UBER Technologies Inc chose Dara Khosrowshahi, the chief executive of travel company Expedia Inc, as its chief executive on Sunday, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter, handing him the challenge of leading the ride-services company out of a nearly year-long crisis. Khosrowshahi, 48, would take on the daunting task of mending Uber’s […]
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Uber and Visa have agreed to a multi-year strategic agreement that aims to grow digital commerce across Africa. According to the companies, the partnership leverages both technology platforms to encourage the use of electronic payments among consumers across the continent. Under the agreement, Visa will work with its financial institution partners to set up debit […]
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Uber said on Tuesday it will begin allowing drivers to collect tips through its smartphone app, part of the ride services company’s broader effort to improve an often-contentious relationship. San Francisco-based Uber Technologies Inc had for years opposed adding a tipping feature to its app despite drivers’ complaints that the extra money would help compensate […]
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Uber Technologies Inc said on Tuesday it fired the technology whiz it had hired to lead its self-driving unit, Anthony Levandowski, after he failed to comply with a court order to hand over documents at the center of a legal dispute between Uber and Alphabet Inc’s Waymo unit. Uber had hoped Levandowski, one the most […]
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Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by Google’s parent Alphabet Inc., and Lyft Inc. are teaming up to road test autonomous cars in a potential challenge to Uber Technologies Inc. In its statement, Lyft said Waymo holds “today’s best self-driving technology.” The two plan to work together to bring autonomous vehicles into the mainstream with […]
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Uber says its self-driving cars remains suspended in Arizona and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, following a crash over the weekend. There were no serious injuries reported in the incident in Tempe, Arizona on Friday night. Police said the self-driving Uber SUV was obeying the law while the human driver of the other car was cited for a […]
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Uber has grounded its fleet of self-driving cars pending an investigation into the crash of an Uber autonomous vehicle in Arizona, a spokesperson for the car-hailing service said Sunday. No one was seriously injured in the accident which occurred Friday in Tempe, Arizona while the vehicle — a Volvo SUV — was in self-driving mode, […]
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Google parents company – Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit on Friday said it would seek a preliminary injunction against Uber in a high-profile intellectual property lawsuit, according to a court filing. Alphabet’s autonomous car unit, Waymo, sued Uber last month, alleging that a former employee downloaded and stole more than 14,000 confidential files, including details […]
Read More Travis Kalanick – chief executive of Uber Technologies Inc has ordered an “urgent investigation” into claims of sexual harassment at the ride-hailing service company made by a former employee. Susan Fowler, an engineer who left Uber in December, wrote in a blog post that she was subjected to sexual advances through a ‘string of messages’ […]
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Bangladesh said Friday the Uber ride-sharing service was operating “illegally”, just days after it launched in the capital. A notice placed in a high-circulation newspaper by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority told drivers not to work through the popular phone app. “Uber, the online-based taxi service, is being operated completely illegally,” said BRTA director Mohammad […]
Read More The option to hail a ride in a self-driving car, which was science fiction just a few years ago, will soon be available to Uber users in Pittsburgh, the first time the technology has been offered to the general public. Within weeks, the company announced Thursday, customers will be able to opt into a test […]
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