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NYC Ride Volume - Uber "officially" destroys Taxis going into 2018
Is it official? More Uber trips being taken more than taxis now. Number of medallions control the # of cars …
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Here we go again... Uber driver sexually assaulted woman at American University
"The report says the victim was ordered out of the vehicle and sexually assaulted." https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/uber-driver-sexually-assaulted-woman-at-american-university-police-say/2017/11/20/c47f6882-cdf1-11e7-81bc-c55a220c8cbe_story.html?utm_term=.12a0c5ebe656
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Uber concealed huge data breach [BBC]
Uber concealed huge data breach Dave Lee North America technology reporter Uber concealed a hack that affected 57 million …
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USC student got into a car she thought was her Uber, police say. She was found dead in a field
Gut wrenching. https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/30/us/south-carolina-missing-college-student/index.html
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Judge blocks NYC’s law limiting Uber drivers ‘cruising’ for new passengers - A win for Uber & Lyft - A Loss for Drivers
Welcome to traffic hell in Midtown with all the empty Uber and Lyft cars circling, driver utilization rates were low, …
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Lime Wants to Spread 1,500 Shared Cars Around Seattle? Cars?
I thought Lime was a scooter service? Now they have shared-cars? and why are these things always in Seattle?Lime …
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Schools are trying to use Uber as buses for student transportation
This Uber driver claimes that this Phoenix school called his Uber and tried to put 8 little kids in his …
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As per Uber, passengers are driver's customer and drivers are Uber's customers
https://ride.guru/content/newsroom/is-uber-just-a-payment-collection-agency-for-drivers-now-must-read-for-all-drivers-passengers
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My Post-Driving Life [Dmitry Samarov]
I didn't learn to drive until I was 22. A year later I was behind the wheel of a cab. …
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Uber to require a 6-hour break for every 12 hours of driving in the U.S.
This is good, right? Combatting sleepy and overworked drivers. "Uber has added a feature that will force a six-hour offline …
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Rapper arrested for sending son to school in Lyft ride
It happened. No, not someone using Lyft in this manner. The arrest happened. Who is the Lyft driver who did …
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Uber Disabled Volvo SUV's Safety System Before Fatality [Bloomberg]
Are they getting desperate? It's a total deflection tactic. Trying to shift the blame away from their technology but the …
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Lyft short selling builds after Uber files IPO paperwork
I assume this is bad?Shares of Lyft Inc. fell in Friday trading amid active short selling after rival Uber …
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Lyft employee: “Hell yes. I definitely looked at my friends’ rider history and looked at what drivers said about them. I never got in trouble.”
Lyft employees have been spying on riders. Looks like Uber's evilness is catching on. https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/25/lyft-god-view/
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First Pedestrain death at the "hands" of a self driving Uber Vehicle
Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Arizona Pedestrian via the NYTimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/uber-driverless-fatality.html
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Uber Eats is not a profitable business. Here's the math. ...and how Uber has the cake and eats it too. (Forbes)
I am glad someone is doing the math. It's too bad it isn't the drivers. I assume this applies to …
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Uber self-driving car that killed pedestrian "decided" not to stop for her
Great, now we have cars deciding whether pedestrians are expendible or not... https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/7/17327682/uber-self-driving-car-decision-kill-swerve
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Should it be legal to own your own self-driving car?
ZipCar, Uber, and other rideshare companies want to make it illegal to own your own self-driving car in the city. …
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Priceline is investing $500 million in Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride-hailing company. [TechCrunch]
This seems like a pretty significant news on how the travel websites are starting to invest in rideshare companies... and …
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London Uber ignoring all rules and breaking laws again.
How is this legal? Oh, it isn't? What's new. What is the current situation with Uber in London? Taxi app …