Uber

Uber Australia to pay $178M to settle cabbies' class action

Nice payday for some, but plenty of Australians still pay extra to help drivers

Personal Tech18 Mar 2024 | 20

Trump-era rules reversed on treating gig workers as contractors

$ gig revert HEAD && gig commit -e 'Biden was here'

Personal Tech10 Jan 2024 | 79

Japan to allow limited rideshare services starting April 2024

Like Uber, but with drivers overseen by cab companies … for now

Software21 Dec 2023 | 5

Europe inches closer to insisting gig workers are treated as employees

If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it'll be classified as a job

Personal Tech14 Dec 2023 | 170

Uber, Lyft to hand back $328M of stolen wages to NY drivers

So much for appy cabbies being 'partners' - Big U kept fares low by making 'em pay fees that riders should have picked up

Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 13

Building Excel-like UI for Uber's China ops exposed Microsoft calculation quirks

Updated Developer recounts rideshare outfitattempts to crack the Middle Kingdom market

Applications19 Sep 2023 | 28

Asia's top rideshare outfit, Grab, is late paying fines for running late

Took out Uber and promised to play nice, but regulator alleges years of evasion

Legal18 May 2023 | 3

Microsoft disarms push notification bombers with number matching in Authenticator

Mandatory measure against attackers who spam MFA folks into submission

Security09 May 2023 | 19

Ex-Uber CSO gets probation for covering up theft of data on millions of people

Exec begged judge for leniency – and it worked

Cyber-crime04 May 2023 | 18

Uber driver info stolen yet again: This time from law firm

Never mind software supply chain attacks, lawyers are the new soft target?

Cyber-crime03 Apr 2023 | 14

Uber and Lyft gig worker win overturned: You're a contractor, Harry

'Today's ruling certainly isn't going to stop us' says campaigner

Offbeat14 Mar 2023 | 6

Uber strikes deals with Google and Oracle to cut datacenter dependence

Ride-hailing biz 'modernizes infrastructure' by using someone else's computer

PaaS + IaaS14 Feb 2023 | 7

Like Uber, but for China: Beijing creates state-owned meta rideshare service

Private services smeared for 'disorderly expansion and data security problems'

Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 6

Uber staff info leaks after supplier Teqtivity gets pwned

Thankfully no customer info – but the spotlight is back on third-party attacks

Security13 Dec 2022 | 3

Uber fined $14m for lying to get customers to ditch cabs

Australian app let you book actual taxis – at inflated prices

Personal Tech07 Dec 2022 | 21

FTC slaps down Drizly CEO after 2.4m user records stolen from 'careless' booze app biz

Analysis At least this'll give some ammo to CISOs dying for stronger IT defenses

CSO26 Oct 2022 | 10

Amid losses, Uber driven to become advertising network

Don't want to see ads during your trip? Sorry, no app for that

Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 22

Former Uber CSO convicted for covering up massive 2016 data theft

Passing off a ransom payment as a bug bounty? That's obstruction of justice

Cyber-crime06 Oct 2022 | 14

Uber explains how it was pwned this month, points finger at Lapsus$ gang

From annoying MFA alerts to 'several internal systems' infiltrated

CSO19 Sep 2022 | 26

Uber reels from 'security incident' in which cloud systems seemingly hijacked

Updated AWS and G Suite admin accounts likely popped, HackerOne bug bounty page hit, and more

Cyber-crime16 Sep 2022 | 44

Uber to pay millions to settle claims it ripped off disabled people with unfair fees

Effectively charging folks in wheelchairs for taking too long to get into ride? Not a great look

Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 26

Global financial stability regulator signals crypto rules are coming soon

The party's over, especially for stablecoins, due to intrinsic volatility and structural vulnerabilities

Legal12 Jul 2022 | 16

Leaked Uber docs reveal frequent use of 'kill switch' to deactivate tech, thwart investigators

Staff told to tell cops that the IT team was in San Francisco, asleep, and couldn't restore systems

Personal Tech11 Jul 2022 | 98

Ex-Uber security chief accused of hushing database breach must face fraud charges

Company execs and their lawyers are paying close attention to this one

Legal29 Jun 2022 | 5

Enemies Waymo, Uber now friends making self-driving-ish trucks for US highways

When you think about it, it makes cents

AI + ML07 Jun 2022 | 14

Indian government accuses Uber of jacking up prices for loyal customers

Six ride sharing companies forced into consumer redress scheme

Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 4

Uber, Meta to reduce hiring as stocks slide

Is winter coming already for the US tech sector?

