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Madrid -
Hundreds of drivers for ride-hailing services Uber and Cabify marched down a central Madrid avenue on Thursday to protest plans by the Spanish government to tighten regulations in the sector.The demonstrators chanted "Let us work!
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Grab announced $2 billion in new capital from their two-part Series H round. Since striking a deal to get Uber out of Southeast Asia, what does the company have planned for this funding?
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By AFP
Madrid -
Spanish taxis late on Wednesday called off their days-long strike against online ride-hailing services like Uber after Madrid agreed to let regional governments regulate the sector.
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During a July 24th hearing in front of the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology, Eric Allison, the head of aviation programs at Uber, gave a testimony about Uber's plans for flying cars.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Uber on Monday said it is hitting the brakes on self-driving trucks, shifting gears to focus just on autonomous cars.
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By AFP
Apo -
Thousands of Airbnb reservations scrapped, Uber reduced to delivering food: life is hard in Japan for giants of the sharing economy, stuck between tough regulation and popular suspicion.
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By AFP
London -
Uber won a legal bid on Tuesday to restore its operating licence in London after a judge overturned an earlier decision and granted the ride-hailing app a 15-month permit.
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One year after joining the ride-sharing giant, Bozoma Saint John has left her position as chief branding officer at Uber to pursue the chief marketing officer role at entertainment conglomerate Endeavor.
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Jeff Holden, Uber's chief product officer — and the leader of the company's flying car effort, Elevate — has stepped down.
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By AFP
Istanbul -
Istanbul's bright yellow taxis, ubiquitous and perennially honking for custom, appear ingrained in the daily life of the Turkish metropolis.But could the fast-growing ride sharing app Uber make them a thing of the past?
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By AFP
Washington -
Uber said Wednesday it plans to add mass transit, bike-sharing and other options to its mobile app, as it unveiled a vision for urban transport that goes well beyond its core ridesharing offer.
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By AFP
Luxembourg -
The EU's top court on Tuesday dealt another blow to US ridesharing giant Uber by backing the right of France and other member states to ban an illegal taxi service without notifying Brussels regulators.
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By AFP
Luxembourg -
The EU's top court on Tuesday backed the right of member states like France to ban a service by ridesharing firm Uber without notifying Brussels, in a fresh setback to the US giant.
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By AFP
Apo -
Hundreds of taxis brought traffic to a standstill in Brussels on Tuesday to protest proposed government reforms said to favour ride-hailing competitors like Uber.
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Uber’s food delivery service UberEATS is set to expand to over 100 cities throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This appears to be a new priority for the company, with its taxi service already established.
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By AFP
Washington -
Dashcam footage of the first fatal self-driving car crash involving a pedestrian shows the Uber vehicle operator appearing to be distracted, then gasping in horror seconds before the impact.
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Tempe -
Sylvia Moir, the police chief of Tempe Arizona told the San Francisco Chronicle that it was unlikely that Uber was at fault in a deadly accident involving a self-driving car that killed a woman on Sunday evening in the city.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Ride-sharing giant Uber said Monday it is suspending use of self-driving cars after one of the vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in the US state of Arizona.
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Tempe -
A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg as she walked her bicycle across a street in Tempe, Arizona, Sunday night, according to the police.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Ride-sharing giant Uber said Monday it is suspending its self-driving car program after one of the vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in the US state of Arizona.
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By AFP
Istanbul -
An Istanbul court on Monday began hearing a case against Uber brought by the city's taxi drivers seeking to have the ride-hailing app blocked, as tensions mount in Turkey over its popularity.
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By AFP
Atenas -
Greek commuters saw journeys disrupted Monday as taxi drivers downed tools to protest at competition from ride-sharing firm Uber on a day rail workers also held a 24-hour strike.
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By AFP
London -
US ride-hailing app Uber on Friday announced new safety features for its service in Britain, as it appeals against the withdrawal of its licence in London.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Two tech giants racing for a lead in autonomous driving clashed Monday in court as former Google car unit Waymo's lawyer argued that Uber's boss deliberately chose "to cheat" to get a leg up on competitors.
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By AFP
Toukyo -
Uber may be shredding business models for taxi firms the world over but it is struggling to make inroads in Japan, where risk-averse passengers prefer to stick to their high-quality traditional taxi service.
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By AFP
London -
Uber's appeal against losing its licence in London will be heard in May or June next year, a court determined Monday.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Uber said Tuesday that hackers compromised personal data from some 57 million riders and drivers in a breach kept hidden for a year.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Uber's tieup with Japanese tech giant SoftBank suggests the ridesharing giant is set to come of age in the business world, but it still faces a long road ahead.
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Ex-Uber drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam took Uber to court last October over their employment status and won.
They argued that they should be given basic worker rights such as holiday pay and national minimum wage.
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By AFP
New York -
Uber is on track for a 2019 public stock offering and the plan is not dependent on new funding from Japan's SoftBank, the global ride-sharing giant's CEO said Thursday.
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From 2019 forward, Volvo will only manufacture partially or completely battery-powered cars. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
SETTLED: An Uber car with markings from three rideshare company signs waits for its next driving assignment in Venice, Calif., in 2014. Colin@TheTruthAbout / Wikimedia Commons
Travis Kalanick, CEO, Uber, speaking at an event in Munich, Germany. Dan Taylor
Travis Kalanick, CEO, Uber PC Magazine
A Nissan LEAF vehicle recharging in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Bontenbal
Uber drivers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand can now tune in to Pandora stations while they drive.
First electric Passenger Drone: Ehang 184. Rob Clapp
Anthony Levandowski (right) speaking at an autonomous trucking panel at MCE 2016. Transport Topics
Transportation app Uber is seen on the iPhone of limousine driver. With permission by Reuters/Lucy Nicholson
Place des Arts, Montreal. Jeangagnon
2016 Volvo XC90 SUV. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
California State Assemblyman Evan Low addresses those gathered at the State Assembly hall in Sacramento. Courtesy of CA State Assemblyman Evan Low
An Uber ride in Bogotá, Colombia. Alexander Torrenegra
A self driving Volvo XC90 outside 737 Harrisonn in San Francisco, Calif., the unmarked headquarters of Otto, an autonomous trucking company acquired by Uber in 2016. Dilu
Uber and Taxis in São Paulo Núcleo Editorial
Steven Hill's book "Raw Deal, How the 'Uber Economy' and Runaway Capitalism Has Screwed The American Worker, is also available in ebook format.
Bozoma Saint John has left Uber. Tech Crunch
Shervin Pishevar, Managing Director, Menlo Ventures OFFICIAL LEWEB PHOTOS
Leigh Cameron (left) reconsiders her old flame, Beck Taxi (Kevin Whalen), in Second City's "The Hotline Always Blings Twice". Racheal McCaig
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