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USA TODAY Uber adjusts rate structure for drivers USA TODAY Ride-hailing company Uber is "re-balancing" rates to encourage drivers not to cancel as many rides. The company stresses that consumers won't see their own fares go up, nor will drives see an overall increase in their earnings, but instead a more ... https://www.google.com/news

New York Times Meet the Man Tasked With Expanding Uber's Business in New York, With a Smile New York Times Uber has also poured money into lobbying in New York. The company spent more than $380,000 on lobbying at the state and city level during the first half of this year, according to state records. In July and August, it spent $4 million on lobbying ... View the full article

Uber adjusts rate structure for drivers USA TODAYRide-hailing company Uber is "re-balancing" rates to encourage drivers not to cancel as many rides. The company stresses that consumers won't see their own ... View the full article

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NEWS.com.au Man claims he was dragged along a street after hugging husband NEWS.com.au Taray Carey, 27, was travelling in an Uber in New York on November 28 with husband Alex Majkowski and another friend when the couple shared a hug. According to Mr Carey, the Uber driver was angered by the intimacy, allegedly calling the pair “f***ots” ... An Uber Driver Allegedly Dragged a Gay Man Down a NYC BlockOut Magazine Uber driver 'dragged gay customer down busy street'PinkNews Uber driver 'dragged gay man down street after he hugged husband'Metro NBCNews.com -Daily Mail -NBC New York all 18 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Telegraph.co.uk Centrica, Uber launch electric vehicle trial to monitor impact on UK energy grid Telegraph.co.uk The trial of 3,000 of the vehicles in London and the South of England has been approved by Ofgem, Britain's energy regulator, and is being led by Uber and Centrica, the owner of British Gas. The cars will be on the road by the second half of next year ... Thousands of Electric Vehicles Are Heading to LondonBloomberg Uber, Centrica join 'world's biggest' electric vehicle impact trialCurrent News (press release) (blog) all 14 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Inc.com Here's the Surprising Reason Very Rich People Are Driving for Uber (and Doing Other Gig Economy Jobs) Inc.com Paul English, cofounder of travel site Kayak, who drove his Tesla X for Uber while researching customer service. Jamison Hill of Bain Capital Ventures who put in hours at a gig economy laundry service,; Sequoia Capital's Michael Moritz "packed up ... https://www.google.com/news

WIRED Lyft Bets Big on Bikes in NYC, and Uber Is None Too Happy WIRED Lyft's move might hurt the prospects of Lime and Uber-owned Jump in one of the most cycling-friendly markets in the country, where bike-share fortunes might be made or dashed. Both of those companies are part of a city-run dockless bike-share pilot ... Mayor de Blasio Announces Dramatic Expansion Of Citi Bikenyc.gov all 127 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

WIRED Lyft Bets Big on Bikes in NYC, and Uber Is None Too Happy WIRED The company says it will pour its money not only into expanding bike-share infrastructure, but also into creating relationships with low-income communities to promote bike use and make it easier to cycle there. That addresses a common criticism of ... and more » View the full article

CNBC How troubled ride-hailing giant Uber put an end to internal 'name-calling and finger-pointing' CNBC Having low diversity and inclusion standards almost sunk ride-hailing giant Uber in 2017 after an ex-Uber engineer published a blog post in which she said she had repeatedly complained about sexual harassment and discrimination. This led to an internal ... https://www.google.com/news

Bloomberg Uber Spars With Kalanick Intelligence Guys in Waymo Saga Reprise Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. escalated a legal showdown with four former members of its corporate intelligence team whose surveillance tactics on rival companies were thrust into the spotlight in the Waymo trade-secret theft case. https://www.google.com/news

Daily Mail Uber driver rages, tells gay couple they would be beheaded in his ... Daily Mail Taray Carey and his husband, Alex, were riding in East Village on Tuesday night when they claim their driver - Denis - launched his verbal and physical assault ... Uber driver 'dragged gay customer down busy street' - PinkNews ...PinkNews Uber driver 'dragged gay man down street after he hugged husband'Metro Gay NYC Couple: Backseat Hug Put Uber Driver Into Hate-Filled ...NBC New York all 10 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

TechCrunch Europe's ride-hailing companies aren't scared of Uber TechCrunch Uber is speeding toward a historic IPO next year that could value it as high as $120 billion, but that doesn't scare its rivals that operate across Europe. Speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin, Markus Villig — the CEO of $1 billion-valued ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

