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Evening Standard Female Uber drivers 'paid less than men because they work differently' Evening Standard Female Uber drivers in the US earn less than their male counterparts because they drive more slowly and in less lucrative patches, a study found. The ride-hailing app's algorithm for pay is gender-blind, with each trip - by male or female driver - paid ... Female Uber drivers make less than their male counterparts, but it's not what you thinkMashable Female Uber drivers make earn 7% less, but not due to company's sexismCity Pages Uber drivers can help to explain the pay gapTelegraph.co.uk all 9 news articles » https://www.google.com/news -
Wired.co.uk Didi Chuxing took on Uber and won. Now it's taking on the world Wired.co.uk Didi's smartphone app currently works much like its US-based rivals Uber and Lyft, offering rides from drivers in their own cars or regular taxis. What sets the company apart is scale. With 400m registered customers in more than 400 Chinese cities, it ... Toyota invests $69M in Japanese Uber rival backed by the taxi industryTechCrunch This ride-hailing giant's global expansion playbook is the opposite of Uber'sQuartz Didi Chuxing and SoftBank come together to rival Uber in JapanYourStory.com all 35 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Forbes Why Blockchain Could Kill Uber Forbes Just when platform businesses such as Uber thought their business model sets them up for success, a potential threat in the form of blockchain technology is gaining traction and just might disrupt these businesses. What if people could connect directly ... https://www.google.com/news
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TechCrunch Toyota invests $69M in Japanese Uber rival backed by the taxi industry TechCrunch This week isn't turning out to be great one for Uber in Japan. Two of its investors — Didi and SoftBank — are teaming up to launch a rival service, while one of its existing competitors has just landed a big cash infusion and highly influential ... Didi Chuxing took on Uber and won. Now it's taking on the worldWired.co.uk This ride-hailing giant's global expansion playbook is the opposite of Uber'sQuartz Didi Chuxing and SoftBank come together to rival Uber in JapanYourStory.com all 32 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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BGR Uber and Bell make meaningless promise about 'air taxis' sometime in the future, maybe BGR Uber and Bell Technologies announced a partnership earlier this year to try and make airborne taxis, long the realm of sci-fi, an actual reality. Bell sees “air taxis” as the “future of our industry,” and according to an interview with Bloomberg, we ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Recode Bill Gurley contradicted Travis Kalanick's testimony at the Uber-Waymo trial Recode The former Uber board member was called as a witness on the fourth day of trial for Alphabet's lawsuit against Uber. But in that brief time on the stand, Gurley — who presiding Judge William Alsup said could take the cake for the tallest witness in ... I'm not so sure Waymo's going to win against Uber - The VergeThe Verge Quiz: who said it – Uber's Travis Kalanick or Wall Street's Gordon ...The Guardian Uber and Waymo trial gets ubertechnical, but no smoking gunCNET Los Angeles Times -Reuters -Bloomberg all 53 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Mashable Female Uber drivers make less than their male counterparts, but it's not what you think Mashable Before we get into the details, let's remember that the causes for Uber's pay gap, which can largely be based on driver choices, shouldn't undermine very real systemic issues in other industries. Women working full-time in the U.S. on average earn only ... Uber drivers can help to explain the pay gapTelegraph.co.uk Female Uber drivers 'paid less than men because they work differently'Evening Standard all 23 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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The Verge I'm not so sure Waymo's going to win against Uber The Verge It's day 4 of Waymo v. Uber and I'm still not entirely clear on what Waymo's case is. Yes, it's a case where a former Google engineer absconded with over 9 gigabytes of data, transferred it to his laptop, backed it up onto disks that he put in his ... Lyft Could Have Bought the Startup That Triggered the Uber-Waymo Trade Secrets BattleThe Drive Uber Board Got Assurances on Diligence Ahead of Self-Driving Deal: InvestorU.S. News & World Report Trade secret files could be stored anywhere, witnesses in Waymo-Uber trial sayLos Angeles Times Bloomberg -The Mercury News -Seeking Alpha all 31 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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SFGate Uber outage yields complaints throughout the US CNET "There was an outage for a few minutes today and we were able to mitigate it quickly," an Uber spokeswoman said in an email. "Our support team is already responding to users online to help resolve any issues." The company's user support account on ... Uber experiences brief outage, apparently worldwideSFGate Uber crash: Cars go missing from ride-sharing app3AW Reports of Uber outage impacting drivers, ridersKTVU San Francisco International Business Times all 6 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Telegraph.co.uk Uber drivers can help to explain the pay gap Telegraph.co.uk The gender pay gap is a tricky concept for proponents of “evidence-based policy”. The Government has introduced a legal requirement for businesses with more than 250 employees to publish average gender pay statistics. The rationale is for “transparency ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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PBS NewsHour Analysis: How an Uber employee's #MeToo story could shape an employee rights case at the Supreme Court PBS NewsHour Before she was on Time magazine's cover as one of the #MeToo Silence Breakers, Susan Fowler, a former Uber engineer, had a message for the U.S. Supreme Court. In February 2017, Fowler, who was an Uber site reliability engineer, wrote on her personal ... https://www.google.com/news
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The Drive Lyft Could Have Bought the Startup That Triggered the Uber-Waymo Trade Secrets Battle The Drive In August 2016, Uber bought Otto, an autonomous-driving startup founded by ex-Google employees Anthony Levandowski and Lior Ron. Six months later, Waymo, the current incarnation of the Google self-driving car project, sued Uber, claiming the company ... Uber Board Got Assurances on Diligence Ahead of Self-Driving Deal: InvestorU.S. News & World Report Uber's Vetting Expert Tells Jury Waymo Engineer Deal Was RushedBloomberg Waymo vs. Uber: Travis Kalanick paints himself as underdogThe Mercury News San Francisco Chronicle -Savannah Morning News -Transport Topics Online all 28 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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CNET For London cabbies battling Uber, the map is in the mind CNET Created in 1865 for horse-drawn carriages, the Knowledge has survived the automobile and London's explosive growth into a global city. These days, though, technology is presenting the Knowledge with new challenges. Anyone can access a GPS device to get ... https://www.google.com/news
