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Uber lets you rate mid-ride before you forget feedback | TechCrunch
TechCrunch
“Last year was pretty hard, I'm not gonna lie,” says Peter Deng, Uber's head of rider experience. But as part of new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi's push to rebrand ...
This is how much Uber drivers really make - MarketWatchMarketWatch
Uber will now let you rate your driver mid-trip - The VergeThe Verge
Uber Launches Mid-Trip Driver Rating Feature in Big Shakeup ...Fortune
Engadget -Adweek -Daily Mail -Uber
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CNBC
Uber hires an Amazon executive to head up its UK unit as fight to keep London license continues
CNBC
Uber named its new U.K. boss Monday amid an ongoing battle with London's transport regulator over its license to operate in the city. The ride-hailing giant said Jamie Heywood, U.K. director of electronics at Amazon, would join Uber next month as its ...
Uber appoints new head of northern and eastern EuropeFinancial Times
Uber names new UK boss as it battles to keep London licenceReuters
Uber picks up Amazon director for UK chief replacementTelegraph.co.uk
Business Insider UK -The Times
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The Independent
Uber appoints new European boss as it deals with a host of legal challenges
The Independent
Uber has poached former Amazon director Jamie Heywood and made him its Northern and Eastern Europe boss. The new hire will have a host of legal battles to contend with in the role which covers the UK and 11 other countries. Mr Heywood will be ...
Uber names new UK boss as it battles to keep London licenceReuters
Uber picks up Amazon director for UK chief replacementTelegraph.co.uk
Uber has hired an Amazon executive as its new northern Europe chief — one month before a big battle to regain its ...Business Insider UK
Business Insider -The Times
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Fortune
Facebook, Uber and the Trouble With "God View"
Fortune
The case of the creepy Facebook engineer is reminiscent of an earlier scandal at Uber in which employees boasted about “God View,” their name for a setting that let them watch customer movement in real time. The Uber workers liked to flaunt “God View ...
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CNBC
Here's how much Americans spend on Uber and Lyft in 32 major cities
CNBC
As one woman who spent $453 on Uber in a month puts it: "The half second it takes to press your thumb down on a smartphone screen leaves no time for regret." And, she adds, "impulse-driven, one-press smartphone purchases are the easiest to lose track ...
Users of Lyft or Uber Likely to Embrace Autonomous VehiclesGovernment Technology
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HuffPost
How Uber Silences Women After Sexual Assaults
HuffPost
Sophia, who does not want to publicly reveal her last name, is one of nine women suing Uber for fraud, misleading advertising about its level of safety, and assault, battery and rape. The women are demanding that the ride-sharing company truly reckon ...
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WIRED
Uber's Flying Car Plan Meets the Regulator It Can't Ignore
WIRED
Uber continued its efforts to cement itself at the center of this fledgling industry this week with its two-day Uber Elevate Summit. Nearly 1,000 attendees from academia, industry, and government gathered in Los Angeles' Skirball Cultural Center to ...
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CNET
Uber, Lyft drivers hit roadblock on Seattle labor union law
CNET
Seattle was the first US city to pass a law allowing Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize. But since that law passed in 2015, the business community has continually challenged it. A federal appeals court sided with the business community on Friday. The ...
US court revives challenge to Seattle's Uber, Lyft union lawReuters
Uber-Lyft Driver Union Law Faces 'Hard Road Ahead' After RulingBloomberg
Seattle's landmark Uber unionization law dealt a blow by appeals court, continuing legal sagaGeekWire
Curbed Seattle
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Dezeen
Uber reveals "skyport" proposals for flying taxi services
Dezeen
Stout cylindrical towers that cars can fly inside and stacked landing pods are among the proposals that architects and engineers have imagined for Uber's fleet of taxi aircrafts, as plans for UberAir push ahead for 2020 launch. Uber unveiled the six ...
Uber wants to sell a flying car service in five years — but we don't know if the tech (or the law) will happen by thenRecode
Dallas architects fly into the future with plans for Uber Elevate terminalsDallas News (blog)
Flying taxis could be available by 2028 with pickup and drop-off at 'Skyports' — and here's how they'd workBusiness Insider
Bloomberg -Barron's -Futurism
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CNBC
Not wearing your seatbelt can hurt your Uber passenger rating, CEO reveals
CNBC
It turns out failing to wear your seat belt is a common drag on Uber rider ratings — it even hurt the rating of now-CEO Dara Khosrowshahi for a while. While Khosrowshahi was interviewing for the top job at the scandal ridden ride-sharing company, he ...
I was team #DeleteUber. Can Uber's new boss change my mind?Washington Post
Uber Stumbles in Lengthy CFO Search Ahead of IPOWall Street Journal
Uber Will Soon Test Aerial Food Delivery in San DiegoThe Drive
Daily Mail -messenger-inquirer
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Reuters
US court revives challenge to Seattle's Uber, Lyft union law
Reuters
Seattle's law, passed in 2015, requires the city to select a union as the exclusive bargaining representative of the estimated 9,000 drivers in Seattle who work for Uber, Lyft and other services. The law was put on hold pending the outcome of the ...
