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VentureBeat Uber AI 'reliably' completes all stages in Montezuma's Revenge VentureBeat In a blog post and forthcoming paper, AI scientists at Uber describe Go-Explore, a family of so-called quality diversity AI models capable of achieving maximum scores of over 2,000,000 on Montezuma's Revenge and average scores over 400,000. (That's ... https://www.google.com/news

Bloomberg Deliveroo's Banker Boss Takes a $4 Billion Uber Ride Bloomberg Shu seems to be taking advantage of the recent acquisition chatter to raise more money. Deliveroo may still have plenty left over from its other regular funding rounds: It raised $482 million in September 2017. But in an industry that still faces steep ... and more » View the full article

Bloomberg Deliveroo's Banker Boss Takes a $4 Billion Uber Ride Bloomberg Indeed, back in September, scoops from Bloomberg News and the Daily Telegraph indicated that both Uber Technologies Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. had held early acquisition talks with Deliveroo. Then Sky News reported this past weekend that the ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

MyNorthwest.com How bikeshares could ultimately affect Seattle transportation MyNorthwest.com Bikeshares have had a rocky relationship with Seattle. Some have kicked into high gear, while others have hit the brakes. But the entrance of Uber and Lyft into the Seattle market could indicate a new era of bikesharing in town — an era backed by big ... View the full article

Business Insider South Africa Uber South Africa may put panic buttons in cars next year Business Insider South Africa Uber South Africa is considering putting panic buttons in drivers' cars to protect them against attacks. This after years of intimidation and violence from especially taxi meter drivers. The new button will be separate from the existing emergency app ... https://www.google.com/news

Bloomberg Deliveroo's Banker Boss Takes a $4 Billion Uber Ride Bloomberg Shu seems to be taking advantage of the recent acquisition chatter to raise more money. Deliveroo may still have plenty left over from its other regular funding rounds: It raised $482 million in September 2017. But in an industry that still faces steep ... and more » View the full article

Bloomberg Deliveroo's Banker Boss Takes a $4 Billion Uber Ride Bloomberg Indeed, back in September, scoops from Bloomberg News and the Daily Telegraph indicated that both Uber Technologies Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. had held early acquisition talks with Deliveroo. Then Sky News reported this past weekend that the ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

U.S. News & World Report Total Has 'Uber-Like' Ambitions to Shake up French Power Market U.S. News & World Report PARIS (Reuters) - Total's French retail electricity arm is on track to win 700,000 customers this year, challenging former state monopolies EDF and Engie with a low-cost, digital service it believes could mimic Uber's success in the taxi market. Total ... and more » View the full article

Economic Times Uber introduces Uber Care for its driver partner community in India Economic Times Pradeep Parameswaran, President, Uber India and South Asia said, “There can be no Uber without driver partners, who are the centre of our business. Their safety and wellbeing will always be our top priority. The roll-out of Uber Care to all driver ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Deliveroo’s Banker Boss Takes a $4 Billion Uber Ride Skift TableWill Shu seems to be taking advantage of deal speculation around the British meal delivery specialist to try to raise more funds and boost its value. View the full article

Uber driver found guilty over passenger's death in Sydney BBC NewsAn Uber driver has been convicted over the death of an English passenger in Sydney, Australia. The passenger, 30-year-old Samuel Thomas, died when he fell ... https://www.google.com/news

‘DriverX’: How a Sundance Veteran Was Forced to Drive Uber and Found the Inspiration For His Next Feature Film IndieWireYears after "Some Body" went to Sundance, its director fell on hard times. But they led him to make another passion project. View the full article

Deliveroo’s Banker Boss Takes a $4 Billion Uber Ride BloombergWill Shu, Deliveroo's chief executive, is a former investment banker. So he probably knows how to cook up deal interest in a food delivery company whose riders ... View the full article

