel the ride on the app? Here's what I found @entrackr (🧵)
    Why do Uber and Ola drivers ask users to cancel rides?
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Mar 19, 2021
    🚨BIG: Amazon’s last-mile delivery network in Pune has come to a grinding halt after its delivery personnel went on strike on March 16 demanding better pay and insurance cover from the company. Around 20 delivery hubs have been hit. My story @entrackr 1/n
    Amazon’s delivery personnel in Pune go on strike affecting deliveries
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Apr 26, 2021
    🚨NEW: “What is Twitter? Can I get my wife hospitalised using that?” Akhil Prasad who stood outside Gangaram Hospital in Delhi said when I asked if he had looked for help on Twitter. My ground report for @entrackr and a 🧵entrackr.com/2021/04/what-i…
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Oct 31, 2021
    I think the biggest lie in this obviously fake conversation is that he has a friend
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Apr 11, 2024
    🚨Apple has sent a fresh round of warnings to some Indian users that their iPhone may have been targeted by spyware like Israeli NSO-Group's Pegasus. Notifications were sent at 12:30 am today, unclear how many people in India were targeted. @IndianExpress
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Aug 17, 2022
    New: RTI docs reveal that Delhi Police while using facial recognition considers a match of 80% as positive. But, even for people whose match is below 80%, are considered 'false positive' and remain on police radar. RTI by @internetfreedom, Page 1 story @IndianExpress (🧵)
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    Soumyarendra Barik
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    Dec 20, 2021
    🚨Breaking: Women workers of Urban Company have gone on strike yet again calling for an end to a new 'Flexi' category and a new subscription service charge they have to pay to the company. They had first went on a strike just this October. (Video by spl. arrangement)
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