Uber

What's a billion dollars between friends? Uber tosses match on mound of cash in first results since going public

Stock prices take predictable battering

On-Prem31 May 2019 | 50

Uber JUMPs at chance to dump load of electric bikes across Islington

Trial starts in London borough with £25 fine for crap parking

Science24 May 2019 | 110

Silence of the vans: Uber adds 'Plz STFU, driver' button to app for posh passengers using Black

Low wages and job insecurity, with an added hint of dehumanizing social control

Bootnotes15 May 2019 | 52

What's that? Uber isn't actually worth $82bn? Reverse-gear IPO shows the gig (economy) is up

Debut skids off the road as people reluctantly admit they hoped everyone else's stupidity would help them cash out

Science10 May 2019 | 161

Uber, Lyft rides among the biggest reasons why you're probably sitting in traffic right now – study

Maybe Wednesday's strike helped a bit

Personal Tech09 May 2019 | 44

Double trouble for Lyft after share price drop sparks class action lawsuits claiming hype

Rideshare company lied about market share, claim investors

On-Prem19 Apr 2019 | 47

'Safety will always come first,' insist Arizona biz org in response to Uber self-driving car death

Intel Capital Robot rides slow down but keep moving

Science03 Apr 2019 | 24

Stop us if you're getting deja-vu: Uber used spyware to nobble dial-a-ride rival, this time Down Under, allegedly

Aussie media claims Silicon Valley giant used surveillance tool to torpedo competitor

Personal Tech21 Mar 2019 | 14

Want to cruise your auto auto around but don't fancy killing people? Nvidia has an answer

GTC Training wheels for… wheels

AI + ML19 Mar 2019 | 16

Uber won't face criminal charges after its robo-car killed woman crossing street

Prosecutors mull complaint against the 'safety' driver, tho

AI + ML06 Mar 2019 | 108

Crowdfunded lawyer suing Uber told he can't swerve taxi app giant's £1m legal bill

If you lose, get your cheque book out, High Court judge rules amid two-year legal battle

Software25 Feb 2019 | 94

Until now, if Canadian Uber drivers wanted to battle the tech giant, they had to do it in the Netherlands – for real

Yes, taxi app biz has managed the impossible – angering the good folks of Canada

Science04 Jan 2019 | 44

France next up behind Britain, Netherlands to pummel Uber with €400k fine over 2016 breach

Dara and pals told to hand over yet another cash wodge for hack it spent $100k covering up

Security20 Dec 2018 | 21

Sidecar drags itself out the grave, sues Uber for putting it there

Cab hailing app accuses rival of predatory prices and fake bookings

Personal Tech14 Dec 2018 | 8

Montezuma's Revenge can finally be laid to rest as Uber AI researchers crack the classic game

But is it really all that useful?

AI + ML28 Nov 2018 | 48

Uber fined £385k by ICO for THAT hack of 57m customers' deets

Updated 2.7 million Brits caught up in 'serious failure of data security' says UK data watchdog

Security27 Nov 2018 | 26

Tech hub blames tech: San Francisco fingers Uber, Lyft rides for its growing traffic headache

Nothing to do with lousy infrastructure, poor public transport, etc etc etc

Personal Tech16 Oct 2018 | 29

Uber to dole out $148m settlement among US states over breach it paid $100k to bury

Nice. Ride-hailing app firm also vows to comply with law

Security27 Sep 2018 | 11

Uber's London licence appeal off to flying start: No, you cannot do driver eye tests via video link

Updated Amid Greyball and hack cover-up, app biz isn't endearing itself

Legal25 Jun 2018 | 59

Cops: Autonomous Uber driver may have been streaming The Voice before death crash

Reports say she was watching reality TV at time of fatal impact

Science22 Jun 2018 | 68

Uber 'does not exist any more' says Turkish president

Authorities start rounding up ride share drivers, passengers

Legal04 Jun 2018 | 51

Uber robo-ride's deadly crash: Self-driving car had emergency braking switched off by design

It's to avoid 'erratic vehicle behavior', says taxi app maker

Science24 May 2018 | 129

Uber jams Arizona robo-car project into reverse gear after deadly smash

Layoffs coming as taxi-app shuts up shop

Science24 May 2018 | 55

Former Facebook and Uber CSO hired by Cloudflare

The glitches in your résumé might not be that worrying, people

On-Prem18 May 2018 | 8

Uber says it's changed and is now ever-so ShinyHappy™

CEO Dara Khosrowshahi launches light-on-detail charm offensive

On-Prem15 May 2018 | 27

Robo-callers, robo-cops, robo-runners, robo-car crashes, and more

Roundup Find out more about Google Duplex, the Atlas robot, and what caused Uber's deadly accident

AI + ML12 May 2018 | 24

Uber and NASA pen flying taxi probe pact

What happens when cabs go aerial next to an airport? They'll figure it out together

Legal09 May 2018 | 13

Wow, braking news: Overworked, tired ride-sharing drivers declared a public health risk

Self-driving AI won't snooze at the wheel – it may run you over

Science16 Apr 2018 | 15

Uber hid database hack from FTC while FTC probed Uber for an earlier database hack

Cab-hailing upstart shows it takes your privacy seriously

On-Prem12 Apr 2018 | 25

Nope, you're still a transport biz, top EU court tells Uber

Updated France et al can ban illegal taxi services without having to give Brussels a prior legislative heads-up

Legal10 Apr 2018 | 33

Uber JUMPs, slurps San Francisco bike biz

Nobody believes we're not a taxi company, let's go multi-modal and see if that works

On-Prem10 Apr 2018 | 12

Uber self-driving car death riddle: Was LIDAR blind spot to blame?