VentureBeat Uber Freight taps machine learning to give shippers rates 2 weeks in advance VentureBeat Uber Freight, the cargo-hauling trucking platform Uber built on its on-demand transport infrastructure, has unveiled a new feature that gives shippers — companies and distributors who dispatch cargo en masse — access to real-time market rates for ... https://www.google.com/news

PinkNews Uber driver 'dragged gay customer down busy street' PinkNews An Uber driver allegedly dragged a gay customer along a busy street in New York, after telling him and his husband that they “would be beheaded” where he came from. Taray Carey was left injured and shaken after spending half a block clinging to the ... Gay NYC Couple: Backseat Hug Put Uber Driver Into Hate-Filled TiradeNBC New York all 5 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

How troubled ride-hailing giant Uber put an end to internal 'name-calling and finger-pointing' CNBCAt CNBC's Capital Exchange event on Thursday, Uber's first-ever diversity and inclusion officer, Bo Young Lee, revealed the steps she needed to take to begin ... https://www.google.com/news

Daily Mail Uber driver who sparked a major terrorist alert when he ploughed into a crowd of tourists had been driving around ... Daily Mail He got a job with Uber using the fake documents and did not have insurance when hit the pedestrians in on October 7 last year. Up to 11 people suffered non-life threatening injuries and Omar was wrestled to the floor and detained by members of the ... https://www.google.com/news

Telegraph.co.uk Deliveroo investors holding out for better offer as Uber talks cool off Telegraph.co.uk In September, it emerged that Uber was considering a bid for Deliveroo and had held early stage talks about an acquisition or investment. The Daily Telegraph understands that Deliveroo chief executive Will Shu confirmed to staff that the company had ... https://www.google.com/news

Civilized Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Ditching the Service to Deliver Weed Civilized Uber and Lyft were once the go-to way for people to earn extra cash. But apparently there's a new way to use your car to make more money: delivering weed. The San Francisco Chronicle detailed how many Uber and Lyft drivers in California are cutting ... View the full article

Daily Mail Twitter mocks millennial entrepreneur, 22, on $25K a MONTH who avoids Ubers and lives with roommates to save ... Daily Mail Anonymous businesswoman, who lives in New York, shared her money diary; Revealed she took subway instead of $6 Uber and shops at Zaful and Mango; Also spent $707 on a vintage Celine bag but has two roommates to save money; She pays just ... View the full article

CNBC Uber CEO: It's time for tech founders 'to take responsibility for the content on your platform' CNBC Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi appears to be doing some soul-searching amid the ongoing public backlash against Silicon Valley over issues ranging from data privacy to online harassment and misinformation. Khosrowshahi himself is among the Silicon ... https://www.google.com/news

TechCrunch Uber's bill for 2016 breach and cover-up rises by $1M+ on EU fines TechCrunch The UK watchdog said its investigation of the 2016 Uber breach found 'credential stuffing' was used to gain access to Uber's data storage — referring to a process by which compromised username and password pairs are injected into websites until they ... ICO fines Uber £385000 following its 2016 data breachIT PRO ICO fines Uber £385k for 2016 breach cover-up, says company showed “complete disregard” for customer dataNS Tech Uber Fined $491000 by British Regulator Over 2016 Cyber-AttackNDTV Independent Online -Business Leader (press release) (blog) -ITProPortal all 45 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

The INQUIRER Uber (yes, Uber) has taught AI how to beat Montezuma's Revenge The INQUIRER UBER IS NOT the first company that you think of when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), but like all big tech companies, it's too important to ignore. After all, Uber has self-driving car ambitions and the tech behind its app requires it - and ... Uber's new family of AI algorithms sets records on Pitfall and solves the entire game of Montezuma's RevengePackt Hub all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Recode Uber, Pinterest and the rest of the 2019 IPO class emerged from the ashes of the Great Recession Recode That's true financially: Investors who found money to make early wagers in 2008 and 2009 will finally be able to turn those bets into real money and sell their shares on the open market. And it's also true symbolically: Their success stories are ... View the full article

Recode Uber, Pinterest and the rest of the 2019 IPO class emerged from the ashes of the Great Recession Recode Next year is expected to be a banner year for initial public offerings, with a roster that includes a proposed $100 billion-plus outing for Uber, a smaller but competitive IPO for Lyft and other listings for similarly aged startups like Pinterest ... https://www.google.com/news