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Soon you will be able to hail an Uber Boat in London as part of your daily commute. While this service was originally expected to launch earlier this year, Covid-19 delayed the official launch. Now Uber is resuming their “Uber Boat” plans in an attempt to further diversify their business offerings after being hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Uber Boat in London will offer journeys up and down the River Thames, consisting of a 20-strong fleet of boats and 23 piers between Putney and Woolwich. The boats will be branded as “Uber Boats by Thames Clippers” thanks to a …

Uber just recently announced that they are expanding the area where drivers can set their own rates to include San Francisco, Modesto, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo. Uber allowing drivers to set their own rates for trips began as an experiment in January in Sacramento, Santa Barbara and Palm Springs. Before January, drivers in these areas had no control over the rates.

Many feel this is a thinly veiled attempt by Uber to skirt around the new AB5 law that took effect at the beginning of this year. Uber has vehemently opposed the new AB5 law which attempts to …

In another step towards delivery domination, Uber introduced their newest venture, grocery delivery. This news comes right after Uber acquired Postmates, an online restaurant and goods delivery service, for $2.65 billion.

Uber Grocery Delivery will initially only be available in select cities in Latin America and Canada with plans to roll out in Miami, FL and Dallas, TX later this month. In order to bring customers grocery delivery services, Uber is collaborating with Cornershop, an established grocery delivery app. Uber users will be able to order their groceries through both the Uber and Uber Eats apps.

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In less than a month after losing out on a deal with GrubHub, Uber has made a second offer, this time looking to buy Postmates. Postmates, another upstart delivery service, has grown substantially since it was founded 9 years ago and was last valued by investors to be worth $2.4 billion. This deal could really strengthen Uber’s food-delivery business, Uber Eats, which would help to compensate for the lost revenue the company is experiencing from it’s core ride-hailing model due to Covid-19.

According to The New York Times, Uber is discussing buying Postmates for around 2.6 billion, however, this …

In a blog post published today, Lyft announced that they plan to start using their rideshare platform’s drivers to help accelerate autonomous vehicle technology. While AV tech has come a long way, self-driving cars are still making deadly mistakes when faced with unplanned scenarios. If autonomous vehicles are to become mainstream then they need to be able to make real-time assessments of every scenario possible. 

Lyft is now equipping a subset of cars on their driver network with low-cost camera sensors to capture how human drivers react to numerous different situations on a daily basis. This will allow Lyft to …