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Nurse wakes up with £111 Uber bill after night out - after being quoted £37 Mirror OnlineHannah Reilly says she was shocked when she woke up and the map of the journey showed the car driving back to Liverpool city centre. View the full article

Uber execs were warned of collision risks five days before fatal self-driving crash DrivingAn email from a manager at Uber sent to the company's executives expressed concerns its self-driving technology was dangerous, and that backup drivers were ... https://www.google.com/news

How to spend it: two freelancers on why they buy the things they do The SpinoffIn the third instalment of our Money Talks series, Alice Webb-Liddall and Henry Oliver face up to how they're using their hard-earned cash. Spending money is ... View the full article

Starbucks partners with Uber Eats, will expand coffee delivery service to nearly 2,000 U.S. stores GeekWireStarbucks is partnering with Uber to expand its delivery *service* as the coffee giant looks for new ways to reach customers. At its annual investor day in New York, ... https://www.google.com/news

Six big things: Uber picks an underwriter PitchBook News & AnalysisUber's continued progress toward an IPO joins mega-rounds from China and late-stage darlings on our recap of the past week in VC. View the full article

A Man Found A Pair Of Soiled Underwear Inside His Delivery Order DelishOrdering through a food delivery *service* can be a hit-or-miss situation. It could take hours. The restaurant might get your order wrong. Perhaps the food is cold ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber to start delivering Starbucks Financial TimesStarbucks is teaming up with Uber to offer coffee delivery from 2,000 of its US outlets as it pushes for new sources of sales in its domestic market in the face of ... https://www.google.com/news

BlackRock and Microsoft want to make retirement investing as easy as ordering an Uber Business InsiderBlackRock and Microsoft are teaming up to build retirement tools for individual investors, a growing market as employers move away from pensions. View the full article

We finally talked to an actual Waymo passenger—here’s what he told us Ars TechnicaEarly Waymo rider gives us new details about the self-driving *service*. View the full article

How Morgan Stanley wooed Uber for its IPO business QuartzBanks have been eyeing Uber's IPO business since the rides company leapt to a multibillion-dollar valuation in 2013. https://www.google.com/news

Uber employees are the most likely to become the next PayPal Mafia Business InsiderUber employees will most likely start the next class of hot startups, according to a survey in First Round Capital's 2018 State of Startups report. https://www.google.com/news

Starbucks cuts long-term earnings per share forecast; shares fall CNBCStarbucks announced Thursday it is partnering with Uber Eats to deliver its coffee to customers. View the full article

Nurse quoted £37 for Uber ride after night out in Liverpool - but woke up with £111 bill Liverpool EchoA woman who says she was quoted £37 for an Uber journey after a night out in Liverpool woke up to find that she had been charged a staggering £111. View the full article

Nurse quoted £37 for Uber ride after night out in Liverpool - but woke up with £111 bill Liverpool EchoA woman who says she was quoted £37 for an Uber journey after a night out in Liverpool woke up to find that she had been charged a staggering £111. https://www.google.com/news

Uber Canada open to serving Warman and Martensville Global NewsUber Canada is focusing its efforts on Regina and Saskatoon, though *service* could include cities like Warman and Martensville. https://www.google.com/news

Cab association says having no cap on Uber, Lyft cars on Saskatoon streets is 'ludicrous' CBC.caThe proposed bylaw, which would allow companies like Lyft and Uber to operate in Saskatoon, does not place a cap on the number of cars companies can ... https://www.google.com/news

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong hopes for a second act with a new venture capital fund: 'I don't feel like a failure' CNBCLance Armstrong wants people to take a chance on him again, this time with a new capital venture fund. But he understands why people may not trust him. View the full article

Uber brings Horovod project for distributed deep learning to Linux Foundation VentureBeatUber today brought Horovod, a framework for distributed training across multiple machines, to open source initiative LF Deep Learning Foundation. Uber has ... https://www.google.com/news

Defunct startup Sidecar sues Uber: 'hell-bent on stifling competition' BusinessGhanaDefunct startup Sidecar Technologies Inc, which pioneered on-demand ride-hailing, is suing Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], alleging it engaged in predatory ... View the full article

Getaround to expand Uber partnership to four more cities TechCrunchGetaround, the peer-to-peer car-sharing *service* that first launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NY in 2011, is expanding a partnership with Uber that gives users ... https://www.google.com/news

How Fierce Competition Shaped Uber And Lyft's Fundraising Strategy Crunchbase NewsYears from now, in whatever books about this current period of private market largesse get written, December 6, 2018 will figure as an important date. It's the day ... View the full article

The most popular tourist destinations for Uber in 2018 have been revealed Lonely Planet Travel NewsAs 2018 comes to a close, ride-sharing company Uber has released its list of key trends including the most popular tourist destinations of the year visited by its ... https://www.google.com/news

Visa announces fintech partnership to help companies eliminate $33 trillion in paper checks CNBCThe advent of peer-to-peer payment platforms like Venmo and Square's cash app helped popularize the "pushing" of payments in real time over the systems of ... View the full article

Want to Drive Uber in Philly, DC? Getaround Will Soon Make It Easier PCMag UKWant to drive for Uber? Uber and Getaround are expanding their partnership to make more cars available to rent in Los Angeles and San Diego; it will do the ... View the full article

Want to Drive Uber in Philly, DC? Getaround Will Soon Make It Easier PCMag IndiaWant to drive for Uber? Uber and Getaround are expanding their partnership to make more cars available to rent in Los Angeles and San Diego; it will do the ... View the full article