Parameswaran would also lead Uber’s newly created ‘fleets’ team Ride-hailing platform Uber has elevated its Asia Pacific head Pradeep Parameswaran to a global role, where he would head business development for the company, in addition to leading its enterprise product and a new ‘fleets‘ programme team, ET has learnt. Parameswaran, who formerly led Uber’s India… Continue reading Uber promotes APAC head Parameswaran to global role
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Your food delivery may show up with nobody driving, starting today
Starting today, if you order from Uber Eats in Phoenix, Arizona, your order might get assigned to a driverless Waymo vehicle. Last year, Waymo partnered with Uber and started offering autonomous rides through the Uber app in Phoenix, Waymo’s largest coverage area. Today Waymo and Uber are expanding on that partnership and offering Uber Eats… Continue reading Your food delivery may show up with nobody driving, starting today
The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind
Ultimately, Scott argues that those three years of code changes and polite emails were likely not spent sabotaging multiple software projects, but rather building up a history of credibility in preparation for the sabotage of XZ Utils specifically—and potentially other projects in the future. “He just never got to that step because we got lucky… Continue reading The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind
17 Great Gifts for Mom: Ideas for the Mother in Your Life (2024)
The category of “mom” encompasses a tremendous amount of variety. There are moms like me, who are coming out of that first-year haze of constant diaper changing and no sleep and are slowly reclaiming their hobbies and free time. There are moms with multiple kids, who are coping with the needs of teenagers and three-nagers… Continue reading 17 Great Gifts for Mom: Ideas for the Mother in Your Life (2024)
Opinion: How India can transform EV challenges to opportunities
Among high speed EVs (those tracked by Vaahan database), E2Ws are most dominant in India today, followed by electric 4-wheelers (E4Ws), mostly cars, and electric 3-wheelers (E3Ws). India’s electric vehicle (EV) revolution is at a pivotal juncture, with a promising growth trajectory. While EVs accounted for 5% of total vehicle sales between October 2022 and… Continue reading Opinion: How India can transform EV challenges to opportunities
India: IPO-bound Ola Electric secures $50m debt from EvolutionX
SoftBank-backed electric vehicle maker Ola Electric has raised about $50 million (Rs 410 crore) via non-convertible debentures (NCDs) from EvolutionX, per media reports. The board at Ola Electric has passed a resolution to issue 41,000 NCDs at an issue price of Rs 100,000 each to raise Rs 410 crore, Entrackr reported. This is the second… Continue reading India: IPO-bound Ola Electric secures $50m debt from EvolutionX
Clean Technica: Fairly Comparing Autonomous Vehicle Systems Isn’t Really Possible003321
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! If you’ve been following autonomous vehicle development, you’ve probably come across this chart that tries to compare the systems (which the poster on X/Twitter was re-using as a joke, so don’t go heckle him!). It was seriously posted by… Continue reading Clean Technica: Fairly Comparing Autonomous Vehicle Systems Isn’t Really Possible003321
Uber: Excessive rates and their negative effects: A review of Minnesota’s proposed pay standard
8 min read · Just now by Uber Under the Hood In early March, Minnesota’s Department of Labor and Industry released a report recommending parameters for state-level legislation on rideshare pay. While the recommendations are more reasonable than those of a city-level ordinance adopted in Minneapolis, they are still exaggerated and based on a flawed… Continue reading Uber: Excessive rates and their negative effects: A review of Minnesota’s proposed pay standard
26 Best Travel Accessories (2024): Neck Pillows, Plug Adapters, and Headphones
Travel isn’t always as luxurious as the brochures make it seem. Sure, the destination may be intoxicatingly gorgeous, but the journey to get there is often one of cramped seats and uninterrupted noise. Traveling can be a gauntlet to be endured or, if you equip yourself properly beforehand, a mere speed bump to glide over.… Continue reading 26 Best Travel Accessories (2024): Neck Pillows, Plug Adapters, and Headphones
How Uber and the gig economy changed the way we live and work
Gig work predates the internet. Besides traditional forms of self-employment, like plumbing, offers for ad-hoc services have long been found in the Yellow Pages and newspaper classified ads, and later Craigslist and Backpage which supplanted them. Low-cost broadband internet allowed for the proliferation of computer-based gig platforms like Mechanical Turk, Fiverr and Elance, which offered… Continue reading How Uber and the gig economy changed the way we live and work