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Posted January 17, 2018

The Indian Express

Uber Nearing Autonomous Cars Without Human Backup Driver U.S. News & World Report Uber Nearing Autonomous Cars Without Human Backup Driver. Uber's automous vehicle chief says the service plans to carry passengers in autonomous vehicles without human backup drivers in about the same time frame as competitors, which expect to be on ... Uber close to scrapping human backups in self-driving carsPhys.Org all 3 news articles »

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Posted January 17, 2018

The Globe and Mail

Uber Canada's GM on company's plan to win back trust of drivers, riders and investors The Globe and Mail The ride-sharing company dealt with allegations of sexual harassment and a toxic workplace culture, the revelation of a major data breach after which it paid hackers to erase stolen data from 57 million users and keep quiet, and endless leadership ... Why Uber's Hired a Federal Health Care LobbyistLaw.com Whether it's Uber, Lyft or a taxi, child car seats are still requiredKTVB all 5 news articles »

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Posted January 17, 2018

The Drive

Former Uber Engineer Anthony Levandowski Faces New Allegations of Trade Secret Theft The Drive The Uber vs. Waymo legal drama has taken a new, and somewhat bizarre, turn. Anthony Levandowski, the self-driving car engineer at the center of the court case, is being sued by his former nanny. Erika Wong alleges Levandowski failed to pay her ... Former Uber, Waymo engineer Levandowski paid someone inside Tesla for information, nanny's lawsuit claimsSilicon Valley Business Journal all 3 news articles »

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Posted January 17, 2018

Business Insider

The best credit card for Uber users can get you up to $200 a year in free rides Business Insider While the Platinum card already came with an annual $200 airline credit, American Express upped the tangible comparable-to-cash value of the card by offering up to $200 of credits for Uber each cardmember year. There's just one key difference: While ... and more »

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Posted January 17, 2018

Quartz

Uber is making its UK drivers work slightly less insane hours — Quartz Quartz Uber is imposing new limits on its UK drivers, requiring that they take a six-hour break after 10 hours of accepting and making trips with passengers. To be sure drivers follow the rule, the company will keep them from logging into the Uber app during ... Uber curbs working hours for its UK driversFinancial Times Uber to introduce mandatory rest breaks for UK driversReuters Uber to introduce limit on drivers' hoursBBC News The Verge -Telegraph.co.uk all 57 news articles »

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Posted January 17, 2018

Digital Trends

Lyft capitalizes on Uber's no good, very bad year, reports a stellar 2017 Digital Trends Uber may have had an abysmal 2017, with a massive data breach, lost licenses, and too many lawsuits to count. But here to keep you from getting too down on the future of ridesharing is Lyft, whikh has proven once and for all that the best way to get on ... Lyft Doubled Rides In 2017 As Its Rival Uber StumbledForbes Lyft grows gangbusters in 2017, bringing competition to UberCNET Lyft's Massive 2017 Growth Could Be a Threat to UberThe Drive all 41 news articles »

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Posted January 17, 2018

Business Insider

Ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick met with the driver he yelled at to say sorry Business Insider Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick met up with Fawzi Kamel, an Uber driver he yelled at during a ride last year. Bloomberg published a shocking video last February which showed the driver getting into an argument with Kalanick about Uber's lowered fares ... and more »

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Posted January 17, 2018

Times LIVE

Uber and out for fired drivers in labour court fight Times LIVE A judge has told eight fired Uber drivers to navigate back to square one in their unfair dismissal case. Uber South Africa appealed to the Labour Court in Cape Town after the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration ruled that the Cape ...

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Posted January 17, 2018

Texas A&M The Battalion

Alternatives to Uber Texas A&M The Battalion I was an early adopter of Uber, the ride-sharing app that I'm sure everyone has heard of by now. I was telling everyone about it and how great it was, and I've been using it a lot over the years (it came to my hometown relatively early on). But over ... To fight congestion, get serious about UberCrain's New York Business all 5 news articles »

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Posted January 17, 2018

Bloomberg

For Uber, Third Time's the Charm on $1-per-Driver Pay Settlement Bloomberg Though at first Uber Technologies Inc. didn't succeed in settling a lawsuit by California drivers alleging labor-code violations, it tried and tried again. A Los Angeles state judge finally said on Tuesday she's comfortable approving a $7.75 million ... and more »

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Posted January 16, 2018

TechCrunch

The nanny of former Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski has filed an excruciatingly detailed lawsuit TechCrunch Anthony Levandowski might have thought things couldn't get much worse. But a new lawsuit filed Levandowski's former nanny suggests that the exact opposite is true. In fact, much of the nanny's lawsuit — filed by a personal injury attorney in Fair Oaks ... Lawsuit claims Uber's former head of self-driving paid a Tesla engineer to be updated on electric truck programElectrek Bombshell lawsuit alleges Uber engineer stole secrets from Tesla after stealing from GoogleBGR The former nanny for Anthony Levandowski, the fired Uber engineer at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit, said he ...Business Insider Jalopnik -Axios -The Verge all 16 news articles »

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Posted January 16, 2018

Recode

Travis Kalanick discussed compensating the driver he berated in that viral video Recode In the hours after a video came to light of Uber founder Travis Kalanick arguing with an Uber driver over low fares, Kalanick and a few other executives broached the idea of apologizing and buying the driver's cars to make it up to him. In the now ...

