Industry Class-action lawsuit accuses Uber of 'coercing' drivers into supporting Prop 22 Company would rather its drivers remain independent contractors By Cal Jeffrey, October 23, 2020, 3:24 PM
Tech Culture Industry Lyft will suspend service in California at the end of the day Between Covid and California, it's been a tough year for ridesharing providers By Shawn Knight, August 20, 2020, 1:23 PM 20 comments
Industry Uber posts $1.8 billion quarterly loss as ridesharing business continues to suffer Uber's food delivery business has been a lifesaver during the pandemic By Shawn Knight, August 7, 2020, 10:17 AM
Industry Uber acquires Postmates in all-stock deal valued at $2.65 billion Uber is leaning on its food delivery business to get through the pandemic By Shawn Knight, July 6, 2020, 8:31 AM
Industry Uber reportedly offers to buy Postmates for $2.6 billion Uber wants to put the $11.3 billion it has in cash to good use By Adrian Potoroaca, June 30, 2020, 9:19 AM
Software Car Tech Uber to leverage core software to generate new revenue stream Software as a service By Shawn Knight, June 17, 2020, 11:21 AM
Industry Car Tech Uber now allows you to book a ride for $50 per hour, make multiple stops along the way You can now schedule a trip for up to seven hours at a time By Adrian Potoroaca, May 30, 2020, 2:20 PM 7 comments
Industry Car Tech Uber lays off 3,000 more employees and closes 45 offices The company has cut 25 percent of its workforce in just a month By Adrian Potoroaca, May 18, 2020, 3:16 PM
Industry Uber courts Grubhub with takeover bid The pandemic could greatly reshape Uber's business By Shawn Knight, May 12, 2020, 12:12 PM
Industry Car Tech Uber will lay off 3,700 employees to keep costs down as ridership is in freefall All signs point more job cuts in the near future By Adrian Potoroaca, May 6, 2020, 3:25 PM 13 comments
Car Tech Industry Uber may lead $170M investment in scooter startup Lime Uber aims to become the Amazon of transportation By Adrian Potoroaca, May 5, 2020, 3:40 PM
Industry Uber is revisiting deliveries to get idle drivers back on the road Exploring new streams of revenue during the outbreak - and beyond By Shawn Knight, April 20, 2020, 11:52 AM
Industry Former Uber engineer pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets from Google Anthony Levandowski is doing this in exchange for 32 other charges being dropped By Adrian Potoroaca, March 20, 2020, 12:15 PM
Industry The Web Uber stock soars as CEO says company is "well positioned" to ride out coronavirus Uber has alternate income streams to rely on, like Uber Eats By Shawn Knight, March 19, 2020, 1:26 PM
Car Tech Industry Uber suspends shared rides, tweaks Uber Eats to serve local communities better Yet another way to practice social distancing By David Matthews, March 17, 2020, 1:19 PM
Tech Culture The Web Uber's Lost & Found Index reveals interesting items accidentally left behind by customers Phones and keys were par for the course, an ouija board and wife's weed... not so much By Humza Aamir, March 11, 2020, 10:08 AM
Industry Uber will pay its drivers to place rooftop ad displays on their vehicles A new revenue stream for the ride-hailing firm By Cohen Coberly, February 24, 2020, 2:36 PM 9 comments
Industry Uber expects to reach profitability by the end of the year Uber still lost more than $1 billion in the fourth quarter By Shawn Knight, February 7, 2020, 11:38 AM
Car Tech Uber's self-driving vehicles are coming to Washington, DC But they'll be manually controlled initially By Cohen Coberly, January 24, 2020, 7:23 AM
Industry The Web Uber sold its food delivery business in India to local rival Zomato The all-stock deal has been valued at around $200 million By Adrian Potoroaca, January 21, 2020, 4:12 PM
Car Tech Uber testing new feature that lets California drivers set their own fares Up to five times the company's base rate By Rob Thubron, January 21, 2020, 10:19 AM
Industry Uber is making changes to its app in California to comply with new gig economy law More stability for California drivers By Cohen Coberly, January 9, 2020, 5:34 PM
Industry Car Tech Uber continues global expansion by snapping up Middle Eastern rival Egypt officials have approved the deal, but with some caveats By Adrian Potoroaca, December 30, 2019, 2:38 PM
Industry Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick to step down from board, sells all Uber stock Kalanick's holding is reportedly valued around $2.5 billion By Shawn Knight, December 26, 2019, 11:13 AM
Industry Uber discloses almost 6,000 reported sexual assaults in US over last 2 years And 19 murders By Rob Thubron, December 6, 2019, 5:20 AM