Desperate for EntertainmentThere has never been a more captive audience for movies and TV than during these past few months. (Aug. 16-22)A Warm ReceptionJoe Biden and his newly announced vice-presidential pick, Kamala Harris, will accept their official nominations — remotely, via video — at the Democratic National Convention this week. (Perhaps you, too, have noticed that everyone on Instagram has rented a picturesque house for the month of August.) What’s more, Airbnb desperately needs the money that a public offering could bring in. And Uber’s chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, said the government needs to find a “third way” to treat gig workers instead of the binary divide between independent contractor and employee.

Source: New York Times August 16, 2020 10:52 UTC