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Fin24 Uber seeks 18-month permit to operate in London - reports Fin24 Uber has been making numerous efforts to appease regulators and regional critics. It created 24-hour telephone support hotlines, promised better contact with police, and pledged to report any "serious incidents" that occurred during a passenger's ... https://www.google.com/news

Forbes Uber And Safety Group Promote Back Seat Belt Use To Highlight Dangers Of Riding Unbuckled Forbes More than 900 unrestrained rear seat passengers age eight and older died in motor vehicle crashes in 2016, and more than 450 of them may have survived if they had buckled up. Those sober numbers, the latest federal data available, prompted Uber and the ... https://www.google.com/news

Six companies, including Google and Uber (logos pictured below), are said to have signed up for £500,000 each. Google last night confirmed it was ... View the full article

SoftBank also spent $7 billion on a 15% stake in Uber, CNN Tech reported last year. Uber has its own self-driving ambitions, but after a high-profile, ... View the full article

The Times Uber panic button alerts police to abusive drivers The Times Uber, which faces a lawsuit from passengers who have allegedly been attacked, has introduced a panic button on its app that allows passengers to report unwanted attention from its drivers. Customers in the US can tap the button to notify emergency ... https://www.google.com/news

Fif responded by calling Ja Rule an Uber-driving "bum ass . ... think he in lt. look at me fool, I'm the reason you driving a Uber you bum ass . View the full article

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed on Wednesday that Uber had opened “discussions” with Waymo to use its self-driving cars for Uber's own ...View the full article

Bloomberg Uber Is Taking a Big Political Risk by Delaying Its IPO Bloomberg Uber's problem is that the labor market continues to tighten, especially for the types of people it needs to be drivers. Adding to that, the next 24 months could be a generation-defining period for the Democratic Party, with the politics of labor key ... https://www.google.com/news

SoftBank has made a string of large bets in so-called mobility companies, such as ride services provider Uber Technologies Inc UBER.UL, expecting ... View the full article

2016) (denying Uber's motion to dismiss because the Uber driver's assault was likely foreseeable because Uber “should have known about [the Uber ... View the full article

Fast Company Uber just tried to recruit the woman who helped bring down Travis Kalanick Fast Company In trying to recruit more women, Uber may have accidentally gone to far. PowerToFly, a recruitment firm focused on surfacing candidates who are not white and male, has apparently sent out an email blast to a series of women encouraging them to apply ... https://www.google.com/news

O) has talked about creating a network of self-driving cars, Alphabet's Waymo is rolling out its plan, and Uber Technologies Inc sees self-driving ... View the full article

CNBC Warren Buffett didn't always have warm, fuzzy feelings about Uber CNBC Berkshire Hathaway considered investing in the privately held ride-hailing company Uber earlier this year, but Warren Buffett wasn't always so enthusiastic ... It's better to be in the driver's seat.Bloomberg Uber Turned Down a $3 Billion Investment From Warren Buffett. That's Good News for Uber—Really.Fortune Buffett Proposed $3B Uber Investment: ReportsInvestopedia (blog) Financial Times -Reuters -MarketWatch -Bloomberg all 93 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Recode Recode Daily: Spotify, Uber, AT&T, Airbnb, Stitch Fix, Alibaba. Day 2 of the Code Conference was packed. Recode Some examples: Uber's Garrett Camp (Canada), Tesla and SpaceX's Elon Musk (South Africa) and WeWork's Adam Neumann (Israel). Take a look Meeker's entire 2018 internet trends report here. And watch her full presentation on Recode's YouTube here. and more » https://www.google.com/news

Financial Times Uber raises prices for US rides in boost for its drivers Financial Times Uber has increased prices for passengers in some of its largest US markets, including Washington DC, Los Angeles and its home town of San Francisco, as chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi says the ride-hailing company is on track to go public next year. CEO says Uber in partnership talks with Waymo for self-driving technologyDigital Trends Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company is on track for a 2019 IPOCNBC Uber Tries to Bury the Hatchet with GoogleVanity Fair The Verge -Recode all 96 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

The road to a world full of autonomous vehicles has been a bumpy one thus far. Just this month, Uber pulled the plug on its US-based driverless car ... View the full article

Virgin Trains has announced a partnership with Uber to help passengers book a cab to and from a railway station. Customers will now be given the ... View the full article

Taxify, a European competitor to Uber, has raised $175 million in a funding round led by German automaker Daimler . The Tallinn, Estonia-based ... View the full article

The Star Online Uber fatal crash revealed self-driving blind spot: Night vision The Star Online A few weeks after a woman was struck and killed by an Uber self-driving SUV in Arizona, the crash was recreated using heat seeking, thermal-imaging sensors. With that night vision technology – used by the military and luxury cars for decades – the ... The Economist explainsWhy Uber's self-driving car killed a pedestrianThe Economist Preliminary report on Uber's driverless car fatality shows the need for tougher regulatory controlsThe Conversation AU Tesla, Uber crashes spotlight automatic emergency braking. Here's what it won't do.USA TODAY all 25 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Uber rival Taxify has reached unicorn status thanks to the completion of $175m funding round led by vehicle giant Daimler. Uber's European rival is ...View the full article

Sky News Uber and Virgin launch controversial tie-up Sky News Passengers booking a taxi will be eligible for 50% off their first Uber journey up to a maximum value of £10. The deal does not apply to the return leg of the journey. Opponents say the scheme puts the livelihoods of regular taxi drivers at risk - and ... Uber partners with Virgin Trains to offer rides to UK stationsCNET Uber and Virgin Trains have teamed up to provide cabs to stationsMetro all 8 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Is Uber Finally Growing Up? Forbes NowA kinder, gentler and even profitable Uber may be on the horizon, as CEO Dara Khosrowshahi preps for a $60 billion IPO. View the full article

Uber and Virgin launch controversial tie-up Sky NewsView the full article

George Osborne’s London Evening Standard sells its editorial independence to Uber, Google and others – for £3 million openDemocracyView the full article

Customers will be given the option to receive a text message with a link to book an Uber to the station - and another at their destination station. View the full article