Business
Uber ‘likely not’ at fault in pedestrian accident, police chief says
Yesterday, we learned that Uber was halting all of its self-driving tests after one of the company's self-driving cars struck a pedestrian in Tempe, AZ, on Sunday. The…
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Uber’s safety record, self-driving crashes and settlements, its FTC data breach deal, rulings on driver employment, legal trouble in France and bike sharing.
Transportation
Uber has stopped all self-driving car tests after a fatal accident
Uber has put an immediate stop to its self-driving vehicles after one of its cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona early Monday morning. ABC affiliate…
Autonomous
Uber in talks with Toyota to offer self-driving technology
It doesn't look like Lyft and Waymo will be the only ridesharing companies to offer their self-driving technology to others. Nikkei claims that Uber is currently in talks…
Business
Uber Eats is expanding to 100 new cities in Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Uber Eats, Uber's food delivery service, is expanding to over 100 cities in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, TechCrunch reports. A spokesperson confirmed that the service will launch…
Business
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick forms a new investment fund focused on job creation
Former Uber CEO announced today that he has created an investment fund called 10100 that will oversee both his for-profit and non-profit projects. Pronounced "ten-one-hundred," it will focus…
Tech
Uber’s self-driving trucks are on the road making deliveries in Arizona
Uber has announced that its self-driving trucks have been operating in the state of Arizona over the last few months, per New York Times. The company has two…
Autonomous
Following lawsuit, Uber is considering partnership with Waymo
The long-running legal battle between Waymo and Uber is settled, the two companies may actually partner up. According to a report from The Information, led by new CEO…
Legal
Pennsylvania is suing Uber over 2016 data breach
Back in 2016, Uber was the target of a cyberattack and it's still haunting it. The attack exposed the personal information of 57 million people. To make matters…
Business
Uber CEO Khosrowshahi says MIT study about driver pay is ‘incompetent’
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had some words to say about the new MIT study that was published. The study claims that the median income for Uber and Lyft…
Lyft
MIT study finds that many Uber, Lyft drivers making under minimum age
Ride sharing companies like Uber and Lyft have made claims of high earnings potential while driving for their services, but critics have constantly casted doubts over those claims.…
Legal
Lawsuit alleges Uber discriminates against people in wheelchairs
To better serve people with wheelchairs, Uber has a specific service called UberWAV, and for "wheelchair accessible vehicle." But according to disability rights advocates, they say that those…
Culture
Report: Frances Frei, hired to fix Uber’s broken culture, is leaving the company
According to Recode, Frances Frei, hired to fix Uber's broken culture and help controversial company CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick on the proper path, is officially leaving the…
Legal
In an effort to appease London city officials, Uber is changing the way it reports violent incidents
Uber hasn't had the best relationship with London official since last year when the company's license was revoked. Now, Uber has announced that it was making a number…
Lyft
Uber will begin forcing six-hour rest breaks for busy US drivers
Uber's latest app update is bringing an interesting change for busy US drivers. Earlier this year, Uber implemented a six hour break policy on UK drivers that work…
Legal
Uber says it has “no justification” for covering up massive data breach it experienced in 2016
Testifying at Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Uber's top security officials say that Uber had "no justification" for not coming clean about the massive data breach it experienced in…