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Independent Online Uber, Bell Helicopter alliance to bring first air taxis by 2025 Independent Online INTERNATIONAL - Bell Helicopter, which has tied up with Uber Technologies Inc. to revolutionize mass transportation, expects to bring the first air-taxis under the partnership by the middle of next decade, according to an executive at the Textron Inc ... https://www.google.com/news -
Bloomberg GrubHub, Uber Eats Will Be the Food Delivery Gatekeepers Bloomberg Actors dressed in Grubhub Inc. costumes interact with traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Friday, April 4, 2014. Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images. GRUBHUB INC. -3.42. As of 3:59 PM EST. 85.62 USD ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Financial Times Didi Chuxing launches self-driving car in push to challenge Uber Financial Times Didi Chuxing has demonstrated a self-driving car for the first time as the Chinese car-booking group steps up its battle with Uber to control the future of inner-city taxi services. The test shows that Didi, which has 20m rides a day booked through its ... 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 Toyota invests $69M in Japanese Uber rival backed by the taxi industryTechCrunch all 78 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Curbed SF SF sues California over law that shelters Lyft, Uber drivers Curbed SF San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced Thursday that the city will sue the state of California over a law that Herrera's office alleges gives Lyft and Uber drivers an unfair tax shelter while undermining the authority of cities to govern ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Uber apologises as company settles Waymo lawsuit - Financial Times
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Financial Times Uber apologises as company settles Waymo lawsuit Financial Times Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi has apologised and agreed to pay $245m to settle a trade secrets case brought by Google subsidiary Waymo, in the latest effort by new management to clean up the group's tarnished image. The transport company will ... Uber and Waymo settle self-driving car case for $244m in equityWired.co.uk Uber and its 245 million reasons to settle with Google's WaymoThe Register Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement | Uber NewsroomUber all 266 news articles » https://www.google.com/news -
The Guardian Uber and Waymo reach settlement in blockbuster trade secrets trial The Guardian The Waymo driverless car displayed during a Google event in San Francisco in 2016. Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP. The trade secrets trial between Uber and Google's self-driving car spinoff came to a sudden close on Friday, when an attorney for Waymo ... Uber apologises as company settles Waymo lawsuitFinancial Times Uber and its 245 million reasons to settle with Google's WaymoThe Register Waymo and Uber reach a surprise settlementThe Verge Wired.co.uk -CNBC -BBC News all 230 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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The Independent Uber launches driver feedback programme amid calls for greater protection of workers' rights The Independent Under-fire ride sharing service Uber has announced the launch of a driver feedback programme across the UK, responding to calls for greater rights and protections for workers in the so-called gig economy. The rights of Uber drivers have been a source ... Here's how Uber has responded to the Taylor reviewCity A.M. Uber to set up a five-driver advisory board in every UK cityiNews Uber to set up advisory group for its drivers to give feedbackAOL UK all 5 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Evening Standard Taxi giant Uber launches driver councils in bid to repair its reputation Evening Standard Uber recently agreed to provide personal injury and illness cover, in-app tipping and paid waiting time to appease the people working for them. A tribunal said in 2016 that Uber drivers, part of the so-called gig-economy, should get holiday pay, sick ... https://www.google.com/news
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City A.M. Here's how Uber has responded to the Taylor review City A.M. Uber has just unveiled its sop to the government after it (finally) responded to the Taylor review on the gig economy: easier ways for drivers to provide feedback. The ride hailing app said a new feedback programme, dubbed UberEngage, will give drivers ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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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
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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