Five things you need to know today, and a $488B loss

Good morning and happy Wednesday. This is managing editor Don Seiffert bringing you five things you need to know to start your workday. Uber bombshell from Mass. high court Months into a bitter campaign over what benefits are owed gig workers in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court and taken the wind out of Big Tech's sails by tossing a ballot question that would have classified such drivers as independent contractors. Lucy Maffei, who has covered the issue for the past year, talked to some…