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Engadget Uber's solution to leadership woes may be a second-in-command Engadget Uber is in a lot of hot water lately between Greyball, sexual harassment claims, a political uproar, an Alphabet lawsuit and CEO Travis Kalanick's own outbursts. How is it supposed to get the ship back on course? If you believe sources speaking to The ... Report: Uber CEO seeking a second-in-commandUSA TODAY all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Attorney general wants Uber, Lyft drivers fingerprinted Sacramento Bee Rhode Island's attorney general wants to start fingerprinting Uber and Lyft drivers, as well as traditional taxi drivers. The state last year adopted a new law that officially legalized ride-hailing app companies and regulates them, but it didn't ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Gizmodo UK Uber Can't Even Sign A Letter Right Gizmodo UK Uber, man... what are you doing? You keep stuffing up so much. First there was the #deleteUber campaign, with more than 200,000 Uber customers in the US deleting their accounts over Uber's position on President Trump's economic advisory council. Next ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Axios Uber's nightmarish week, in 8 headlines - Axios Axios Former employee Susan Fowler Rigetti published a blog post on February 19 about sexual harassment she allegedly faced at Uber. Things haven't gotten much ... HP Handled My Sexual Harassment Better Than Uber Would Have ...Fortune Former Uber software engineer alleges sexism from female managerTechCrunch A Third Uber Engineer Just Came Forward About Sexism—But Her Story Is Very DifferentObserver Mumbai Mirror -The Hill -Medium all 12 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fortune HP Handled My Sexual Harassment Better Than Uber Would Have Fortune Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has done a lot of backpedaling during the past few weeks. Most recently in a contrite apology email to employees, after a video surfaced of him arguing angrily with an Uber driver. Yet the blunder that caused the greatest ... Uber's nightmarish week, in 8 headlinesAxios Former Uber software engineer alleges sexism from female managerTechCrunch Sexism at Uber from female management #UberStory – MediumMedium all 15 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Automotive News (subscription) (blog) Uber's PR challenges create opening for rivals Automotive News (subscription) (blog) Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said something last week that was out of character for the Silicon Valley agitator: He admitted it was time to grow up. "I must fundamentally change as a leader and grow up," Kalanick, 40, wrote in a note to Uber employees ... Uber Vice President Resigns as Misconduct Investigation Ramps UpFortune Uber and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad MonthNetwork World How Uber Could End Up As Silicon Valley's Most Spectacular CrashNewsweek Business Insider -Recode -Susan J. Fowler -Bloomberg all 64 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Guardian Uber is smart, simple and seductive. But should we still be using it? The Guardian Over recent months I've developed a conflicted relationship with my Uber app. On the one hand, I've watched with growing unease as the company has been plagued by revelation after revelation, raising questions about how it does business. There's the ... Uber uses 'secret program' Greyball to avoid regulatorsThe Independent Uber uses 'secret program' Greyball to hide from regulatorsBBC News Uber used fake app to confuse regulators and rivalsFinancial Times MarketWatch -Times of India -Daily Mail -New York Times all 128 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Times (subscription) Uber's pile-up The Times (subscription) They blame everything in their life on somebody else. Good luck!” Thus ended a heated argument between Fawzi Kamel, an Uber driver who claimed cuts to the company's payment rates had bankrupted him, and Kalanick, who happened to catch a ride with ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch Researcher finds bug that allowed free Uber rides TechCrunch Uber has patched a bug in its code that allowed a researcher — and anyone else who might've discovered the problem — to hail Uber rides without paying for them. Anand Prakash, a security researcher, discovered the bug in August and received ... Indian hacker reveals loophole in Uber app for lifetime of free ridesDeccan Chronicle all 11 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Washington Post What students should learn from Uber's recent troubles Washington Post The criticism of Uber continues to pile up. This week, the car service was found to use secret software to evade government regulators and a video showed its chief executive in a verbal altercation with one of the company's drivers. Previously, the ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fortune Uber Vice President Resigns as Misconduct Investigation Ramps Up Fortune Recode reports that Uber Vice President of product and growth Ed Baker is resigning. The resignation comes following the announcement of a major internal investigation into the company's culture, and reports suggest Baker could have become entangled in ... Uber's unraveling: The stunning, 2 week string of blows that has upended the world's most valuable startupBusiness Insider Uber's VP of product and growth Ed Baker has resignedRecode Uber and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad MonthNetwork World WIRED -TechCrunch -Newsweek -Susan J. Fowler all 56 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times Farhad's and Mike's Week in Tech: Uber, Oh Boy. New York Times Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, review the week's news, offering analysis and maybe a joke or two about the most important developments in the tech industry. Mike: Ahoy, Farhad! It's almost that ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Business Insider Uber's unraveling: The stunning, 2 week string of blows that has upended the world's most valuable startup Business Insider Uber was already off to a bad start in 2017, but the year is getting worse by the day, if not the hour, for the $69 billion ride-hailing company. In January, Uber lost more than 200,000 customers in a single weekend after the #DeleteUber movement led ... Uber's VP of product and growth Ed