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Indian ethical hacker helps Uber fix flaw in its app that exposed user numbers, email Economic TimesBENGALURU: Uber fixed a vulnerability in its mobile app, which allowed hackers to access the account of any user worldwide either using their phone number ... View the full article

Uber Confirms Account Takeover Vulnerability Found By Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree ForbesHow a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree found an Uber security vulnerability that could enable an attacker to gain complete control of your account. https://www.google.com/news

Priyanka Gandhi bashes BJP on Twitter about Ola, Uber comment Gulf NewsNew Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday took a swipe at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for blaming 'Ola and ... https://www.google.com/news

Towies lose out in police court claim settlement Courier MailTOW truck operators hit by the collapse of a Queensland company dubbed the Uber of tow trucks will not see a cent under a deal to settle a 15 million court claim ... View the full article

Uber Does Not Want To Protect Its Drivers 2oceansvibe NewsA new law in California wants to reclassify independent contractors like Uber drivers as employees, and the ride-hailing company is pushing back. https://www.google.com/news

Twitter Digs up Anand Mahindra's Old Comment on Ola, Uber after Sitharaman Blames 'Millenials' News18In 2015, Chairperson of Mahindra Group had said the same thing that rising use of Ola and Uber would impact the auto industry. View the full article

Basildon Council may ask Uber to 'withdraw' from borough Yellow AdvertiserBASILDON Council will decide next week whether to write to online taxi firm Uber and ask it to either 'withdraw from Basildon' or apply for a specific licence to ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber bug allowed hackers to order cabs and food from your account The TelegraphUber has fixed a “severe” flaw that allowed hackers to order rides and food on customers' accounts, at their expense, by using the victim's email address or ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber Became Big by Ignoring Laws (and It Plans to Keep Doing That) VICEUber says it will not comply with AB5, a new California law that would require it to classify drivers as employees. https://www.google.com/news

Ola-Uber vs buying a car: Here's what works out cheaper Moneycontrol.comFM Nirmala Sitharaman said milennials increasingly prefer to ride Ola-Uber cabs instead of buying their own car. Here's the math. View the full article

Uber accused of 'deceptive' tactics in food-delivery fee battle New York Post The ride-hailing giant — scrambling to thwart a potential cap on the lucrative fees that its Uber Eats food-delivery *service* charges restaurants — has tapped a ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber: New California Bill Won't Make Us Give Drivers Employee Status The Daily BeastUber said it would keep treating its drivers as contractors despite a California bill passed Wednesday that would mandate companies to reclassify them as ... View the full article

State Supreme Court rejects Uber’s appeal, company must share its data with San Francisco San Francisco ChronicleThe state Supreme Court left intact Wednesday a ruling requiring Uber to share data about its drivers and rides with the city of San Francisco. https://www.google.com/news

Uber Says It Won't Reclassify Drivers As Employees Despite New Law HuffPostThe legislation, which seeks to categorize many independent contractors as employees with more benefits, could upend the ride-hailing company's business. https://www.google.com/news

Here’s Why Uber, Lyft, and Slack Aren’t the IPOs Investors Dreamed About Motley FoolDreams of riches are turning into nightmares for investors as profitability continues to elude these three. https://www.google.com/news

Here’s Why Uber, Lyft, and Slack Aren’t the IPOs Investors Dreamed About Motley FoolDreams of riches are turning into nightmares for investors as profitability continues to elude these three. View the full article

Uber and Lyft say AB 5’s passage doesn’t mean they will reclassify their drivers as employees Vox.comPoliticians in California have passed a new bill aimed at making gig economy companies give workers more protections, like a minimum wage. But the real test ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber Claims It Won’t Need To Change Its Business Despite Landmark Gig-Worker Law ForbesUber says it does not expect to make any changes to the way it classifies drivers in California, despite a landmark bill passed by California lawmakers on ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber, Lyft among companies trying to stymie California employment bill Compliance WeekAs legislation that would classify many freelance workers as employees instead of contractors nears passage in California, a few companies that would be most ... View the full article

Congress to Nirmala: Work, don’t joke Telegraph IndiaThis triggered such a storm on social media that the hashtag #BoycottMillennials was the top India trend on Twitter during the day. View the full article

Uber's electric bikes leaving Atlanta, scooters to stay WSB AtlantaNine months after their launch, Uber's electric bikes, JUMP e-bikes, are leaving Atlanta on Friday, an Uber spokeswoman with the company confirmed in an ... https://www.google.com/news

Lyft Facing Flood Of Lawsuits After Riders Report They Were Sexually Attacked By Drivers NPRLyft is under growing pressure to strengthen background checks and adopt better security measures for passengers after dozens of women reported that they ... View the full article

California's AB5 bill makes Uber and Lyft drivers employees — what's next? The VergeCalifornia just grievously wounded the gig economy. But Assembly Bill 5, the California bill that was approved by the state Senate on September 10th, is only the ... View the full article

California's AB5 bill makes Uber and Lyft drivers employees — what's next? The Verge Uber and Lyft Just Lost a Big Fight in a Blow to the Gig Economy GQ Uber plans to keep defending independent contractor model for drivers TechCrunch The gig economy has costs. We can no longer ignore them. The Washington Post California's New Gig Economy Bill Gives Uber & Lyft Drivers Employee Status HYPEBEAST View full coverage on Google News View the full article

VHP brands Tabrez Ansari lynching as conspiracy India TodayA day after police in Jharkhand dropped murder charges against the accused in the mob lynching of Tabrez Ansari, VHP called it a "conspiracy of secularists". View the full article