Biz scaled back number of sensors from five to just one

Science28 Mar 2018 | 137

Fatal driverless crash: Radar-maker says Uber disabled safety systems

App biz refuses to comment – but it DID write the software

Science27 Mar 2018 | 88

Uber's disturbing fatal self-driving car crash, a new common sense challenge for AI, and Facebook's evil algorithms

Roundup Are we doomed?

AI + ML24 Mar 2018 | 136

Uber breaks self-driving car record: First robo-ride to kill a pedestrian

Updated Autonomous auto system tests halted after woman dies

Science19 Mar 2018 | 302

Birmingham UK to Uber: Want a new licence? Tell us about your operating model

App biz's Nice Guy makeover yet to convince all regulators

Legal16 Mar 2018 | 36

Uber hopes to butter up Brit transport chiefs with lots of lovely data

App biz flings travel info at capital's transport regulator ahead of licensing decision

Software15 Mar 2018 | 17

London Mayor calls for social networks and sharing economy to stop harming society

And for politicians to regulate before disruption disrupts disruptively

Legal13 Mar 2018 | 88

Uber-Lyft study author jams into reverse gear over abysmal pay claims

Dial-a-ride driving sucks... but sucks less than previously thought

On-Prem08 Mar 2018 | 14

Pennsylvania AG sues Uber over 2016 data fail

Not much brotherly love in this Philly court case

Security05 Mar 2018 | 7

MIT gives one-star review to Lyft, Uber over abysmal '$3.37/hr' pay

Updated Gig economy serfs make less than min wage, on average, according to uni study

Science03 Mar 2018 | 46

Super Cali's futuristic robo-cars in focus. Even though a watchdog says tech is quite atrocious

If we have to remote control it, we hope you'll never notice

AI + ML27 Feb 2018 | 29

Transport for London to toughen up on taxi firms in the Uber age

Sort out your safety policies... oh, and share all your travel info with us

Legal16 Feb 2018 | 36

Uh-oh! Someone hit the Kalanick button! Uber's fired CEO claims Waymo deal vindicates him

Comment Travis: A pain in the ASCII right to the end

Science09 Feb 2018 | 14

Uber and its 245 million reasons to settle with Google's Waymo

Analysis Taxi app biz expresses 'regret' for being scumbag outfit

Science09 Feb 2018 | 33

Uber and Waymo sitting in a tree, S-E-T-T-L-I-N-G

Bitter legal brouhaha ends with smiles... from Uber, anyway

Legal09 Feb 2018 | 22

PSA: If your security starts and ends with bug bounties, you're gonna have a bad time

Analysis US Senate probes Uber's hacker hush-hushing

Security08 Feb 2018 | 6

Laser sauce, cheat code, jam seshs: The Waymo vs Uber trial kicks off

Analysis Prepare for some tech bro

Science08 Feb 2018 | 18

Uber quits GitHub for in-house code after 2016 data breach

Code trove wasn't to blame: Uber didn’t have multifactor authentication on repos that included AWS credentials

Security07 Feb 2018 | 14

Uber: Ah yeah, we pay women drivers less than men. We can explain!

They drive slower, less often, and take cheap trips, joint study with Stanford concludes

Legal07 Feb 2018 | 94

Tech bad-boy Uber crafts tool to make staff follow the rules in future (er, coding rules, that is)

Kneel before NEAL, devs

Software01 Feb 2018 | 15

Uber saddles up for a new cycle of controversy

Enters the dockless bike business, which is – ahem – not without its critics

On-Prem01 Feb 2018 | 40

Well, now Nuro: Former Waymo devs reveal cute self-driving van tech

Bijou robo-courier powered by electricity and $92m in VC cash

Science30 Jan 2018 | 19

Shafted by bosses, disdained by punters, loved by hackers – yes, it's freelance workers

Usenix Enigma Turns out they are a top target for phishers

On-Prem17 Jan 2018 | 8

Butt plugs, mock cocks, late pay and paranoia: The world of Waymo star Anthony Levandowski… by his kids' nanny

This is a work of fiction, says engineer's lawyer

Bootnotes16 Jan 2018 | 77

Of course Uber allegedly had a tool to remotely destroy evidence

Early contender emerges for 'least surprising story of 2018'

Personal Tech11 Jan 2018 | 35