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This Interview With Uber's CEO Should Be Placed in a Time Capsule For the Year 2029 GizmodoUber lost a mind-boggling $5.2 billion last quarter, but the company's CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, is still optimistic that Uber will be able to make money one day. https://www.google.com/news

This Interview With Uber's CEO Should Be Placed in a Time Capsule For the Year 2029 GizmodoUber lost a mind-boggling $5.2 billion last quarter, but the company's CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, is still optimistic that Uber will be able to make money one day. View the full article

Internal data shows Uber’s reputation hasn’t changed much since #DeleteUber The Washington PostSAN FRANCISCO — Uber has a reputation problem. The ride-hailing giant launched a half-billion-dollar marketing campaign last year to rebuild its image. https://www.google.com/news

Uber Eats Keeping Uber Stock Healthy? ForbesUber's (NYSE:UBER) food delivery *service*, Uber Eats, is the company's fastest-growing business. In this analysis, we take a look at how Uber Eats has grown ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber and Lyft are putting $60 million toward keeping drivers independent contractors TechCrunchIn light of gig worker protection legislation Assembly Bill 5 making its way through California's legislature, Uber and Lyft are amping up their efforts to do ... https://www.google.com/news

What Amazon, Nike, Uber, and Disney Do With Their Money | Tyler Brandt Foundation for Economic EducationWhat do some of the world's biggest and most recognized corporations do with their money? Is it true that they are flushed with cash reserves? Do they sleep on ... View the full article

Former Uber Engineer Could Face a Decade in Prison for Stealing Secrets from Google Vanity FairAnthony Levandowski, Travis Kalanick's “brother from another mother,” has been charged with stealing trade secrets around self-driving technology. https://www.google.com/news

Policy on Uber in York 'must stay unchanged', councillors told York PressTHE city council should not change its taxi licensing policy towards out-of-town drivers working in York - under recommendations made to senior councillors. https://www.google.com/news

Uber Driver Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting Black Man, Nearly Crashing Car EssenceA Detroit father is furious after he said an Uber driver assaulted him in front of his young son and called him the n-word, then nearly crashed the vehicle in which ... View the full article

Pete Buttigieg rallied with Uber/Lyft drivers. His campaign uses the apps heavily Business InsiderButtigieg's campaign spent $8092 on Uber rides and $1060 on Lyft rides during the first half of the year, election filings show. View the full article

Pete Buttigieg rallied with Uber/Lyft drivers. His campaign uses the apps heavily Business InsiderButtigieg's campaign spent $8092 on Uber rides and $1060 on Lyft rides during the first half of the year, election filings show. https://www.google.com/news

Ex-Google engineer 'stole self-driving car tech before joining Uber' Sky News Ex-Google and Uber engineer charged with theft BBC News Former top Uber engineer charged with stealing trade secrets Financial Times Otto man thrown under the bus: 33 crim trade secret theft charges for ex-Uber exec Anthony Levandowski The Register Ex-Uber and Waymo engineer charged with trade secrets theft Los Angeles Times View full coverage on Google News https://www.google.com/news

Home is where the convenience app is Financial TimesLarge sums are being poured into *service* companies that replicate the jobs parents do for small children. View the full article

Every Parent’s Nightmare: A Teenage Girl and an Uber Driver With His Own Plan The New York TimesThe man picked up the teenager at a Sweet 16 on Long Island and intended to sexually assault her, prosecutors said, but she escaped to a McDonald's. https://www.google.com/news

Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers rally in San Francisco for employee protections The VergeHundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers rallied in San Francisco on Tuesday in support of a state bill that would make it more difficult for companies to classify workers ... https://www.google.com/news

Buttigieg joins Uber, Lyft drivers in San Francisco gig-work protest San Francisco ChronicleDemocratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg joined dozens of Uber drivers who circled the company's Market Street headquarters Tuesday, horns honking ... View the full article

Uber and Lyft drivers lose their rooftop billboards Crain's New York BusinessFor-hire vehicle drivers are giving their rooftop billboards one last ride this week. The money-making signs, which have been the subject of a long-running legal ... View the full article

Ex-Uber Engineer Levandowski Charged With Trade-Secret Theft WIREDFormer Waymo and Uber self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski—regarded by many as a father of the fledgling autonomous vehicle industry—was ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber and Lyft Have Problems Paying Their Drivers. Here's What It Says About Both Companies Inc.Uber and Lyft have plenty of problems between them--not the least of which is that neither company seems to be able to make money. That's ironic, especially in ... View the full article

Former Star Google and Uber Engineer Charged With Theft of Trade Secrets The New York TimesAnthony Levandowski, one of Silicon Valley's foremost technologists on autonomous cars, was charged with theft and attempted theft of trade secrets from ... View the full article

Uber made nearly $500 million from a 'safe rides fee' — and that money went straight to the company's pockets Business InsiderAfter dropping off passengers at a Broadway play, Johan Nijman, a for-hire driver who runs his own *service* and also drives for Uber on the side, drives through ... View the full article

Uber made nearly $500 million from a 'safe rides fee' — and that money went straight to the company's pockets Business InsiderAfter dropping off passengers at a Broadway play, Johan Nijman, a for-hire driver who runs his own *service* and also drives for Uber on the side, drives through ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber and Lyft's driver take rates higher than they say: Jalopnik INSIDERThe car-news site Jalopnik asked Uber and Lyft drivers to send in their receipts in an effort to analyze how big of a cut the companies take. https://www.google.com/news

Uber is underpowered MoneyWeekThe ride-hailing app is still bleeding red ink and looks absurdly overvalued. View the full article

Uber is underpowered MoneyWeekView the full article