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The Star, Kenya Uber introduces anonymous numbers to increase safety, privacy The Star, Kenya Cab hailing app Uber has introduced anonymous phone numbers for both riders and drivers in efforts to increase privacy and safety. When a rider and driver contact each other regarding a trip, they will not see each other's actual numbers. https://www.google.com/news

The Guardian Uber scales back self-driving car tests in wake of fatal crash The Guardian Uber laid off 100 of its self-driving car backup drivers in Pittsburgh on Wednesday as it scales back its testing in the wake of its fatal crash in March. The ride-hailing firm made 55 new mission specialist positions available to replace them ... Uber has terminated its self-driving car operators in PittsburghQuartz Uber lays off 100 self-driving car operators in PittsburghCNBC Uber laid off its self-driving car safety drivers in Pittsburgh - The VergeThe Verge CNET -CityLab -Financial Times all 26 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Uber has laid off 100 self-driving car test drivers in Pittsburgh in the wake of a high-profile crash in Arizona . The company is replacing them with 55 ...View the full article

The Scooter Wars will be a bloodbath — and Uber will win RecodeThis is a contributed post by Sunil Paul, who was co-founder of Sidecar. Who is going to win the Scooter Wars? Startups like Bird, Lime and Spin have invaded ... View the full article

Approximately 100 employees in Uber's self-driving operations across Pittsburgh and San Francisco have been laid off, Quartz reported Wednesday. View the full article

Bike delivery workers for online platforms Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Foodora are striking in protest over their working conditions during a week that is ... View the full article

10News Uber / Lyft drivers worry about safety after attacks 10News SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- Uber and Lyft drivers are taking drastic measures to protect themselves. Three violent encounters with rideshare drivers have occured in a San Diego in just the last few months. Drivers tell 10News they feel the companies care more ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

africanews Uber, Taxify drivers in Kenya reach deal for higher fares after week of strike africanews Kenya is Uber's second-largest market in sub-Saharan Africa, after South Africa. It competes against its global rival Taxify, which has gained popularity in Nairobi in the past year and a half but does not disclose numbers of active riders and users. and more » https://www.google.com/news

WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale Upset with Uber Ride Cleaning Fee WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale (WSVN) - Do you use Uber? Many people do, but one South Florida man is fuming after he was charged a $150 cleaning fee after an Uber ride … even though he says he didn't spill anything. Does he have to pay? It's why we have Help Me Howard with ... https://www.google.com/news

An international team of researchers set out to evaluate drivers' stake in Uber using this stakeholder theory and, in the process, ran into the conclusion ... View the full article

Uber says it will replace a host of operators who had been monitoring the company's fleet of self-driving vehicles on the road, after one of those ...View the full article

The Times Uber HR head Liane Hornsey quits after race claims The Times Uber's British head of human resources has resigned amid claims that she made derogatory comments about black colleagues and systematically dismissed complaints of racial discrimination. Liane Hornsey was based in San Francisco as the taxi company's ... Uber's head of HR resigns amid allegations of racial discriminationThe Guardian Uber executive resigns after race discrimination probeBBC News Uber head of human resources resignsFinancial Times Vox -WIRED -The Verge -Reuters all 111 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

In the days of Uber 1.0, the ethos seemed to be about doing all the wrong things. Now, with former Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi at the helm, Uber ... View the full article

Jeffrey Wernick is an independent investor whose portfolio includes early holdings in Uber and Airbnb. Wernick was also an early investor in bitcoin. View the full article

In the latest people news, Scott Schools who oversaw the Mueller probe leaves the DOJ for the private sector while a Miller & Chevalier counsel heads ... View the full article

Uber and Facebook launched advertising campaigns over the last few months, for the sole purpose of assuaging relationships with users following a ...View the full article

To power the fleet of Super Ubers will be Nvidia's DRIVE Pegasus AI supercomputer designed specifically for autonomous vehicles that can deliver ... View the full article

DETROIT (AP) -- Uber's chief human resources officer has abruptly stepped down. Liane Hornsey told employees in an email Wednesday that she is ... View the full article

Kenya is Uber's second-largest market in sub-Saharan Africa, after South Africa. It competes against its global rival Taxify, which has gained popularity ... View the full article

The Times The plumber from Kent threatening to unscrew Uber's $60bn valuation The Times Uber has the most to lose. It is the standard-bearer for the gig economy, with its promise to deliver cheaper and sleeker services and give its workers the freedom to work as and when they wish. To many critics the gig economy is a toxic Silicon Valley ... https://www.google.com/news

Back in February, Uber and Google's driverless car spinoff Waymo settled a lawsuit after Uber acquired a startup called Otto with former employees of ... View the full article

Liane Hornsey, Uber's head of HR, sent an email to staff announcing her departure yesterday. Her resignation came a day after Reuters reportedly ... View the full article

An African-American Uber driver says he endured racist comments and was beaten by several of his passengers. His injuries are so extensive that ... View the full article

Entrepreneur Why This Entrepreneur Thinks Uber Drivers Should Be His Employees Entrepreneur “They'd be Uber agents,” he says, “but they'd be our employees.” That's how ShiftPixy operates for the restaurant workers, janitors and other workers it employs. They work at a given restaurant, for example, but they file a W2 tax form with ShiftPixy ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber's Chief People Officer Liane Hornsey resigned in an email yesterday following an investigation into how she handled allegations of racial ...View the full article