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Uber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism
SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick needed everyone to take a deep breath. The chief executive of Uber was holding a regularly scheduled all-hands meeting on Tuesday at the ride-hailing company’s San Francisco headquarters when he faced an onslaught of questions from upset employees.
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China’s Uber for Trucks Huochebang Fetches $1 Billion Valuation
Truck Alliance Inc., an Uber-type service for trucks known in China as Huochebang, raised about $115 million in a financing round that valued the startup at $1 billion. The two-year-old company backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd.
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China’s Didi is leading a $100 million investment in another Uber rival, Brazil’s 99
China’s homegrown ride-hail player Didi has invested in Brazil’s ride-hail service 99 (formerly 99Taxis), the companies announced on Wednesday. As part of the more than $100 million round of which Didi is the lead investor, a Didi executive will join 99’s board of directors.
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Uber said it protects you from spying. Security sources say otherwise
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Center for Investigative Reporting
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is a non-profit journalism organization located in Berkeley, California. It was founded in 1977 by , Dan Noyes, and David Weir to use the tools of journalism to reveal injustice and the abuse of power.
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Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Uber and Lyft Drivers
Drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. in Boston canceled rides for men with black-sounding names more than twice as often as for other men. Black people in Seattle using Uber and Lyft Inc. faced notably longer wait times to get paired with drivers than white customers.
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The five issues holding Uber and Lyft back in big states
Ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft have been Silicon Valley’s big disruptive success story of the last five years. They upended the market, beat the policymakers, won over consumers, and saved democracy.
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Uber’s CEO doesn’t think self-driving cars will cost jobs, and he might be right
When Uber announced Thursday that it would begin offering rides in self-driving cars to customers in Pittsburgh, it caused a lot of consternation among people worried about job losses.
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