This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. It’s practically an inevitability of the digital world: The middleman eventually becomes a villain. You might not think of it this way, but middlemen that connect buyers and sellers are everywhere online. The most obvious ones are […]
A preprint study published by researchers at George Washington University presents evidence of social bias in the algorithms ride-sharing startups like Uber, Lyft, and Via use to price fares. In a large-scale fairness analysis of Chicago-area ride-hailing samples — made in conjunction with the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) data — metrics from tens
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India, on October 22, 2019. … [+] (Photo by Indraneel Chowdhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Amid concerns about platform-users’ safety in the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as criticism of gig platforms’ treatment of their suppliers both generally and lately, the heads
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Just over two weeks ago, Susan Fowler’s book, Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber, published. She tells a story of a broken corporate culture where she experienced and witnessed sexism, harassment, and abuse during her time working for Uber. She confronted her HR department, where she was met with
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An Uber and Lyft driver from Chicago has launched a new app designed to enable drivers to connect with colleagues on their own social site. The app is known as DriverChatter and is available to download to Uber and Lyft drivers. DriverChatter has successfully launched in Chicago and aims to develop its userbase in cities
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Uber Technologies Inc. (UBER) will be reporting fourth quarter results on February 6 following the close of trading. The stock has had a big turn around since reporting third quarter results, rising by almost 50% since November 14. It seems that some traders see the stock rising even more in the weeks following results, pushing
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If there is one company that symbolizes the gig economy, it is Uber. The issues the company has with its drivers and how much they make highlights the growing pains of the gig economy. Speaking of how much they make, a new report from Zippia looks at where in the U.S. Uber drivers make the
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Ads are coming to Uber Eats. TechCrunch reported that Uber is seeking an executive to help develop and run a new ads business. Under pressure. This makes sense for several reasons. Restaurants have been conditioned by other ad platforms, including Google and Yelp, to pay for placement and exposure. And Uber is under significant pressure
tech2 News StaffOct 22, 2019 21:15:55 IST Uber announced that it has partnered with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to enable the purchase of Public Transport tickets within the app. The ride-hailing service will now allow its users in Delhi to book tickets of the Delhi Metro transport from its app across 210 stations.
In a classic scene from Monty Pythons Life of Brian, Brian/Jesus is adamantly trying to get people not to follow the crowd blindly, but to be individual and act for themselves. In a comical twist, as he tells the crowd “You’re all individual, you’ve all got to think for yourselves”, they answer in complete unison
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