Uber will become an ad platform, selling space inside its Eats app to restaurants hoping to lure in more food delivery orders. A recent Uber job listing spotted by TechCrunch seeks an Uber Eats Ads Lead “to lead the team and efforts responsible for creating a new ads business that enables eaters to discover new… Continue reading Uber is entering the ads business
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Uber shares fall to record low as stock lock-up expires
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) fell as much as 9% to a record low on Wednesday after shares held by early investors became available for sale following a six-month restriction since the ride-hailing company’s initial public offering. FILE PHOTO: Uber’s logo is displayed on a mobile phone in London, Britain, September 14, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah… Continue reading Uber shares fall to record low as stock lock-up expires
Self-driving Uber in fatal crash had ‘safety flaws’
An Uber self-driving test vehicle that hit and killed a woman in 2018 had software problems, according to US safety investigators. Elaine Herzberg, 49, was hit by the car as she was crossing a road in Tempe, Arizona. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found the car failed to identify her properly as a… Continue reading Self-driving Uber in fatal crash had ‘safety flaws’
Hyundai: Hyundai Motor Group Investing in Joint Venture with Aptiv
Hyundai Motor Group announced today that it will be forming an autonomous driving joint venture in the U.S. with Aptiv, one of the industry’s most innovative vehicle technology providers. The joint venture will advance the design, development, and commercialization of SAE Level 4 and 5 autonomous technologies. HMG will collectively contribute 2 billion US dollars.… Continue reading Hyundai: Hyundai Motor Group Investing in Joint Venture with Aptiv
Senegal’s NIMA Codes to launch address app in 15 African countries
Senegalese startup NIMA Codes — a digital mapping service for locations without formal addresses — has upgraded its app and plans to go live in 15 African countries in 2020. The pre-seed stage startup launched in 2018 around an API that uses mobile-phone numbers to catalog coordinates for unregistered homes and businesses in Senegal. NIMA… Continue reading Senegal’s NIMA Codes to launch address app in 15 African countries
Uber’s Self-Driving Car Didn’t Know Pedestrians Could Jaywalk
The software inside the Uber self-driving SUV that killed an Arizona woman last year was not designed to detect pedestrians outside of a crosswalk, according to new documents released as part of a federal investigation into the incident. That’s the most damning revelation offered up in a trove of new documents related to the crash,… Continue reading Uber’s Self-Driving Car Didn’t Know Pedestrians Could Jaywalk
Take a peek inside Lyft’s lab where 400 engineers are working on self-driving cars – CNBC
Lyft, the second largest ride-hailing service in the U.S., once helped disrupt the taxi industry. Now, the company is working hard to avoid being disrupted itself as self-driving cars turn from sci-fi into reality. According to Taggart Matthiesen, vice president of product at Lyft’s Autonomous Group, the company has assigned around 400 of its engineers… Continue reading Take a peek inside Lyft’s lab where 400 engineers are working on self-driving cars – CNBC
UPDATE 1-Uber test vehicles involved in 37 crashes before fatal self-driving incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc’s autonomous test vehicles were involved in 37 crashes in the 18 months before a fatal March 2018 self-driving car accident, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: An Uber pick-up location is pictured in San Diego, California, September 30. 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake The board said… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Uber test vehicles involved in 37 crashes before fatal self-driving incident
Alexander, Konstantin Sixt Receive Digital Awards
At this year’s Digital Champions Awards in Cologne, an initiative of WirtschaftsWoche and Deutsche Telekom, Alexander and Konstantin Sixt were awarded the special prize “Digitisers.” The top-class jury honored the two brothers for the most outstanding digitalisation story in 2019. Nico Gabriel, Sixt’s divisional director of digital X, accepted the award from former boxing world champion… Continue reading Alexander, Konstantin Sixt Receive Digital Awards
WeWork-owned Meetup confirms restructuring, layoffs
WeWork’s efforts to cut costs following the ouster of its chief executive officer and a delayed initial public offering looks to be impacting its subsidiaries. Meetup, which WeWork acquired for a reported $200 million in 2017, announced a round of layoffs this morning, TechCrunch has learned. The company, which helps people foster in-person connections by… Continue reading WeWork-owned Meetup confirms restructuring, layoffs