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2024-08-27

Uber and Coco Announce Strategic Partnership to Launch Coco's Sidewalk Robots on Uber Eats

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Uber and Coco today announced a strategic partnership to launch Coco's sidewalk robots on Uber Eats, starting in Los Angeles this week a...
2021-12-16

MOTIONAL AND UBER ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP FOR AUTONOMOUS DELIVERIES

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Motional, a global driverless technology leader, and Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) today announced a partnership to launch autonomous d...
2018-04-22

Uber details tech that uses GPS data and 3D maps to substantially improve the location accuracy in urban environments where traditional GPS is inaccurate

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UBER: Location and navigation using global positioning systems (GPS) is deeply embedded in our daily lives, and is particularly crucial ...
2018-04-09

Uber acquires dockless bike-share startup Jump

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Uber acquires bike-sharing startup JUMP, source says for ~$200M; JUMP will continue running independently Uber: At Uber, we’re fo...
2018-03-28

Tech Giants are Revolutionizing Logistics

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Today’s society is highly reliant on the logistics industry. In the U.S., the spending in the logistics and transportation industry tota...
2018-03-27

Arizona governor suspends Uber's ability to test self-driving cars

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Arizona's Governor Ducey orders Uber to suspend testing of autonomous cars in the state indefinitely, says Uber's fatal accide...
2018-03-26

Uber to sell south-east Asia business to competitor Grab

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Grab to acquire all of Uber's operations in Southeast Asia, including UberEats; Uber gets 27.5% stake in Grab, and Uber CEO will j...
2018-03-02

Allstate and Uber Team Up to Protect Riders and Drivers as Ridesharing Expands

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The right insurance protection is key, whether you're a ridesharing passenger catching a ride or a driver using your car to offer r...
2018-03-01

Uber debuts Uber Health

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Uber debuts Uber Health, a B2B ride-hailing platform for healthcare that allows hospitals and clinics to assign rides for patients fro...
2018-02-09

Uber settles lawsuit with Waymo

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Uber settles Waymo lawsuit, pledges not to use Waymo's trade secrets; Waymo will receive 0.34% stake in Uber worth about $245M ...
2018-02-07

Female Uber Drivers Get Paid Less Than Men, Says Study

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Data from over 1.8M Uber drivers shows women earn $1.24/hour and $130/week less than men on average, in part because they drive slower...
2017-11-22

Uber hid a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million people

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Uber fires CSO, says in Oct'16 hackers accessed 7M driver licenses and names, emails, phone numbers of 50M riders; Uber paid hac...
2017-11-21

Uber adds live location sharing and expands its beacon program

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Uber adds live location sharing of riders for drivers, expands Beacon program to NYC, San Francisco, and Chicago, and adds in-app Uber...
2017-11-20

Uber to buy 24,000 Volvo cars for driverless fleet

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Uber to buy 24K SUVs from Volvo equipped with autonomous technology in a non-exclusive deal from 2019 to 2021; Uber will add its own s...
2017-11-14

Lyft will launch in Toronto in its first push outside the US

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Lyft to launch in Toronto next month, its first market outside the US  LYFT: Our passports are packed and we’re crossing the ...
2017-08-30

Uber officially announces Dara Khosrowshahi will be its new CEO

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Dara Khosrowshahi is officially Uber CEO, according to an email from company's board to employees; Travis Kalanick says he “couldn...
2017-08-20

Uber Pulse - Save money on your Uber rides

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Tired of paying extra for your Uber ride, just because of a surge? Uber Pulse makes it easy to save money on your trip. Choos...
2017-08-11

Uber adds in-app messaging between riders and drivers

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Uber rolls out out in-app messaging so drivers and riders don't have to share phone numbers; messages to the driver are also rea...
2017-08-04

Uber Freight schedules loads for truck drivers in six more states

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Uber expands Uber Freight beyond Texas to California, Arizona, Chicago, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina and updates driver...
2017-07-25

Asian ride-hailing service Grab gets $2B to take on Uber

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Grab raises $2B from SoftBank and Didi Chuxing, which says the round could expand by $500M, to help defeat Uber in SE Asia; source: Gr...