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The Independent Uber Eats offers food-delivery drivers insurance in Europe The Independent Uber's food-delivery business will begin offering an insurance package to its couriers in Europe, a move to address the conditions of “gig economy” workers. Riders for food-delivery companies such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo are typically self-employed ... and more » https://www.google.com/news -
The Mercury News Uber investor Shervin Pishevar resigns from VC firm amid sexual misconduct allegations The Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO — Shervin Pishevar, who has been accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and misconduct, said Thursday he was resigning from the venture capital firm he co-founded. Earlier this month, Pishevar took a leave of absence from his two ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Bloomberg How Uber and Its Rivals Are Beating the Middle East's Most Notorious Traffic Bloomberg Late to a meeting on the other side of Cairo, student Abdel-Kader Shehade opted for the fastest ride-hailing service in town: Careem Scooter. “It was like the traffic jam didn't exist,” said the 19-year-old, whose trip took a fraction of the usual time ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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The Sun Uber banned in third UK city after management problems and data breach The Sun Uber's licence was due to expire in York on Christmas Eve this year, having twice previously been granted clearance to operate – most recently on December 21 2016. Sheffield City Council suspended the company's licence on December 7 after the firm ... Uber driver licence standards should be made national, say MPsCity A.M. The North remembers: York scraps Uber's licence over data breachThe Register Uber loses York taxi licence on grounds of 'public safety and security ...The Independent Engadget -BBC News -Sky News all 103 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Slate Magazine All the Things Uber Is Doing to Try to Prove It's Now Less Awful Slate Magazine Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber, left his position in June amid a number of scandals at the company. Among the many issues that led up to his resignation were allegations that the company fostered an environment conducive to sexual harassment ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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The Drive Uber Accidentally Charged a Customer More Than $18000 for a 5-Mile Ride The Drive An Uber rider in Canada got the impolite shock of a lifetime on Friday after he received his receipt for a short trip through downtown Toronto and discovered he'd been charged over $18,000 for the privilege, according to Slate. Word of the apparent ... Uber: Man pays $A19,000 for ride after glitch - News.com.auNEWS.com.au Uber Charges Passenger Over $14,000 For 5-Mile Ride Across ...HuffPost Uber apologizes after charging Toronto customer more than $18K for 21-minute rideToronto Star LADbible all 22 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Ars Technica Uber Settles with Woman Whose Medical Files Were Accessed by an Executive The Drive Among Uber's many scandals, this affair stands out. When the woman sued Uber for the 2014 incident, the driver was already awaiting trial for at least four other criminal charges. After he was arrested, he was sentenced to life in prison. Uber was ... Uber settles second US lawsuit filed by India rape victimArs Technica Uber settles lawsuit with Indian rape victimTweakTown Uber settles lawsuit with woman who accused executives of obtaining medical records after she was rapedTechCrunch Indiatimes.com -BBC News all 98 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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The Independent Uber's appeal against TfL's licence ban will not be heard until spring 2018 The Independent Minicab app firm Uber's appeal against Transport for London's decision not to renew its licence in the city will not be heard until spring 2018. Both sides of the dispute appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Monday, for a case ... Uber London licence appeal set for April at earliestFinancial Times Uber to remain on London's streets for months as licence appeal set for springTelegraph.co.uk Cambridge reviews Uber licence following London, Sheffield suspensionsThe Week UK Reuters -Independent Online all 67 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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The Sun Uber 'charge £149 for a 10 mile trip after price surge because of snow' The Sun An Uber spokeswoman said: “Our app uses dynamic pricing which means that fares automatically increase when the demand for cars in a specific area is greater than the cars available. “Bad weather meant that were many people looking to book a car but ... https://www.google.com/news
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The Independent Uber begins appeal against London license ban The Independent Uber will defend its right to operate in London in a court hearing on Monday after the app was deemed unfit to run a taxi service and stripped of its licence in its most important European market. Regulator Transport for London (TfL) shocked the ... Uber's London licence appeal against Transport for London is set for ...City A.M. Uber Due In Court In Fight Over London Licence, Days After Sheffield Suspension AnnouncedHuffPost UK all 6 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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The Independent Help a Hungry Child: Uber donates £50000 to launch second school market stall The Independent A second school market stall stocked with fresh, free food has been launched as the £50,000 donation from Uber boosted the The Independent and Evening Standard's Christmas appeal. Four UberEATS staff volunteered an afternoon of their time to ferry the ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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The Rude Baguette Uber admits it hushed up the piracy of 57 million accounts The Rude Baguette Uber's new CEO admits the company sustained a cyber-attack late 2016. It led to the theft of the personal data of 57 million users. Uber also confessed it paid $100 000 for the hackers' silence. This is a new scandal, just a few months away from the ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Financial Times Uber's Data Breach: Can the Company Course-Correct? Fair Observer Ride-hailing app company Uber is not about to see any immediate loss of customers following recent disclosures that it failed to notify both regulators and the public about a huge data breach. But the company is facing serious longer-term threats to ... Judge hearing Uber-Waymo case throws sand in Silicon Valley's gearsFinancial Times Three Uber security managers reportedly resigned today | TechCrunchTechCrunch Uber: Use of Encrypted Messaging App Wickr May Set Legal ...Fortune CNBC -Reuters -Jalopnik -Recode all 63 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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AG Gangadhar, 'linked to' Uber scandal, lands senior job at GM The Times A former Uber executive who was thought to be connected to complaints about the “toxic” culture at the cab-hailing company, has emerged in a senior role at US auto giant General Motors. AG Gangadhar has been hired as chief technology officer at Cruise ... https://www.google.com/news