BBC News Uber driver found guilty over passenger's death in Sydney BBC News An Uber driver has been convicted over the death of an English passenger in Sydney, Australia. The passenger, 30-year-old Samuel Thomas, died when he fell from the Uber and was hit by a bus in June last year. Mr Thomas, from Hertfordshire, had been ... Uber driver caused death of British man who was hit by bus after getting out of car in AustraliaThe Independent Uber driver killed passenger by driving off while he was getting out of the carMetro Uber driver Nazrul Islam found guilty over passenger death in Sydney CBDABC News The Sydney Morning Herald -Daily Mail all 159 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Forbes AI In China: How Uber Rival Didi Chuxing Uses Machine Learning To Revolutionize Transportation Forbes The company currently has no rival in China; it battled Uber's operations in China and won. Uber entered China in 2013, and the two companies poured billions into fighting one another for the country's ride-share business until pressure from Uber's ... https://www.google.com/news

Newcastle Herald Uber driver guilty over passenger's death Newcastle Herald facebookSHARE · twitterTWEET · email · whatsapp. Uber driver Nazrul Islam arriving at court on Monday. Uber driver Nazrul Islam should have known something was wrong when his rear passenger door opened while stopped at a red light in Sydney's CBD. https://www.google.com/news

Stuff.co.nz Why are the poor paying for a council-owned Uber for the wealthy? Stuff.co.nz OPINION: Why are ratepayers in Auckland's poorest communities, and taxpayers, subsidising a council-owned Uber-style service for one of the city's wealthier areas? In short, to see whether it will cut down the number of commuters using cars to pop down ... Council must abandon foolish effort to compete with UberScoop.co.nz all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Business Daily (press release) (blog) Uber admits hitch on phone number concealing feature Business Daily (press release) (blog) Online taxi-hailing firm Uber has attributed the withdrawal of a privacy feature introduced to conceal rider and driver phone numbers to “technical issues.” Uber had in July rolled-out a software that connected calls between its drivers and riders ... https://www.google.com/news

Jersey Evening Post Taxi drivers sought to sign up to new Uber-style app Jersey Evening Post Mr Andrews said: 'We realised the way Uber and others move into territories is that they sidestep the existing companies and they try and get scale before only then adding in the legalities. It does work for them in places where existing businesses ... https://www.google.com/news

Inverse How Hitchcock Inspired 'Ride', a Thriller About a Nightmare Uber Ride Inverse “My dream was, let's make a Hitchcock movie in an Uber,” Ungar tells Inverse. The result is a film that blends classic cinematic storytelling with extremely contemporary technology. Ride feels like a story we've seen before, but it also “couldn't take ... https://www.google.com/news

Sky News Deliveroo in talks about fundraising as Uber lies in wait Sky News The talks could last for several months, and insiders suggested that there was no urgency about raising the money, with Deliveroo sitting on a cash pile of hundreds of millions of dollars. However, Deliveroo's board, led by founder and chief executive ... and more » View the full article

Sky News Deliveroo in talks about fundraising as Uber lies in wait Sky News Reports in September said that Uber, which owns the competing Uber Eats restaurant delivery service, was in early-stage negotiations about a takeover of Deliveroo valuing it at about $2bn. People close to Deliveroo have since suggested that there are ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Daily Record Uber driver charged with conspiracy in Parsippany burglary Daily Record An Uber driver was charged with conspiracy on Friday in connection with a Nov. 9 attempted burglary in Parsippany. Frank Ditaranto, 47, of East Hanover, faces one third-degree count of conspiracy to commit burglary. Ditaranto was released on his own ... https://www.google.com/news

NEWS.com.au Uber-style tradies could be the future, new survey suggests NEWS.com.au He said he'd be open to a more Uber-style tradesperson industry, even GPS tracking. “It would need a few restrictions,” Mr Brooks said. “But sometimes you are stuck in traffic and they (customers) could see you are on your way. It'd be like Uber, so I ... https://www.google.com/news

CNET Gridwise app aims to help ride-share drivers earn more money CNET Drivers working for ride-share apps such as Uber and Lyft face an obvious problem: finding passengers. Any time they're not driving a paying passenger around they're losing money and wasting time. Developer Ryan Green thinks he has a solution, with an ... View the full article