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Uber gutted Carnegie Mellon’s top robotics lab to build self-driving cars
This January, as much of the world was getting over its post-holiday hangovers, people began disappearing from Carnegie Mellon University's robotics center. At first it was only a few individuals, mostly software developers. Then it became an entire team, and eventually the group included the center's director. They weren't going far.
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Mexican taxis promise to 'hunt down' Uber drivers
Uber, beware: Mexican taxi drivers will hunt you down. A leader of Mexico State's taxi drivers said as much. "We are not going to leave (Uber cars) alone. We are tracking these colleagues and hunting them down," Esteban Meza, who represents about 13,000 cabbies, told the country's top-selling newspaper, El Universal.
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Uber’s French Resistance
In cities from New York to New Delhi, the car service Uber has faced threats and bans from regulators but usually comes out on top. Has it met its match in Paris?
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Uber is tracking its drivers in China, will fire anyone attending taxi protests
Uber is laying down the law in China. The ride-hailing service has ordered its drivers in China not to participate in taxi protests in the city of Hangzhou, located in Eastern China.
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Two Uber Managers Detained In France Over Illegal Ride Sharing Service
According to a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor’s office, two French executives of taxi-hailing app Uber have been arrested and are being questioned about “illicit activity” linked to the ride sharing company’s service.
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Uber managers arrested in France over 'illicit' taxi service
Two managers of the taxi-ordering app Uber have been arrested in France. A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor said they were in custody for questioning over "illicit activity". Uber, which puts vetted drivers in touch with passengers, is unpopular with registered drivers in many cities because they tend to undercut prices. A recent French taxi-drivers' strike turned violent. The US company is banned in some places, but it says it will keep operating in France.
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Uber is offering free rides to a protest against a proposed crackdown on New York City car services
The company does not want a cap on its fleet.
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Judge dismisses City of Toronto’s application for injunction against Uber
An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed the city’s application for an injunction against Uber’s ride-hailing operations in Toronto.
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Uber to provide security for drivers in South Africa after threats from rivals
Internet taxi firm Uber said on Monday it was providing security for its drivers in South Africa after verbal threats from other taxi operators in the latest outbreak of friction to hit the fast-growing company. Uber drivers in Johannesburg have been targeted by meter taxi drivers and a protest was held outside Uber’s offices on Friday, local media reported.
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Finnish Taxi Association demands Uber intervention
Finnish Police counter the Taxi Association's request and say that monitoring should be equal - not merely a tool to single out one operator.
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Uber driver threatens to cut the neck of user who canceled ride
An Uber driver in London threatened to cut the neck of a woman who canceled her ride, and you can listen to the voicemail yourself.
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Uber will buy all the self-driving cars that Tesla can build in 2020
Uber's CEO this week said if Tesla comes through on its promise to build self-driving cars by 2020, his company will buy them all to use for its service.
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Mexico City Could Be First Globally to Limit Uber Cars
Mexico City could become the first city in the world to limit the number of Uber cars, according to draft regulation that the company said on Friday also threatens to wipe out its most popular service
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How Uber is ending the dirty dealings behind Toronto's cab business
Uber may drive a stake through the heart of the cab business and it's about time.
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Here's How Much the Average Ride Costs on Uber and Lyft
Uber drivers make more than Lyft drivers on average
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Business Travelers Are Using Ubers More Than Taxis
For the first time, according to expense software company Certify, business travelers are hailing Ubers more than they're hailing cabs.
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Uber Has Forced Taxi Drivers to Step Up Their Game
During a taxi ride late one night a few years ago, a cabbie started berating me for asking him to drive the 25 minutes from downtown D.C. to my home in Maryland. At the time, I thought to myself, At least he took me. In the past, some drivers had simply refused. And, like many other cab riders, I came to expect that his cab’s credit-card machine would be mysteriously “broken” when it came time to pay.
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Taxi magnate claims Uber drove him to bankruptcy
Pour one out for Stoli Taxi of New York City.
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How Uber Hides Behind Its Algorithm
The disingenuous ways Uber hides behind its algorithm.
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Stop calling it the “Sharing Economy.” That isn’t what it is.
Olivier Blanchard's opinion piece that makes some really salient points. The cynic in me approves.
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