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Uber drivers plan shutdown over 'poverty wages' as company goes public The GuardianDrivers will turn off apps in seven US cities on 8 May as collectives condemn IPO for lining executives' pockets. Kari Paul in San Francisco. Wed 24 Apr 2019 ... View the full article

Uber drivers plan shutdown over 'poverty wages' as company goes public The GuardianDrivers will turn off apps in seven US cities on 8 May as collectives condemn IPO for lining executives' pockets. Kari Paul in San Francisco. Wed 24 Apr 2019 ... https://www.google.com/news

Woman wants taxis to be safer after Uber driver asked her out while broken down Metro.co.ukAmanda Harris said an Uber driver said the ride was free when the car broke down for an hour. He asked her out to which she said no. View the full article

Woman wants taxis to be safer after Uber driver asked her out while broken down Metro.co.ukAmanda Harris said an Uber driver said the ride was free when the car broke down for an hour. He asked her out to which she said no. https://www.google.com/news

McDonald’s Negotiates Uber Eats Contract Ahead of IPO BloombergMcDonald's Corp. is working to make delivery more profitable for its franchisees -- and that means it could turn to providers other than Uber Eats. https://www.google.com/news

Uber Launches New Safety Features as It's Being Sued by Assault Victims Gizmodo UKIt's one of those horrors that most men don't think about but women regularly have to. Four weeks ago, a man was charged with murdering Samantha Josephson ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber Trying To Get Cops On Its Side BloombergUber wants ❤ from cops. The company is being increasingly cooperative with law enforcement as it prepares to go public (Source: TicToc) https://www.google.com/news

Uber Fires Driver Accused of Killing Ex-UFC Fighter TMZThe Uber driver accused of killing former UFC fighter Rodrigo de Lima during an altercation in Brazil on Sunday has been fired by the rideshare company ... an ... https://www.google.com/news

Wall Street's valuation guru: From Uber to Pinterest, all the major IPOs this year are overpriced CNBCThis year's hot IPOs have one thing in common — they are all overpriced, according to NYU Stern professor Aswath Damodaran. https://www.google.com/news

Drunk woman accidentally orders Uber to Newcastle — from London expressandstar.comHelen Dryden had forgotten to change her account settings, resulting in her heading North and landing a £275 bill. View the full article

Tesco Clubcard's Uber deal to end MoneySavingExpertTesco Clubcard customers will only be able to redeem points for credit to spend on Uber until 10 July, after which the offer will be scrapped. View the full article

Tesco Clubcard's Uber deal to end MoneySavingExpertTesco Clubcard customers will only be able to redeem points for credit to spend on Uber until 10 July, after which the offer will be scrapped. https://www.google.com/news

Toyota and others to invest $1 billion in Uber's advanced technologies group Smart HighwaysToyota Motor Corp, DENSO and the SoftBank Vision Fund have announced that they will invest $1 billion in Uber Technologies Inc.'s Advanced Technologies ... View the full article

Uber Shares Ride Data to Get Law Enforcement on Its Side BloombergWith an IPO looming, the company that's often clashed with authorities tries to fix its relationship with them. https://www.google.com/news

This Estonian Start-Up Has Become a Thorn in Uber’s Side The New York TimesThe Estonian ride-hailing company Bolt is an unexpected success story. The start-up points to Uber's global challenges. View the full article

This Estonian Start-Up Has Become a Thorn in Uber’s Side The New York TimesThe Estonian ride-hailing company Bolt is an unexpected success story. The start-up points to Uber's global challenges. https://www.google.com/news

Uber faces racism claim over facial recognition software Telegraph.co.ukUber has been accused of discrimination by a black driver who said he was barred from the app because the facial recognition software did not recognise him. https://www.google.com/news

Elon Musk Wants His Own “Robot Taxis” to Replace Uber and Lyft Vanity FairYour Uber or Lyft rides could soon be replaced by robot taxis, if Elon Musk gets his way. The Tesla C.E.O. announced his newest plans for disrupting the ... https://www.google.com/news

Tesla is taking direct aim at Uber and Lyft with claims it plans to roll out 1 million robo-taxis by next year — but the plan was lacking details Business InsiderOn Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the company's plans to compete with Uber and Lyft by using an autonomous ride-hailing fleet, which will be made ... View the full article

Houston Uber driver, 23, shot 12 times while he waited for a passenger Daily MailThe man was shot least four times in the arm, leg and groin, before he managed to accelerate away. He is currently in hospital in a stable condition. View the full article

Uber and Lyft Have to Grow Up Now BloombergAlso physical Bitcoin futures, Tesla sabotage, hedge fund fees and Zoom/Zoom. View the full article

Money Stuff: Uber and Lyft Have to Grow Up Now BloombergSix months ago, if Lyft Inc. had secretly sent Uber Technologies Inc. a 274-page memo saying how much an average Lyft ride costs, and how much of that Lyft ... View the full article

Uber's IPO Valuation Makes No Sense ForbesThe most anticipated IPO in years is almost here. Ridesharing giant Uber (UBER) filed its preliminary S-1 on Thursday, April 11, and it will reportedly begin ... View the full article

Woman gets £300 Uber bill after forgetting to change Newcastle ‘home’ address on London night out The SunHelen Dryden, 25, believed she was booking the Uber back to her home in Guildford but her home address was still set to Newcastle where she went to uni. View the full article

Sony launches a taxi-hailing app to rival Uber in Tokyo TechCrunchSony last year announced it would enter Japan's taxi-hailing space and, good to its word, the electronics giant has kicked off its S.Ride *service* in Tokyo. https://www.google.com/news