Ikea is trying its hand at the gig economy. The Swedish home goods giant just bought on-demand freelance work app TaskRabbit for an undisclosed sum, the companies confirmed. Recode first reported the ...

Trade jobs like plumbing are supposed to be among the hardest for AI to replace. For Ania Smith, the CEO of Taskrabbit, that's good news. Taskrabbit, founded in 2008 by Leah Solivan, is a platform ...