Uber

After Short-Lived Tenure, Uber President Quits Amid Company Turmoil

11:02pm March 19, 2017

by Emma Bowman

Jeff Jones cited conflicting leadership approaches upon leaving the company after just six months. Uber's CEO had recruited the marketing expert to bolster the ride-hailing giant's reputation.

In this 2015 photograph, Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick speaks during the opening of the Digital Life Design Conference in Munich.

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After Video Of Dispute With Driver, Uber CEO Says He Needs To 'Grow Up'

9:53am March 01, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Travis Kalanick apologized Tuesday for his actions in a video posted this week, in which Kalanick had a heated argument with an Uber driver after the driver raised complaints about pay.

Anthony Levandowski, who co-founded Otto and is now head of Uber's self-driving-vehicle project, is accused of taking proprietary designs and information with him when he left the Google spinoff Waymo.

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Google Spinoff Sues Uber, Saying Leader Of Autonomous Vehicle Unit Stole Key Designs

12:40pm February 24, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Waymo, the company that began as Google's self-driving-car project, says a former manager "took extraordinary efforts to raid Waymo's design server and then conceal his activities."

In her blog post, Rigetti describes sexual harassment and systemic sexism at Uber, where she worked for only a year. The post comes at a time when Uber has already been under fire from the #DeleteUber campaign.

Uber Will Investigate Sexual Harassment Claims By Engineer

6:12pm February 20, 2017

by Maggie Penman

Uber's CEO has ordered an investigation into a sexual harassment claim made by a female engineer after she published a blog post detailing her experience.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, shown here in December 2016, has left President Trump's business advisory board because of flak from the president's critics.

Uber CEO Leaves Business Council After Criticism From Trump Opponents

7:01pm February 02, 2017

by Laura Sydell

Travis Kalanick said in an email to employees, "Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the President or his agenda but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that."

A passenger gets into a car marked as participating in both Uber and Lyft.

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Survey Finds Lyft Drivers Happier Than Uber, Though Pay Has Declined

8:10am January 21, 2017

by Laura Sydell

A survey of 1,150 drivers found that those working for Lyft made more on average than those at Uber. It also illustrates demographics of participants in the ride-hailing industry.

Devin Greene sits in the front seat of an Uber driverless car during a test drive in San Francisco on Dec. 13.

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Uber Stops Self-Driving Test In California After DMV Pulls Registrations

9:44pm December 21, 2016

by Avie Schneider

Uber will have to park its self-driving cars in California for now. The state's Department of Motor Vehicles said it revoked the registrations of 16 vehicles owned by the ride-hailing company.

Uber says Snapchat will get information about the ETA, vehicle type and destination, but no private data, to create special filters for riders.

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Uber And Snapchat Team Up To Zero In On Your Friends

6:43pm December 21, 2016

by Laura Roman

Now, if you give Uber access to your phone contacts, you could set a person, rather than a location, as a destination of your ride — and get a prompt to Snapchat the waiting friend in the meantime.

On Tuesday, an Uber driverless car waits in traffic during a test drive in San Francisco. The ride-hailing company is refusing to obey demands by the state's Department of Motor Vehicles that it stop picking up San Francisco passengers in specially equipp

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Uber Launches Self-Driving Cars In California, Over State's Objections

3:26pm December 15, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Does Uber need a permit to test self-driving cars in San Francisco? "We don't believe we do," the company says. But the state Department of Motor Vehicles disagrees and is threatening legal action.

In its latest update, Uber gathers user location information even when the app is not open during a ride.

Uber Now Tracks Passengers' Locations Even After They're Dropped Off

6:51pm December 01, 2016

by Laura Roman

Its latest update prompts users to allow Uber access to their location, even when the app isn't in use. Uber says the move will improve service and safety, but it raises worries for privacy advocates.