FILE PHOTO: Uber’s logo is pictured at its office in Bogota, Colombia, December 12, 2019. Picture taken December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc said it will keep its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore at least until December 2022, pausing a potential plan to relocate to Hong Kong. The company… Continue reading Uber halts move of APAC headquarters from Singapore to Hong Kong
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Transformation of traffic during the pandemic
Back to Normal? Cities Say, ‘No Thanks’ Just a few months ago, cities around the world were grappling with traffic and transit congestion that appeared to be out of control. New mobility options like ridesharing, e-scooters, and bikeshares took cities by surprise and flooded already crowded urban centers with more vehicles. London implemented a congestion tax… Continue reading Transformation of traffic during the pandemic
Hackers Broke Into Real News Sites to Plant Fake Stories
Over the past few years, online disinformation has taken evolutionary leaps forward, with the Internet Research Agency pumping out artificial outrage on social media and hackers leaking documents—both real and fabricated—to suit their narrative. More recently, Eastern Europe has faced a broad campaign that takes fake news ops to yet another level: hacking legitimate news… Continue reading Hackers Broke Into Real News Sites to Plant Fake Stories
I’m a New York City Uber driver. The pandemic shows that my industry needs fundamental change or drivers will never recover.
Rideshare drivers for Uber, Lyft, and others have been devastated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The shutdown, along with stay-at-home orders issued across the country, has slowed the for-hire vehicle business to a halt. Legislation known as “the Right to Bargain” could finally get drivers the support they need. Aziz Bah is an Uber and Lyft driver in New… Continue reading I’m a New York City Uber driver. The pandemic shows that my industry needs fundamental change or drivers will never recover.
New York must pay Uber and Lyft drivers unemployment benefits after an ‘inexcusable delay,’ a federal judge ruled (UBER, LYFT)
A federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday that the state must quickly pay unemployment benefits to Uber and Lyft drivers, earlier reported by The New York Times. Drivers and an advocacy group sued the state, saying it was taking too long to pay drivers, and Tuesday’s ruling requires the state to clear its backlog… Continue reading New York must pay Uber and Lyft drivers unemployment benefits after an ‘inexcusable delay,’ a federal judge ruled (UBER, LYFT)
Insiders describe the rise of PR wunderkind Jill Hazelbaker, who helped clean up Uber’s corporate crisis and became one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful execs
Jill Hazelbaker has gone from representing powerful political figures like John McCain and Michael Bloomberg to tech giants Google, Snap, and Uber. Hazelbaker’s path from politics to Silicon Valley is typical in PR, but her rapid rise has impressed the public relations industry. Business Insider spoke to 11 of her current and former colleagues and… Continue reading Insiders describe the rise of PR wunderkind Jill Hazelbaker, who helped clean up Uber’s corporate crisis and became one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful execs
Uber: Uber ATG issues enhancements to Safety Case Framework
By: Nat Beuse, Head of Safety at Uber Advanced Technologies Group In July 2019, the team at Uber ATG released our first, open-sourced Safety Case Framework, which clearly organizes the goals, claims, and evidence necessary to substantiate that our self-driving vehicles (SDVs) are acceptably safe to operate on public roads. The framework charted an outline… Continue reading Uber: Uber ATG issues enhancements to Safety Case Framework
In a robot taxi through Shanghai
While waiting for the robot, old taxi stories come to mind. When the driver on the way home asked the “Bar Rouge” to charge five times the price and then asked for a fist fight. The drive from the airport in Pudong when the driver reported the three apartments he had bought in central Shanghai… Continue reading In a robot taxi through Shanghai
ALYI Confirms Electric Delivery Truck For Sub Saharan Africa
DALLAS, July 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Alternet Systems, Inc. (USOTC: ALYI) today confirmed plans for producing and selling electric delivery trucks in Africa made of hemp and powered by hemp batteries. Further design details are expected to be revealed later this year. The company CEO Dr. Randell Torno, first announced the electric delivery vehicles last September in an… Continue reading ALYI Confirms Electric Delivery Truck For Sub Saharan Africa
@FaradayFuture: Automated Power Side Doors
Seamless Entry It has been said of art and vehicle design that only the arrangement is new. In other words, everything has been done before and it is only which elements we bring together and how we compose them that make a new design truly unique. This was our mindset when we designed the seamless entry… Continue reading @FaradayFuture: Automated Power Side Doors