Is Uber finally going to grow up?
According to a Reuters report this morning, Uber’s board has unanimously voted to approve recommendations from an investigation into Uber’s workplace policies and practices. The investigation, led …
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Senior Uber exec Emil Michael is out
After a tumultuous few weeks for Uber, we’re finally seeing real changes at the company. Emil Michael, Uber’s Senior Vice President for business and CEO …
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick may be forced to temporarily step down
At this point, it’s effectively impossible to keep up with all of scandals that Uber has found itself involved in over the past few years. …
Uber CEO reminds employees not to rape each other in ridiculous 2013 memo
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has been in over his head for many years. He’s admitted as much on several occasions, noting specifically that he needs …
Waze Carpool, Google’s actual ridesharing service, expands to California
Google is slowly expanding the reach of its own Uber rival, and Uber should be worrying about that prospect, especially given that it just infuriated …
Uber just fired Anthony Levandowski, the employee accused of stealing Google’s self-driving tech
Earlier this year, Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car subsidiary, launched a surprise and somewhat sensational lawsuit against Uber. According to the suit, a former Waymo engineer …
Uber ‘accidentally’ ripped off its drivers for over two years
Uber hasn’t had a particularly good string of luck so far in 2017. Between its CEO’s very public gaffes to widespread allegations of favoritism and …
Uber threatened to fire self-driving car star who ’engineered’ the Google lawsuit
Anthony Levandowski is a star of the self-driving car business. He worked on Google’s autonomous vehicle technology for years, being a key engineer for the …
Report: Uber wanted to partner with Tesla, but Elon Musk shut it down
With Uber currently embroiled in a high-profile lawsuit with Alphabet over allegations that it misappropriated the company’s advanced self-driving hardware and software, a new book …
Judge issues injunction against Uber in Waymo file theft case
A legal case between Uber and Waymo over trade secrets theft has heated up, as a federal judge has issued a partial injunction against Uber. …
Lyft and Google’s Waymo team up to fight Uber, and it just might work
Even as Uber continues to trip over its own feet in just about every way possible, the company is one of the frontrunners in the race …
Uber might face a criminal investigation for allegedly stealing Google’s self-driving car tech
Uber’s patent fight with Google over critical self-driving car technology just got a lot worse for the ride-sharing company. Uber looked to score an early …
Uber now lets you save your favorite places in the app
I travel back home about three or four times a year, and every time I go back, I have to bug one of my friends …
Uber is fighting to keep its self-driving program alive
Uber’s long list of scandals that have hit the company in the past few months includes one problem that will not go away as fast …
Uber’s latest update makes it easier than ever to find your rider rating
For all the controversies that Uber has been involved in over the past several months, that hasn’t stopped the team from improving the app behind …
Uber’s crazy flying taxi idea isn’t as crazy as you might think
A few months ago, Uber signaled its intention to embark on a new initiative with the potential to revolutionize the transportation industry to an even …
Uber denies tracking users after they deleted the iPhone app
Uber is in a dark place right now, having to defend itself against a wide range of allegations as various execs continue to abandon the company. …
The inside story of why Tim Cook almost kicked Uber off the App Store
Uber’s willingness to openly disregard Apple’s App Store guidelines almost prompted Tim Cook to kick the popular ridesharing app off the App Store altogether, according to a …
Uber can’t stop losing money
Uber has opened up its books for a rare examination, and the news is not good. From figures shown to Bloomberg, it would appear that Uber …
Uber just added a feature to protect you from creepy drivers
2017 hasn’t exactly been kind to Uber, and while the company and its CEO can’t seem to get out of each others’ way, day-to-day operations …
The secret software Uber once used to keep Lyft drivers off the road
The more one reads about Uber’s leadership and the manner in which it goes about conducting business and treating its employees, the harder it becomes …
Uber was just banned from operating in Italy
Uber is going through some tough times right about now. Indeed, it seems that we can’t even go a full week without hearing about a …
Google’s lawsuit against Uber is a ‘misfire’ with ‘no evidence,’ Uber lawyer claims
In February, Google subsidiary Waymo filed a lawsuit against Uber, claiming that the ridesharing company had stolen Waymo’s intellectual property for its work on self-driving …
Uber accused of using ‘sophisticated’ software to cheat both drivers and passengers
Uber has a lot of spring cleaning to do, considering the many distinct scandals it has to deal with. And things aren’t looking up for …
Tesla, Google, and Uber are all losing the self-driving car race
If you see a headline about self-driving car tech, chances are great that it’s a story about Tesla, Uber, or Google, but mindshare doesn’t always …
Weird things people have left in Ubers, ranked
One of the best things about Uber is that when you inevitably lose your smartphone in one at 3AM, you can call the driver the …
Uber exec invokes the Fifth Amendment in Google patent squabble
The Google vs. Uber legal battle is one of the most significant confrontations in tech right now, as it might decide the winner of the …
Uber suspends self-driving car program after bizarre accident
Uber’s bad streak continues, with a different kind of scandal. The company had a tough year so far, having to face accusations of rampant sexism …
Things keep getting worse for Uber as president and mapping VP both just quit
It’s safe to say that 2017 hasn’t been particularly kind of Uber thus far, with its CEO’s public meltdowns, accusations of rampant sexism and harassment …
The inside story of one of the biggest fights in self-driving car tech
One of the next big things in tech that we’re going to experience in the coming years is autonomous cars. Various companies are developing self-driving car …