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Posted January 16, 2018

CBC.ca

Potential Uber driver peeved MPI move could block service in Winnipeg CBC.ca "The cost of insuring in that group would be up to 20 per cent higher," said Ward Keith, MPI's vice president of business development. "Manitobans who want to do ride-sharing services would move their vehicles into the new vehicle-for-hire insurance ... Uber, Lyft, not happy with approval of drivers' insurance rate plan in ManitobaFinancial Post MPI 'confident' it can find way for Uber, Lyft to come to ManitobaGlobalnews.ca PUB approves MPI rates panned by Uber and LyftCTV News Winnipeg Free Press -ChrisD.ca all 14 news articles »

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Posted January 16, 2018

Gazette Live

Is Uber coming to Teesside? Driver jobs for Middlesbrough and Stockton advertised online Gazette Live In 2015, Uber told The Gazette that Middlesbrough is one of the towns it has looked at for future expansion. “Uber's ambition is to be everywhere - any progressive, forward-thinking city that has a need for safe, reliable and efficient transportation ...

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Posted January 16, 2018

AdAge.com

Watch the Newest Ads on TV From Uber, Wells Fargo, Geico and More AdAge.com Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversion analytics from more than seven million smart TVs. The ads here ran on national TV for ...

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Posted January 16, 2018

Financial Times

Uber curbs working hours for its UK drivers Financial Times Uber has capped the number of hours its UK drivers can work before they have to take a break in a bid to promote “driver and passenger safety”. The move, which comes before a legal case this summer to decide whether Uber can operate in London, will ... Uber to introduce compulsory rest breaks for UK driversThe Independent Uber introduces cap on drivers' working hours - The TelegraphTelegraph.co.uk Uber to introduce limit on drivers' hours - BBC NewsBBC News The Sun -Engadget -The Verge all 26 news articles »

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Posted January 16, 2018

The Drive

Lyft's Massive 2017 Growth Could Be a Threat to Uber The Drive Lyft saw massive growth in 2017, according to an Economic Impact Report released by the company. The numbers showed Lyft growing from a distant second in the U.S. ride-sharing market to a more credible threat to Uber. In 2017, Lyft said it gave 375.5 ... and more »

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Posted January 16, 2018

Urban Toronto

A Look at Innisfil's Uber Transit Pilot Urban Toronto Between May 15th and July 15th, the first two months the pilot was in operation, Uber undertook 4,868 subsidized trips, or an average of 79 trips per day. A report presented to Council detailing the initial results of the pilot concluded that “[t]he ...

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Posted January 16, 2018

Electrek

Lawsuit claims Uber's former head of self-driving paid a Tesla engineer to be updated on electric truck program Electrek Anthony Levandowski, Uber's former head of self-driving, is still neck-deep in a lawsuit alleging that he stole trade secrets from Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving company and his former employer. Now, he is facing another lawsuit claiming to shine a new ... Bombshell lawsuit alleges Uber engineer stole secrets from Tesla after stealing from GoogleBGR The former nanny for Anthony Levandowski, the fired Uber engineer at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit, said he ...Business Insider Fired Uber Engineer Allegedly Paid For Tesla Secrets, Considered Fleeing To CanadaJalopnik all 7 news articles »

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Posted January 16, 2018

The Independent

Uber to introduce compulsory rest breaks for UK drivers The Independent Uber said on Tuesday its UK drivers will have to take a six-hour break after they have accepted and made trips with passengers totalling 10 hours as the taxi app responds to criticism over excessive working hours. Uber said last month nearly a third of ... Uber introduces cap on drivers' working hoursTelegraph.co.uk Uber to introduce limit on drivers' hoursBBC News Taxi app Uber introduces cap on their drivers' hours to tackle fears over safetyThe Sun Financial Times -The Verge -Engadget -Reuters all 29 news articles »

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Posted January 16, 2018

PhillyVoice.com

Woman sues Uber after horrific trip to the Philadelphia airport PhillyVoice.com Rachel has since been banned from Uber, Philadelphia Magazine reports, but Guzman's lawsuit highlights Uber's lack of safety guidelines, even after Uber paid $28.5 million in a class-action lawsuit for its misleading safety assurances. Matthew Luber ... Abington Woman Left On PA Turnpike Roadside By Uber Driver: SuitPatch.com all 2 news articles »

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Posted January 16, 2018

Forbes

Lyft Doubled Rides In 2017 As Its Rival Uber Stumbled Forbes As Uber faltered among a cascade of crises in 2017, its U.S. rival Lyft was there to happily catch a lot of the customers. On Tuesday, the company announced it had doubled rides in the last year, reaching 375.5 million rides in the United States and ... Lyft grows gangbusters in 2017, bringing competition to UberCNET all 14 news articles »

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Posted January 16, 2018

Reuters

Uber to introduce mandatory rest breaks for UK drivers Reuters On Tuesday, the Silicon Valley firm said from next week drivers will have to take a continuous six-hour break after the time spent on trips with passengers and on their way to picking someone up reaches 10 hours. “While drivers only spend an average of ... Uber curbs working hours for its UK driversFinancial Times Uber to introduce limit on drivers' hoursBBC News Uber introduces cap on drivers' working hoursTelegraph.co.uk Engadget -City A.M. -Sky News all 21 news articles »

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Posted January 16, 2018

WIRED

Anthony Levandowski Faces New Claims of Stealing Trade Secrets WIRED Levandowski's outside dealings while employed at Google and Uber have been central themes in Waymo's trade secrets case. Waymo says that Levandowski took 14,000 technical files related to laser-ranging lidar and other self-driving technologies with him ... and more »

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Posted January 16, 2018

Bloomberg

The Case for Letting Uber Drivers Organize Bloomberg Given the prevailing “right to control” test, Uber and Lyft drivers may not be protected by all employment laws. But at the very least, they are entitled to engage in collective action without risk of antitrust liability. This is because of the Clayton ... Why Uber Needs to Take the High Road to an IPO: QuickTake Q&AWashington Post Uber gets a not-so-great grade for its '180 Days of Change'Tnooz No car seat? 'No problem'ABC15 Arizona gulfnews.com all 6 news articles »

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