Baker has resignedRecode Uber's Massive Crap Pile Develops Its Own GravityWIRED What Travis Kalanick's Newfound Humility Means For Uber's FutureFortune Newsweek -TechCrunch -Quartz -Susan J. Fowler all 44 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Independent Uber uses 'secret program' Greyball to hide from regulators The Independent Uber has been using a secret tool in countries across the world in order to avoid law enforcement authorities, it has been revealed. Greyball, a tool which uses geolocation data, credit card information and social media account data, has been used by ... Greyball: how Uber used secret software to dodge the lawThe Guardian Uber used fake app to confuse regulators and rivalsFinancial Times How Uber used secret weapon Greyball to avoid undercover regulatorsTelegraph.co.uk CNET -NDTV -Recode -New York Times all 103 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Atlantic Uber's Secret Program Raises Questions About Discrimination The Atlantic Uber confirmed to The Atlantic the existence of the program, which was first reported by Mike Isaac of The New York Times, but emphasized in a statement that the fake version of the app was meant to protect drivers—not to mislead local investigators ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fortune Uber Sexism: Another Engineer Goes Public With Harassment ... Fortune Keala Lusk, a former software engineer at Uber, says the harassment came from a female manager. The claims follow Susan Fowler's blog post. Former Uber software engineer alleges sexism from female ...TechCrunch Another Female Uber Engineer Comes Forward With Sexism ...Observer Another former Uber engineer alleges sexism at the companyAxios The Hill -Medium all 7 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Recode Uber's VP of product and growth Ed Baker has resigned Recode Before Uber — which he joined in 2013 along with former CFO Brent Callinicos and Uber SVP Emil Michael — Baker headed international growth at the social media giant for two years after the company acquired his dating app called Friend.ly in 2011. Uber's Massive Crap Pile Develops Its Own GravityWIRED Uber's VP of product and growth has left the companyTechCrunch Uber just capped another disastrous week by losing its VP of product and growthQuartz CNBC -Business Insider -New York Times all 31 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Atlantic Scandal-Plagued Uber Is Still Dominating App Stores The Atlantic The fallout from Uber's PR crisis has people both inside and outside of the industry speculating about whether this means that Lyft, Uber's main rival in the U.S., will finally get its shot at becoming the top ride-sharing app. According to the New ... Uber rival Lyft looking to raise $500 mln fresh funds: sourceReuters Travis Kalanick has no one but himself to blame for Uber's toxic company cultureRecode Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber StumblesNew York Times CNBC -The Denver Channel -Wall Street Journal all 105 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has for years engaged in a worldwide program to deceive the authorities in markets where its low-cost ride-hailing service was being resisted by law enforcement or, in some instances, had been outright banned. The program ... Uber used an elaborate secret program to hide from government regulatorsThe Verge Uber has been secretively deceiving authorities for years with a tool called 'Greyball'Business Insider Uber, then operating illegally, used software to evade Portland code enforcersOregonLive.com San Francisco Business Times -The Week Magazine all 8 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch Former Uber software engineer alleges sexism from female manager TechCrunch Another day, another allegation against Uber. Keala Lusk, a former Uber software engineer, just posted to Medium her story of sexism, disrespect and condescending behavior at the hands of a female manager at Uber. In her post, Lusk summarizes an email ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Guardian Every time we take an Uber we're spreading its social poison The Guardian Uber has barely been out of the news this year, with a succession of scandals cementing the company's reputation as a byword for cod-libertarian douchebaggery. Accusations of strike-breaking during protests against Donald Trump's “Muslim ban” sparked a ... Could sexism allegations and political boycotts spell the end for Uber?Evening Standard Uber's Price Cuts Are Alienating Its DriversInc.com Uber Drives Into Big TroubleWBUR Streetsblog Denver (blog) -The Sun -CIO -Susan J. Fowler all 204 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Uber drivers in UK face English test after court ruling MarketWatch Uber drivers in London face having to take a written English language test, after the ride-hailing company lost a court battle Friday. The U.K. High Court decided Uber Technologies Inc. is subject to new rules being introduced by Transport for London, ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Telegraph.co.uk Hacker reveals simple loophole to get free Uber rides for life Telegraph.co.uk A hacker has discovered a genius way to get free Uber rides by uncovering a security bug for the popular taxi service. Anand Prakash, a product security engineer, has highlighted a simple trick he used to get free Uber rides anywhere in the world. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch Uber plans to turn its app into a 'content marketplace' during rides TechCrunch But despite all that, the transportation company — currently valued as high as $68 billion — continues to grow and is expanding its business into ever more areas. One of the latest, TechCrunch has learned, involves the app itself. Uber wants to turn ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Sun What is Uber, why is the taxi cab app so controversial and do drivers have to speak English? All you need to know The Sun THE Uber app has revolutionised taxi travel by connecting freelance drivers with passengers in major cities all over the world. The California firm has whipped up a fair amount of controversy during its dramatic rise, as question marks about ... Uber just streamlined the hell out of its appThe Verge Uber rebuilds its app from the ground upCNET What to Know About Uber's Big Rider App UpdateTIME Daily Mail -Financial Times all 208 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber