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BGR Uber is working with UT Austin and the army to build what amount to sky taxis BGR Uber has chosen a pair of partners to help it develop technology for uberAIR, its proposed ride-share service in the sky. The company will be working with The University of Texas at Austin, as well as the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to, according to ... Uber partners with UT Austin and US Army Research Labs on flying cabsEngadget Uber enlists UT Austin engineers to help develop its flying taxisNew Atlas UT Austin to help Uber with its 'flying car' conceptHouston Chronicle Austin American-Statesman -UT News | The University of Texas at Austin all 31 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Popular Science New York City's year-long ban on new Uber and Lyft vehicles divides the city Popular Science Opponents to the legislation say that services like Uber and Lyft play an important role in helping people—particularly people of color—get where they need to go. Meanwhile, supporters of the legislation say that it's geared toward easing congestion ... 3 Years Ago, Uber Beat Back a Cap on Vehicles. What's Changed? A Lot.New York Times For Uber and Airbnb, New York City Turns FoeWall Street Journal Don't blame Uber for Cuomo and de Blasio failing to fix congestionNew York Post ABC News -NPR -Big Think (blog) -Twitter all 485 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Uber and Lyft are different than Webtaxi. They are more than mere aggregations of independent drivers (notwithstanding what they may claim about ...View the full article

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Uber will now have to navigate around a new regulatory pothole in New York on an already bumpy road to its initial public ... View the full article

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber will have to navigate around a new regulatory pothole in New York on an already bumpy road to its initial public ... View the full article

Fast Company Uber driver troubles raise concerns about transgender face recognition Fast Company An Iowa Uber driver who is transgender was required to travel two hours to a local Uber office after a facial-recognition security feature was unable to confirm her identity, CNBC reports. Uber says such issues can often be resolved with a simple phone ... Uber Says Its Drivers Can Kick Out White Supremacists ...Washingtonian Uber drivers permitted to refuse passengers attending 'Unite the Right' rally in DC: reportThe Hill (blog) all 7 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a Kentucky Uber driver who got into a fight with a passenger has died. Louisville police spokesman Dwight ... View the full article

Vanity Fair Uber Gets Kneecapped in New York City Vanity Fair In 2015, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio backed down relatively quickly after a weeks-long fight with for-hire vehicle companies in New York City, including Uber and Lyft. De Blasio had proposed an almost-year-long cap on ride-sharing companies, ... New York City's year-long ban on new Uber and Lyft vehicles divides the cityPopular Science Riders Wonder: With Uber as New York's Plan B, Is There a Plan C?New York Times For Uber and Airbnb, New York City Turns FoeWall Street Journal New York Post -SBS -NPR -NPR all 485 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

New York City's local council has pressed pause on granting new licences to ride-hailing firms for one year, blaming companies such as Uber and Lyft ... View the full article

Recode Recode Daily: The real problem with Uber's new-car freeze in NYC Recode Uber was slapped with a major setback in its largest American market after the New York City Council voted to freeze new-vehicle licenses for Uber, Lyft and other ride-hail services in the city. The new rules will make New York the first major U.S ... https://www.google.com/news

A man punched by a driver whose car window he knocked on, mistakenly thinking the vehicle was his Uber, has died in the hospital from his injuries. View the full article

Ola, India's version of Uber, is set to enter the UK taxi market, initially in South Wales and Manchester. Ola already operates in 110 cities in India and ... View the full article

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Taxify, an Estonian ride-hailing company aiming to take on Uber [UBER.UL] in emerging markets, will invest millions of euros in ... View the full article

An online private hire firm has announced it is bringing its operation to Manchester. Indian based Ola has announced it is planning to take on Uber in ... View the full article

The Guardian New York City moves to curtail Uber and other ride-hailing services The Guardian New York City has moved to regulate the huge growth of Uber and similar firms with a temporary cap on new licences for ride-hailing services. The city council approved a package of bills that included a one-year moratorium on new licences for vehicles ... New York votes to cap Uber and Lyft servicesBBC News Uber and Lyft will survive NYC's new ride-hail cap — but the precedent is the real problemRecode New York's year-long licence cap to hit Uber and LyftFinancial Times CNNMoney -Vox -WIRED all 1,144 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Signs held by taxi drivers in front of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) protesting against Uber and Lyft claimed 42 per cent of ... View the full article

India's ride-hailing giant, Ola, has this week announced that they ready to make their UK debut. Expected to go head-to-head with Uber, we have seen ... View the full article

The UK launch is the first serious challenge to market leading Uber, which was founded two years earlier than Ola, has three million drivers and ... View the full article

What it means: New York is set to become the first major US city to set a minimum wage for drivers. and put a cap on the number of ride-hail vehicle ... View the full article

The New York City Council on Wednesday agreed to cap the number of licenses for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc for one year, ... View the full article

New York City has moved to regulate the explosive growth of Uber and other app-based ride services with a temporary cap on new licences for ... View the full article

NY plans to cap ride-hailing services including Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., becoming the first US city to take such a step. Another source on ... View the full article

(Reuters) - The New York City Council on Wednesday agreed to cap the number of licenses for ride-hailing services such as Uber for one year, ... View the full article

The New York City Council just voted 36-6 to require ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to pay their drivers minimum wage, and will prohibit them ... View the full article

Tech companies like Uber, Tesla and Google have joined traditional motor manufacturers to usher in the revolution. Google autonomous vehicles ... View the full article