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After Uber’s App Cost Him His Job, a Disgruntled Driver Flew to San Francisco and Showed Up at Its Headquarters

When Karim Sawadogo pulled over next to a Denver Police car late on Halloween night of 2023, he issued them a challenge: “take me to jail.” A native of Burkina Faso, Sawadogo had been an Uber driver in the Denver area for nearly seven years, clocking over 20,000 rides. That gig came to a screeching… Continue reading After Uber’s App Cost Him His Job, a Disgruntled Driver Flew to San Francisco and Showed Up at Its Headquarters

Uber Drivers Say They’re Getting Locked Out of the App and Trapped in a Kafkaesque Limbo When They Try to Dispute It

For nearly ten years, Bernard Moses had been ferrying passengers around Chicagoland as an Uber driver. But after dropping off his umpteenth passenger one day in April 2024, Moses recalls that he swiped to find his next rider — only to discover he‘d been locked out of his Uber driver account. A message came up,… Continue reading Uber Drivers Say They’re Getting Locked Out of the App and Trapped in a Kafkaesque Limbo When They Try to Dispute It

What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit

Tesla received a permit Tuesday from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a transportation service in the state, the beginning of a long regulatory road that could eventually lead to the company getting the OK to operate a robotaxi service there. The permit, which Tesla applied for in November 2024, doesn’t cover autonomous vehicle… Continue reading What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit

Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached

Waymo has been given permission to map roadways at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via a temporary permit — the first step in the Alphabet company’s bid to unlock a potentially lucrative use case for its robotaxis. The temporary permit, which was announced Monday evening by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, kicked off March… Continue reading Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached

Fast Guard App: The Original “Uber with Guns” Returns to Set the Record Straight

Fast Guard App, the Original ‘Uber with Guns,’ Returns to Revolutionize On-Demand Security Services in 2025 MIAMI, March 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Fast Guard Service, a national leader in security services since 2013, is set to relaunch its revolutionary Fast Guard App in April 2025. Originally developed by company owner Roderick Payne in 2017, the… Continue reading Fast Guard App: The Original “Uber with Guns” Returns to Set the Record Straight

Wolfbox Unveils New G900 Tripro Dash Cams With Superior, High-Clarity Night Vision

Available as both an interior dash cam and bumper-mounted camera, the Wolfbox G900 Tripro 3-channel mirror dash cam is powered by PureCel®Plus pixel technology that can capture minute details such as license plate numbers in low lighting conditions. DALLAS, March 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Wolfbox, a leader in automotive electronics, is expanding its suite of… Continue reading Wolfbox Unveils New G900 Tripro Dash Cams With Superior, High-Clarity Night Vision

Wolfbox Unveils New G900 Tripro Dash Cams With Superior, High-Clarity Night Vision

Tesla applies for ride-hail permit in California — but there’s a catch

Tesla applied for a permit with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to operate a transportation service in the state — a required first step if the automaker wants to eventually operate a robotaxi service there. Tesla’s application for a transportation charter-party carrier permit was first reported by Bloomberg. TechCrunch has independently confirmed with the… Continue reading Tesla applies for ride-hail permit in California — but there’s a catch

Tesla applies for ride-hailing service in California, but with human drivers

Tesla has applied for a permit to operate a ride-hailing service in California, but it will be using human drivers rather than the promised robotaxi. Last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that Tesla would launch “unsupervised self-driving in Texas and California in Q2 2025.” However, we suspected that this would not be “unsupervised self-driving’… Continue reading Tesla applies for ride-hailing service in California, but with human drivers

We can’t quit electric cars — or robotaxis

On The Vergecast: the future of cars, what’s next for ActivityPub, and the price of the iPhone 16E. On The Vergecast: the future of cars, what’s next for ActivityPub, and the price of the iPhone 16E. David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol,… Continue reading We can’t quit electric cars — or robotaxis