Travis Kalanick is stepping down from his post as CEO of Uber, effective immediately, The New York Times reported early Wednesday. Kalanick’s exit came after a shareholder revolt reportedly made it untenable for him to stay at the company he founded in 2009. Investors called for the change in leadership in a letter that was delivered to Kalanick in Chicago and obtained by Times reporter Mike Isaac.

Farmers in California often struggle to find enough workers to harvest fields bursting with crops. Now the situation is growing dire as crackdowns on immigrants are leaving tons of food to rot in fields. Last year some$13 million in strawberries, broccoli, lettuces and other crops were plowed under in Santa Barbara County alone for lack of pickers, the Santa Barbara Independent reports, citing the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California.

What challenges should Uber’s next CEO expect to tackle first? We asked some experts, and one thing is clear: Whoever lands behind the wheel should expect full throttle from Day One.

Under pressure from Donald Trump, Ford scrapped its plansto build a $1 billion plant in Mexico that would’ve produced its Focus compact car. But in a move that’s likely to vex the president,the automaker has decided to relocate its production to China in 2019. Ford currently builds the Focus at its factory in Wayne, Michigan, and in facilities in Germany and China.

Embattled Uber founder Travis Kalanick resigned as CEO on Tuesday after five investors reportedly requested he step down. The task of finding a replacement to lead the ride-hailing giant begins now. “I love Uber more than anything in the world and at this difficult moment in my personal life I have accepted the investors request to step aside so that Uber can go back to building rather than be distracted with another fight,” Kalanick said in a statement to The New York Times.

Uber reversed itself Tuesday and said it will allow tipping of drivers. Drivers in Seattle, Minneapolis and Houston can receive gratuities from passengers through the Uber smartphone app beginning Tuesday, and tipping will be allowed elsewhere in the U.S. by the end of July. The ride-hailing company announced the policy U-turn as part of its “180 days of change” initiative that aims to improve conditions for drivers. The company is trying to cut down on driver turnover.

The $13.7 billion deal supercharges Amazon’s decade-long quest to take on the supermarket business, which accounts for up to $800 billion of U.S. consumer spending. Amazon began experimenting with food delivery in 2007, when it first launched AmazonFresh near its Seattle headquarters.

The bank gives “primary caretakers” 16 weeks off after the arrival of a child. All other new parents get just two weeks. The problem is that only male employees are asked to provide proof they are “primary caretakers,” says Rotondo, who works as a fraud investigator at the bank. The underlying assumption of Chase’s policy appears to be that male employees need to get back to work after babies are born, while female employees must stay home longer.

An Uber board of directors member made a sexist crack about his female colleagues at a Tuesday meeting on the company’s plans to address complaints of sexism and other workplace culture problems. Bonderman can be heard making the disparaging remark in audio obtained by Yahoo at the meeting with Uber employees, as the company takes steps to address its flawed workplace culture, including the complaints of discrimination and sexual harassment.

Oops, they did it again. Russian hackers that is, this time hiding a sophisticated malware operation in Britney Spears’ Instagram account. A gang of Russian hackers notorious for spying on foreign governments, diplomats and military facilities has come up with a clever back-door Trojan marriage between their operation and social media — most notably Spears’ Instagram, according to Slovakian cyber-security firm ESET, which discovered the ruse.