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  Nationwide 24 hour Uber/Lyft Driver's Strike May 8

  So who's in?https://drivers-united.org/strikeGotta admit it's pretty shrewd to do this on the day of Uber's IPO. Let em …
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  “What Have We Done?”: Silicon Valley Engineers Fear They've Created a Monster

  https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/silicon-valley-engineers-fear-they-created-a-monster “There’s something you need to know,” she said in a low voice, “and I don’t want you to forget …
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  Uber and Lyft Pulling out of Honolulu?

  A friend of mine in Hawaii told me that Honolulu city council just voted to impose a cap on surge …
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  Time for Uber to give up on the self-driving car

  Sounds like their program was utterly failing, and that's before they struck and killed a pedestrian... Waymo, formerly the self-driving …
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  Are rideshare companies doing enough to ensure the safety of child riders?

  This is kind of an eye-opening read. Drivers for popular rideshare providers Uber and Lyft don’t believe the companies are …

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   6 years ago in  Are rideshare companies doing enough to ensure the safety of child riders?

  Make sure to read the article linked from this article too. https://www.abc15.com/longform/lyft-uber-car-seat-law

  This news buster crew went around trying to get uber rides with a baby and no carseat. Results were a little scary.

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   6 years ago in  Uber settles with Waymo for $245M

  don't blame them for settling. Who knows what a jury would have decided. and I think Uber is just trying to move on from their sordid past at this point, post-Kalanick...

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   6 years ago in  Uber SPACE

  There are a few other people on this planet that I wouldn't have minded sending up with starman... two bad it's only a two seater huh.

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   6 years ago in  How much do Uber drivers make (in Detroit, Houston and Denver) hourly? - Below Minimum Wage?

  That's interesting. How much does your couch pay you and where can I acquire one

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   6 years ago in  Drivers don’t trust Uber. This is how it’s trying to win them back. [Recode]

  Right. What they are really trying to grapple with is "how do we make drivers trust us while we continue to screw them". Now that is a challenge.

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   6 years ago in  Wanna tip your Uber driver? Uber won't let you be too generous with it.

  The article says Lyft does this too, and always has. 200% of the fare, or $50, whichever is lower.

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   6 years ago in  Should it be legal to own your own self-driving car?

  Plus I want to put my own cool devices in it. TV etc. Make my own little self-driving palace.

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   6 years ago in  What will ultimately kill Uber?

  Nothing. They aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Their public image is already improving post-Kalanick. I just can't imagine them getting dethroned.

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   6 years ago in  General question

  I don't know why they wouldn't, but the remaining 2 will have to pay for the extra distance. Or maybe you can work out a deal up front. But I'm sure you can work it out with the driver.

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   6 years ago in  Harry Campbell gives Uber a B-

  It's a shame they are so ubiquitous. Tough habit to break.

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