Personal Tech10 May 2022 | 15

Ex-Google, Uber AI heads launch ML error-detection platform

'Soul-sucking' data problems were impetus for the founding of Galileo

AI + ML04 May 2022 | 1

Union demands better deal for app drivers as Uber license renewal looms

Updated Mayor urged to enforce UK Supreme Court ruling

Personal Tech17 Mar 2022 | 13

Uber's gig economy business model takes a blow from London legal double-whammy

Updated Free Now taxi app unlawfully registered by regulator – and Ts&Cs didn't comply with the law

Legal06 Dec 2021 | 19

Singaporean superapp Grab IPOs – badly – and promises to focus on maps and money

Shares fell over 20 per cent in its first day on NASDAQ

Software03 Dec 2021 | 4

China to create workers' paradise for ride share drivers

Communist China (belatedly) recognises that drivers are people who need food, sleep, bathrooms, and unions

Software02 Dec 2021 | 5

Joint venture: Uber Eats to offer weed orders in Ontario

O Cannabis! Meanwhile, ride biz back to court in the UK over driver contracts

Bootnotes23 Nov 2021 | 17

What, Uber charges disabled people fees for taking a while to get into their ride? Doesn't seem fair, says Uncle Sam

Plus: Trips now more expensive in the UK to woo new drivers, tackle demand

Personal Tech11 Nov 2021 | 27

Imagine a world in which Uber's hot new business is lending money

It's happening already in Singapore, where Uber-analog Grab says lending and deliveries are post-COVID highlights

Software15 Sep 2021 | 2

Uber drivers can now unionise after ride biz recognises GMB, one of the UK's largest trade unions

Not everyone is celebrating

Personal Tech28 May 2021 | 16

Following Supreme Court ruling, Uber UK recognizes drivers as workers, offers min wage, holiday pay, pension

Nice but still not good enough, says union

Personal Tech17 Mar 2021 | 43

UK Supreme Court declares Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed: Ride biz's legal battle ends in a crash

Brits score vital win against US giant's gig economy model

Personal Tech20 Feb 2021 | 94

Uber sends its self-driving cars on a road to nowhere, with indefinite stop at automated truck aspirant Aurora

Kicks in $400m to get its hands on future tech and cash in on its contribution

AI + ML08 Dec 2020 | 24

Uber’s Asian outpost wins Singaporean banking licence

Grab grabs a license and so did China’s Ant Group

On-Prem07 Dec 2020 | 7

Californians OK'd Prop 22, Uber and Lyft tell appeals court. So how about we let gig workers be gig workers?

They have a point

Science10 Nov 2020 | 7

Uber drivers take ride biz to European court over 'Kafkaesque' algorithmic firings by Mastermind code

Lawsuit challenges robo-dismissals, Uber insists it manually reviewed cases

Science26 Oct 2020 | 30

Hasta la vista, Ola: TfL bans ridesharing startup, claiming unlicensed drivers picked up passengers

Softbank-backed firm may yet appeal London transport authority decision

Personal Tech05 Oct 2020 | 18

Uber allowed to continue operating in English capital after winning appeal against Transport for London

Length of operator's licence or related conditions yet to be determined

Personal Tech28 Sep 2020 | 42

MP promises to grill UK.gov over revelations that Uber handed '2,000 pieces' of user data to London cops a year

Where are the search warrants for this? asks ex-Brexit Secretary

Security21 Sep 2020 | 35

Safety driver at the wheel of self-driving Uber car that killed a pedestrian is charged with negligent homicide

Doesn't matter if a computer was in control, responsibility rests with the human, says prosecutor

AI + ML16 Sep 2020 | 88

Ex-Uber chief security officer charged, accused of covering up theft of personal info from databases by hackers

Say it ain't Joe?

Security20 Aug 2020 | 10

That's ride on time: Lyft, Uber to continue taxi app service in Cali after appeals court hits pause on AB5 brouhaha

Fight over driver employment rights to rumble into October amid threats to pull plug on Golden State

Personal Tech20 Aug 2020 | 10

Bratty Uber throws tantrum, threatens to cut off California unless judge does what it says in driver labor rights row

Final update CEO says making cyber-cabbies employees would be a bridge too far

Science12 Aug 2020 | 116

With this Uber get-to-work-safe app, you are really spoiling us, ServiceNow

The. Defining. Enterprise. Software. Company. Of. The. 21st. Century

SaaS10 Aug 2020 | 16

Self-driving car supremo Anthony Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in the clink for stealing trade secrets from Google's Waymo

Yes, you read that right, an American exec is actually going to serve time... eventually. When he chooses

AI + ML05 Aug 2020 | 32

California Attorney General asks judge to force Lyft and Uber to classify drivers as employees – or else

Request for injunction raises pressure on cash-burning ride hailing apps

Science25 Jun 2020 | 20

Uber turns SaaS vendor with deal that bakes public transport authority into its app

Given the scoundrels in the world of software, could Uber be worse?

Software18 Jun 2020 | 2

Asia's Uber equivalent Grab lets go of 1 in 20 staff

'We understand this news will cause anxiety and dread' CEO tells 360 staff, but won't someone think of the passengers and drivers?

Science16 Jun 2020 | 3

California bigwigs rule Uber, Lyft dial-a-ride drivers are employees, not contractors

Good news: You may get basic rights. Bad news: No one is hailing cabs

Science10 Jun 2020 | 49

City of Los Angeles sued for tracking rental scooter rides – that's the rideshare company's job says EFF and ACLU

Maybe they were just baffled to see people getting around without cars

Science09 Jun 2020 | 11