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Uber’s self-driving car unit was burning $20 million a month TechCrunchUber thought it would have 75,000 autonomous vehicles on the roads this year and be operating driverless taxi services in 13 cities by 2022, according to court ... https://www.google.com/news

Texas lawmakers look to Uber, Lyft to transport Medicaid patients San Antonio Express-NewsAUSTIN — Texas would soon start relying on Uber, Lyft and other ridesharing services to shuttle Medicaid patients to and from the doctor, if a new House bill ... View the full article

Uber Settles Drivers’ Lawsuit for $20 Million The New York TimesSAN FRANCISCO — Uber on Monday settled a long-running legal battle with drivers in California and Massachusetts who wanted the ride-hailing company to ... View the full article

Uber Settles Drivers’ Lawsuit for $20 Million The New York TimesSAN FRANCISCO — Uber on Monday settled a long-running legal battle with drivers in California and Massachusetts who wanted the ride-hailing company to ... View full coverage on Google NewsView the full article

Uber agrees to pay drivers $20 million to settle independent contractor lawsuit TechCrunchAt a time when the gig economy is under heavy scrutiny around its practices of classifying workers as 1099 independent contractors, IPO-bound Uber has ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber drivers are gaming the app to stick riders with cancellation fees KnowTechieUber drivers are conning riders into handing them over a cancellation fee for a *service* they never intended offering. Learn more here. View the full article

Uber settles driver classification lawsuit for $20 million The VergeThe fight over the classification of ride-sharing drivers as independent contractors appears to be over after Uber announced that it settled a pair of long-gestating ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber reveals the strange things people leave behind in its cars Sky NewsUK punters are forgetful - but customers in Ireland, the Netherlands and France are even more absent-minded. https://www.google.com/news

Rideshare wars: An alternative data comparison of Uber and Lyft as they IPO Thinknum MediaWhile it seems the world has been waiting for Uber ($UBER) to hit the public market for years, its competitor Lyft ($LYFT) has thrown down the gauntlet, filing its ... View the full article

Rideshare wars: An alternative data comparison of Uber and Lyft as they IPO Thinknum MediaWhile it seems the world has been waiting for Uber ($UBER) to hit the public market for years, its competitor Lyft ($LYFT) has thrown down the gauntlet, filing its ... https://www.google.com/news

As Uber's IPO Makes U.S. News, It Must Grapple With Global Competition ForbesUber's IPO could fetch as much as $120 billion against a current valuation of $70 billion, but the gig economy progenitor needs to watch the field. Not only has ... https://www.google.com/news

Phony Uber driver with unconscious woman in car arrested in Alabama Boston.comAn Alabama man is charged with kidnapping by pretending to be an Uber driver to pick up a university student who was found unconscious in the back seat of ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber-For-Planes Startup BlackBird Raises $10 Million To Replace Road Trips With Flying Private ForbesBlackBird wants to make flying in a private plane a cheap alternative to driving. https://www.google.com/news

Uber Eats Is Doing Ghost Kitchens. Here's How That Could Change Food Delivery The SpoonA Bloomberg article from yesterday reported that Uber has a pilot program underway in Paris where it rents out commercial-grade kitchen space to restaurants ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber has an “enhanced technology solution” to tackle deliberate cancellation trick TrustedReviewsUber has revealed it is working on a technological solution to deal with the problem of drivers forcing passengers to cancel the journey for the kill fee. https://www.google.com/news

Uber driver kidnapped passenger to boost fare BBC NewsThe driver "groped" a sleeping female passenger while taking her on a long ride to boost his fare. https://www.google.com/news

Weirdest items left in Ubers revealed - including a cat and 45 pieces of chicken Mirror OnlineUber has now revealed the most weird and wonderful items - and you won't believe some of them are real. https://www.google.com/news

How to save money on your next Lyft or Uber ride at San Francisco’s airport Los Angeles TimesFliers traveling into San Francisco International Airport can save $3 on their next Uber X or Lyft ride by being picked up at the airport's parking garage instead of ... View the full article

How to save money on your next Lyft or Uber ride at San Francisco’s airport Los Angeles TimesFliers traveling into San Francisco International Airport can save $3 on their next Uber X or Lyft ride by being picked up at the airport's parking garage instead of ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber to pay $20 million to settle driver lawsuit over contractor status The Boston GlobeUber Technologies Inc. will pay $20 million to settle California lawsuits challenging the company's classification of drivers as independent contractors, and not ... https://www.google.com/news

The Queen: Can someone please call that Uber driver to testify in Goodness’s trial? TimesLIVEAs the rape case involving Goodness gets more and more heated on The Queen, desperate fans are pleading for an Uber driver, who apparently is aware of the ... View the full article

Uber to pay $20M settlement to drivers, which one expert sees as 'mostly a win for Uber' NBC NewsUber will pay $20 million to its drivers in California and Massachusetts to settle a class-action lawsuit that raised the question of what responsibility the company ... View the full article

Uber looks into solution regarding drivers reportedly gaming for cancellation fees MashableUber is looking into a solution for a small amount of drivers who reportedly game for cancellation fees. It comes following a report by Nine on some drivers who ... https://www.google.com/news

Fake Uber driver with unconscious women in his backseat arrested for kidnapping NBCNews.comA man who allegedly pretended to be an Uber driver was charged with kidnapping after a University of Alabama student was found unconscious in the back seat ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber driver drove sleeping woman miles away from home to 'up the fare'. Now he's facing years in the clink for kidnapping, fraud The RegisterAn Uber driver has admitted kidnapping and wire fraud charges after he drove a sleeping passenger at least 60 miles from her destination in order to, seemingly, ... https://www.google.com/news