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The Sun Victory for The Sun as Uber investor who blocked reporting of rape arrest is accused of sexual misconduct with six ... The Sun AN Uber investor who gagged The Sun over his arrest on suspicion of rape has now been accused of sexual misconduct with six women. US billionaire venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar, 43, is alleged to have harassed or assaulted the women, who claimed ... Sarah Lacy on Early Uber Investor Shervin Pishevar: The Least Kept Secret in the ValleyCheddar all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Will Uber Ever Stop The Bleeding? Bloomberg Now look at 2017, Uber has said that its first quarter gross bookings were $7.5 billion. Add that to the gross bookings numbers disclosed to investors and we get to $26 billion over nine months this year. Uber's fourth quarter is traditionally Uber's ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Daily Beast The Underground Uber Networks Driven by Russian Hackers Daily Beast Uber's ride-sharing service has given birth to some of the most creative criminal scams to date, including using a GPS-spoofing app to rip off riders in Nigeria, and even ginning up fake drivers by using stolen identities. Add to those this nefariously ... https://www.google.com/news
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Uber hack: EU data protection bods launch taskforce - The Register
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The Register Uber hack: EU data protection bods launch taskforce The Register The European Union's group of data protection watchdogs has launched a taskforce into the Uber data breach that affected 57 million users worldwide. The Article 29 Working Party discussed the breach, which took place in October 2016 but was only ... Europe's Privacy Regulators Are Ganging Up on UberFortune Uber says 2.7 million in UK were affected by security breachThe Guardian Uber finally admits that 2.7million of its UK users were hit by hackersThe Sun Sky News -Business Insider UK -BBC News -Bloomberg all 137 news articles » https://www.google.com/news -
The Independent Uber, Tinder, Snapchat and other top apps include trackers that secretly watch everything users do The Independent Popular smartphone apps contain hidden trackers that can secretly monitor everything you do, researchers have found. These apps include Uber, Tinder, Skype, Twitter, Spotify and Snapchat, though it's likely that this is the case for many, many more ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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The Independent Uber may have just lost $20.5bn in value The Independent The investment, which was approved by the Uber board in October, would also trigger a string of governance changes at Uber that would limit some early shareholders' voting power, expand the board from 11 to 17 directors and cut the influence of former ... SoftBank share purchase discounts Uber by 30%Financial Times A $48 Billion Uber Would Be (Slightly) Less InsaneBloomberg Japan's Softbank 'bids for stake in Uber'BBC News Daily Mail -Vanity Fair -Recode -Seeking Alpha all 73 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Congress presses Uber for answers around the data breach it tried to hide TechCrunch It looks like Congress won't be ignoring the recent thoroughly sketchy report that Uber failed to disclose— and made efforts to hide — a data breach that affected 57 million users in 2016. On Monday, Senator Mark Warner issued a set of questions to ... https://www.google.com/news
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London City Hall staff put Uber rides on expenses despite concerns The Times Aides and politicians at London's City Hall claimed expenses for dozens of Uber journeys despite official concerns over the safety of the service. In the ten months after Sadiq Khan was elected as mayor, Greater London Authority employees used the ... https://www.google.com/news
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The Register Russian regulator says да to Uber/Yandex merger The Register Uber could have kept going head to head with Yandex, but instead chose to stump up US$225m for 36.6 per cent of a joint venture run in which Yandex will have a controlling 59.3 per cent stake. Doing so cemented Uber's presence in Russia, and several ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Financial Times Uber: the clean-up after Kalanick continues Financial Times When Uber's former chief executive Travis Kalanick stood in front of employees to introduce his successor, Dara Khosrowshahi, he became emotional. “Uber's next chapter begins today,” he told staff in the late August meeting. “The old chapter ends, and ... Uber hacking: customers not at risk of financial crime, says ministerThe Guardian New Uber boss 'knew about hack for months'Telegraph.co.uk Uber told SoftBank about data breach before telling publicCNBC TechCrunch -The Independent -Fortune -Uber all 317 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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The Guardian Uber to take appeal over ruling on drivers' status to UK supreme ... The Guardian Case to determine whether taxi app drivers get improved rights such as guaranteed minimum wage and holiday pay. Uber seeks to appeal UK Supreme Court on workers' rights rulingFinancial Times Uber to submit application to Supreme Court to appeal employment tribunal decisionThe Independent Uber takes driver battle to Supreme CourtBBC News City A.M. -Bloomberg -BNN all 20 news articles » https://www.google.com/news