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welcome to tech crunch daily news a roundup of the top tech news of the day.

Uber and Lyft may not be pausing operations in California after all.

Google releases new emergency alert tools and Airbnb bans all parties.

This is your daily crunch.

The big story is Uber and Lyft have won a legal victory.

Earlier today, Lyft announced that it would suspend operations in California tonight as a result of a preliminary injunction forcing lift and Uber to reclassify their drivers as employees.

Then in a head spinning change of fortune an appeals court judge granted the company's

a temporary stay. They now have until early September to outline their plans for

how to manage the transition with oral arguments in the court case coming in mid-October.

Meanwhile, Uber, Lyft, and Door Dash are backing Proposition 22, a state ballot measure that

they're pitching as an alternative approach to classifying gig workers.

In Tech Giants, Google has unveiled emergency alert tools to search and maps as fires rage in Northern California.

Google will display a red border that encircles a rough approximation of the active blaze.

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