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Cab app Uber has been fined £385,000 by the information watchdog for failing to protect customers' personal information during a cyber attack in 2016.

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As a child, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wasn't a fan of his own last name. Khosrowshahi, who was born in Iran, would introduce himself to people as his alter ...

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To flourish, the informal digital networks providing new services needed to be protected from the market, says author Evgeny Morozov.

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As a child, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wasn't a fan of his own last name. Khosrowshahi, who was born in Iran, would introduce himself to people as his alter ...

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Uber's attempt to buy Deliveroo has stalled because the two sides are “miles apart” on a valuation for the food delivery *service*, according to people briefed on ...

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This new taxi-hailing app, launched today, not only boasts a fleet of gold-covered luxury sports cars but pays drivers more and charges you less.

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The ride-hailing industry is flying high these days, with two primary competitors - Uber and Lyft - facing off for supremacy in a combative marketplace.

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The Guardian

From Airbnb to city bikes, the 'sharing economy' has been seized by big money The Guardian Uber's surrender – in China, India and Russia, as well as much of southeast Asia and Latin America – to local players, many of them also backed by Saudi money, suggests as much. And the old and hierarchical industries will not stay idle for ever, as ...

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Business Insider

Uber removed the second backup driver from its self-driving cars ahead of the crash that killed an Arizona pedestrian Business Insider But behind the scenes, a number of things were happening that may have contributed to the crash, current and former Uber employees told Business Insider's Julie Bort. One thing workers said changed before the accident was that Uber removed a second ... How Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi got comfortable with reinventionCNN Uber insiders describe infighting and questionable decisions before its self-driving car killed a pedestrianBusiness Insider Uber lost nearly $1 billion last quarter as the ride-hailing giant's growth slowsBusiness Insider all 34 news articles »

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ABC Local

Uber drivers' sleep in spotlight after landmark court ruling puts safety under microscope ABC Local It comes as an Uber driver was found guilty of negligent driving occasioning death after his passenger, Samuel Thomas, was killed while getting out of the vehicle in June last year. Nazrul Islam, who had disrupted sleep in the hours before the incident ...

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Good News Network

Fearless Uber Driver Stops Mid-Trip to Scoop Up Injured Hawk and Save It From the Highway Good News Network This red-tailed hawk is no small bird of prey – but that didn't stop a courageous Uber driver from lending a hand when he saw that it was injured on the side of a major highway earlier this month. 58-year-old Kasim Eldilemi was in the middle of driving ...

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MIT Technology Review

Uber has cracked two classic '80s video games by giving an AI algorithm a new type of memory MIT Technology Review The new algorithms come from Uber's AI research team in San Francisco, led by Jeff Clune, who is also an associate professor at the University of Wyoming. The team demonstrated a fundamentally different approach to machine learning within an ...

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Crunchbase News

2019 Could Be The Year Of The Decacorn IPO Crunchbase News Uber's IPO timing is a mixed bag. The firm's first estimates of 18 to 36 months put its IPO anywhere from Q1 2019, all the way into 2020. But more recently, Uber has been clear that 2019 is the plan. It's a huge window, giving Uber plenty of time to ...

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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 ...

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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 »

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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 »

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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Will 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.

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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 ...

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Years after "Some Body" went to Sundance, its director fell on hard times. But they led him to make another passion project.

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