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Financial Times Uber wins French employment case Financial Times Uber has won a legal battle in France over the employment status of one of its drivers after a labour tribunal said the ride hailing app was “in the business of intermediation and not that of a transportation service” and therefore did not act as an ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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TechRadar Uber self-driving cars: everything you need to know TechRadar Uber started out as a service that was as appealing to potential drivers as it was to urban passengers weary of cabs: with your own car and some spare time, you could make some cash by ferrying folks to where they needed to go. Lately, though, Uber has ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Washington Post Guilty verdicts in case of off-duty Uber driver who tried to kill Maryland cop with homemade shotgun Washington Post “Aimed right at my face,” said Montgomery County Police Detective Donnie Oaks. Oaks's recollections, heard by jurors in a Montgomery courtroom, helped lead to Hemming's conviction Wednesday on a charge of trying to kill Oaks with an operable, loaded ... https://www.google.com/news
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The Register Laser sauce, cheat code, jam seshs: The Waymo vs Uber trial kicks off The Register Analysis According to former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, a "cheat code" is tech bro slang for a hack. Or, in his words, "elegant solutions to problems that haven't already been thought of." The lawyers who were lined up against him in a San Francisco ... Google and Uber were like 'big brother and little brother'—until it all went wrongCNBC Uber is just too underhanded to play the underdog against Waymo ...The Verge Travis Kalanick's Wounded Psyche Takes Center Stage at Uber TrialVanity Fair Recode all 142 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Big Think (blog) It used to be Uber vs. Taxis. Now it's Uber vs. You. Big Think (blog) Which might not be long, if Uber and a large chunk of the transportation industry has its way. Uber, along with Lyft, ZipCar, and a number of smaller companies, including bike-sharing platforms, have signed onto a pledge called “Shared Mobility ... https://www.google.com/news
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The Guardian 'Greed is good': ex-Uber boss likened to Gordon Gekko at trade secrets trial The Guardian A scene from the 1987 movie Wall Street became a flashpoint in the trial in which Google's driverless car spinoff Waymo accuses the ride-hailing company Uber of stealing trade secrets. “The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a ... Former Uber chief hints at regret over deal at heart of Waymo trialFinancial Times Google and Uber were like 'big brother and little brother'—until it all went wrongCNBC Uber founder's competitive streak takes center stage in trade-theft trialNew York Post Ars Technica -Daily Mail -Entrepreneur all 83 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Financial Times Former Uber chief hints at regret over deal at heart of Waymo trial Financial Times Uber's former chief executive Travis Kalanick has suggested that he regretted making the acquisition at the heart of a high-stakes trade secrets case with Waymo, Google's self-driving car unit, in his second day of testimony. Mr Kalanick on Wednesday ... Google and Uber were like 'big brother and little brother'—until it all went wrongCNBC 'Greed is good': ex-Uber boss likened to Gordon Gekko at trade secrets trialThe Guardian Uber's ex-CEO: At first, Uber considered Google to be its “big brother”Ars Technica New York Post -Daily Mail -Bloomberg all 87 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Telegraph.co.uk Uber gender pay gap 'explained' - men drive faster than women Telegraph.co.uk ... earn an average of £2.15 more per hour than those with fewer than 100 trips. This also influences the company's gender pay gap because 77 per cent of women quit Uber after after six months compared to 65 per cent of male drivers. The new study ... Uber: Ah yeah, we pay women drivers less than men. We can explain!The Register Male Uber drivers earn more money because they are faster than women, new study commissioned by Uber findsDaily Mail Female Uber drivers earn $1.24 per hour less than men: studyThe Verge Business Insider -Marie Claire UK -Fortune -Stanford University all 47 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Reuters Uber, Yandex complete ride services merger Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - Uber and Russia's Yandex have completed a deal to combine their ride-sharing businesses in Russia and neighboring countries, Yandex said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: An Uber sign is seen in a car in New York, NY, U.S., June 30, 2015 ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Yandex and Uber Complete the Combination of Their Ride-Sharing Businesses in Russia and Neighboring Countries GlobeNewswire (press release) Yandex has appointed John Boynton, Chairman of the Board of Yandex N.V.; Arkady Volozh, its CEO; Greg Abovsky, its COO and CFO; and Vadim Marchuk, its Vice President, Corporate Development, as its designated members on the supervisory board of the ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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#MentorHer, Uber Pay Gap, Benioff and Weiss: Broadsheet Feb. 7 Fortune Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Uber drivers have a gender pay gap, the Star Wars universe has yet to get its first female or POC director, and Sheryl Sandberg wants more men to mentor women. Have a wonderful Wednesday. EVERYONE'S TALKING ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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NBC Chicago Former Uber CEO Testifies in High-Tech Heist Case NBC Chicago Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick leaves the Philip Burton Federal Building after testifying on day two of the trial between Waymo and Uber Technologies on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in San Francisco, California. Waymo, an autonomous car subsidiary owned by ... Kalanick returns to court in Waymo-Uber autonomous car secrets trialReuters Uber trailed in self-driving car development, admits ex-CEO Travis Kalanickwww.computing.co.uk Uber's Former CEO Wanted 'Cheat Codes' To Beat Competitors At Self-Driving CarsJalopnik all 22 news articles » https://www.google.com/news