Uber took $39 from a man for a 317-minute ride: the service confused Britain with Australia

A British taxi customer was stunned when he woke up hungover to learn that Uber had charged $39 (£317) to his debit card. The New York Post writes about it. Oliver Kaplan, 35, booked a car through the app after finishing his shift at…

More than 500 women sue Uber: they allege drivers harassed them

Approximately 550 women filed a lawsuit against Uber. They claim to have been attacked by drivers. The Business Insider edition told in more detail. The applicants are represented by the law firm Slater Slater Schulman LLP. Her representatives said that among the plaintiffs who signed the case, there are women who were ...

Uber has been bribing the police and manipulating the facts for years, with prominent politicians covering for it.

A leak of confidential files has revealed the inside story of how tech giant Uber flouted the law, defrauded the police, used violence against drivers and covertly lobbied during its aggressive global expansion, according to TheGuardian. An unprecedented leak of over 124 documents known to…

Cute robots and self-driving cars will now deliver food from UberEats

Now UberEats will also feature cartoon robots. The company launched two test programs for UberEats delivery in Los Angeles (California). Entrepreneur spoke about this in more detail. There are two delivery options - four-wheeled cartoon robots with headlights instead of eyes and unmanned...

Former Afghan finance minister now taxis in the US: how his life turned out

Until last summer, Khalid Payenda was Afghanistan's finance minister, overseeing a $6 billion budget, the lifeblood of a government fighting for its survival in a war that has long been at the center of US foreign policy. Now he is driving his...

Taxi for lawbreakers: an unexpected way how illegal immigrants get from the border to US cities has been revealed

Illegal immigrants regularly use Uber to travel from the border to destinations within the United States. This was reported by two drivers in the border city of Yuma (Arizona). More details were told by the Fox News edition. According to one of the drivers of this taxi service, the passengers confirmed ...

Uber and Lyft will transport US residents for free to vaccinate against COVID-19

The White House said Uber and Lyft will provide free travel to COVID-19 vaccination sites, writes NPR. On Tuesday, May 11, the White House announced that anyone who needs to get vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to get a free ride from the companies ...

Up to 16 years in prison for coughing in a taxi: Uber passenger in San Francisco faces imprisonment for assaulting a taxi driver

An Uber passenger faces 16 years in prison for insulting and assaulting a driver. The Indy100 edition spoke about the incident in more detail. 24-year-old Arna Kimiay became the heroine of a video in which she coughs, insults 32-year-old driver Subhakar Handku, rips off his mask, and then ...

Seattle introduces minimum wages for Uber and Lyft drivers: why it's bad for them

Seattle, Washington, became the second largest city in the country to set the minimum wage standard for Uber and Lyft drivers. Writes about this CNN. Seattle City Council voted unanimously to pass new rules aimed at ensuring that Uber and Lyft drivers ...

Lyft and Uber get permission to continue operations in California

Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. secured a suspension of injunctions on companies in California, which would allow them to continue rather than stop working in the state or convert drivers to employees rather than independent contractors. Fox Business writes about it. ...

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