Seattle's landmark Uber unionization law dealt a blow by appeals court, continuing legal sagaGeekWire
Uber-Lyft Driver Union Law Faces 'Hard Road Ahead' After RulingBloomberg
A higher court rules in Uber and Lyft unionization—and it's complicatedCurbed Seattle
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WIRED
This Week in the Future of Cars: Touch and Go
WIRED
It attracts world shakers (and breakers) like Grimes' Boyfriend, Travis Kalanick, and Mark Moore, a 30-year NASA veteran who decamped last year for Uber's new flying car project. There are lots of fanciful renderings and prototypes, lots of pulled-off ...
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The Drive
Uber Will Soon Test Aerial Food Delivery in San Diego
The Drive
Uber is ready to aerially deliver food to you. Well, not quite yet, and certainly not nationwide. As a result of Wednesday's additions to the UAS Integration Pilot Program, the ride-share and tech company will initiate these new tests and provide ...
Alphabet, FedEx, Uber to participate in DOT drone programSupply Chain Dive
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Space.com
NASA and Uber Are Getting Serious About Flying Cars
Space.com
Flying cars may not be unique to science fiction for much longer. Uber Technologies Inc., the company behind the popular car service app, is once again partnering with NASA, and this time, it's supplying information to the agency so that it can ...
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frieze.com
Sidsel Meineche Hansen: Getting Over Uber
frieze.com
Fifty years on from the uprisings of May 1968, Sidsel Meineche Hansen has deftly branded their exhibition, 'OVER', with an icon that would make the situationists gleam. The artist has hijacked the logo of the car service Uber, superimposing it with a ...
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The Sun
Uber expands to Costa Del Sol so you can use its taxis on your summer holiday
The Sun
An Uber spokesperson said: "With the launch of UberX in time for the busy summer season, we are thrilled to bring on-demand transportation to the Costa del Sol. “We are committed to being a true partner to the cities of this famous tourist region for ...
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South China Morning Post
Uber and Airbnb are not the real sharing economy – think MTR, recycling and generosity instead
South China Morning Post
Uber and Airbnb may have started life as icons of the “sharing economy”, but today they are simply large and powerful international businesses fighting regulatory hurdles to their business model against similarly powerful local entrenched business ...
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The Independent
Uber driver who raped passenger then took a selfie with her jailed for 12 years
The Independent
An Uber driver who raped a passenger in the back of his car before taking a selfie with her, has been jailed for 12 years. Muhammad Khurram Durrani dropped the 27-year-old woman at her home address on the night 23 July 2016, Southwark Crown Court, ...
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Fortune
Uber Says It Will Deliver Food by Drone in Under 30 Minutes
Fortune
Uber Technologies Inc. plans to deliver food by drone in San Diego as part of a wide-reaching commercial test program approved by the federal government on Wednesday, said Dara Khosrowshahi, the chief executive officer. Khosrowshahi said people ...
Uber reveals plans for flying taxi-service by 2023Financial Times
Uber reveals new drone-like prototype to create aerial taxi service by 2023Dezeen
Uber's aerial taxi playTechCrunch
Engadget -Recode -CBS News -NASA
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TechCrunch
Uber to pop up a service in Spain's Costa del Sol in time for summer
TechCrunch
Uber is expanding its presence in Spain by launching a licensed service on the country's southern Costa del Sol coastline — ahead of the summer season when the region draws in millions of international tourists. Last year the tourist hotspot pulled in ...
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The Guardian
Apple, Microsoft and Uber test drones approved but Amazon left out ...
The Guardian
Ten pilot projects given greenlight for uses ranging from mapping and aircraft inspection to mosquito tracking and food delivery.
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Financial Times
Uber unveils designs for flying taxi
Financial Times
Uber unveils designs for flying taxi. Uber's proposed 'flying car' service is scheduled for launch in 2020 but the proposed autonomous vehicle will raise safety concerns. Share on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window) · Share on Facebook (link ...
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Financial Times
Uber reveals plans for flying taxi-service by 2023
Financial Times
Uber is working hard to convince the aerospace world that its plan to launch a flying taxi service by 2023 is more than just blue-sky thinking. At its Uber Elevate conference in Los Angeles this week, the company set out a detailed plan to fill the ...
Uber reveals new drone-like prototype to create aerial taxi service by 2023Dezeen
Uber's aerial taxi playTechCrunch
Uber Wants to Launch Its Flying Cars in an International City. Here's What It's Looking For.Fortune
Engadget -Recode -NASA -CBS News
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Evening Standard
Self-driving Uber 'detected woman before fatal Arizona crash but chose not to react', report claims
Evening Standard
Uber's self-driving test car that killed a woman crossing the street had detected her but chose not to react, a report has said. The car was travelling at 40mph when it struck 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, in March. She later died from ...
Uber hires former top US transport official to advise on safety following fatal crashThe Business Times
What Was Behind Uber's Fatal Autonomous Driving Accident?TheStreet.com
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Even Uber Drew the Line at Hiring Michael Cohen - Vanity Fair
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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
Mr. Cohen repeatedly pitched Uber, which said no, citing Mr. Cohen's ownership of New York taxi medallions as a potential conflict of interest with the ride-hailing firm, a person close to the company said. He modified his pitch in response to those ...
Uber reportedly rejected Michael Cohen multiple timesQuartz
Michael Cohen reportedly pitched Uber on his services, but the 'bemused' company shot him down because of his taxi ...Business Insider
Michael Cohen Repeatedly Talked to Uber About Trump Access, It Said No, Report SaysNewsweek
New York Times -CNN -Wall Street Journal -Huffington Post
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