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Uber's latest gig economy play is offering out coders for hire


Uber now provides freelance coders-for-hire and data-labeling services.

Uber describes its new Scaled Solutions division as a platform of “analysts, testers and independent data operators,” according to the company’s website. Now it’s been expanded to provide coders and data labelers for outside companies like Pokémon Go developer Niantic Inc. and the self-driving trucking software firm Aurora Innovations. The US Fair Trade Commission published a paper that found 89 percent of connected devices do not detail how long the item will receive software support.

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