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Waymo’s robotaxis will begin carrying passengers through parts of Atlanta Tuesday in an expansion of a partnership with Uber’s ride-hailing service that began earlier this year in Austin.
A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in 2020.
Uber is shifting into a new gear in Austin, Texas where its ride-hailing service will begin dispatching self-driving cars to pick up passengers looking for a way to get around that city.
Police arrested a Los Angeles man Tuesday night after they said he was caught on camera climbing onto an Uber driver’s car and stomping on it during a dispute near a liquor store in Miami Beach, causing traffic disruptions and vehicle damage.
Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the evolution of self-driving car technology since the company began as a secret project at Google 15 years ago.
Newly-obtained arrest documents show that two men previously accused separately in Miami rideshare rape cases are now accused of working together to victimize women who thought they were being taken home by Uber after nights out.
In less than one week, the nation will celebrate White Cane Day, an occasion set aside each year to spotlight the many achievements of the blind and visually impaired, and their important symbol of independence, the white cane.
A Miami Uber driver is facing multiple felony charges after he stopped a ride with two 17-year-old girls and touched one of them inappropriately in a Coconut Grove parking lot, according to police.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz in the deciding match as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup.
American pair Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton have edged Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev in doubles to tie the Laver Cup after the first day in Berlin.
Ride-hailing leader Uber on Friday announced it will dispatch robotaxis built by driverless technology pioneer Waymo beginning next year in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta in a deal that deepens the bond between once-bitter rivals.
The Dutch data protection watchdog has slapped a 290 million euro ($324 million) fine on ride-hailing service Uber for allegedly transferring personal details of European drivers to the United States without adequate protection.
Cruise’s trouble-ridden robotaxis are on the road to joining Uber’s ride-hailing service next year as part of a multiyear partnership bringing together two companies that once appeared poised to compete for passengers.
The ride sharing giant Uber and Chinese automaker BYD say they have agreed on a partnership to introduce 100,000 BYD model EVs on the Uber platform in Europe and Latin America.
A family is in mourning after 18-year-old Bryanna Nina was killed in a drive-by shooting while waiting for an Uber in North Lauderdale Monday evening.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell says drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a settlement.
A man turned himself in at Miami Beach police headquarters on Thursday after detectives accused him of pretending to be an Uber driver in February, picking up a woman from a South Beach nightclub, then raping her in the back seat of his car.
Uber and Lyft announced they will keep operating in Minnesota, now that state lawmakers have passed a measure that will increase driver pay to a level the companies can accept.
The ride-hailing company Uber says it's banned an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death.
An Ohio man who authorities say fatally shot an Uber driver he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both has been indicted on a murder charge.
The future of Uber and Lyft in Minneapolis has garnered concern and debate in recent weeks after the City Council voted last month to require that ride-hailing companies pay drivers a higher rate while they are within city limits.
A failed Australian taxi-industry disruptor has told a court that Uber began illegally operating its ridesharing service in Australia a decade ago to gain an unfair advantage over competitors.
An Uber driver accused by multiple women of drugging, kidnapping and possibly raping them and leaving them at a Miami motel is now facing additional charges after detectives identified another victim, according to an arrest report.
Lyft and Uber have said they will halt operations in Minneapolis because of a new city ordinance that increases wages for app-based drivers.
Lyft and Uber say they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require ride-hailing services to increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage.
Fake Uber and Lyft drivers were busted last weekend at Miami International Airport soliciting rides.
Miami police fear there may be more victims of the Uber driver accused of taking advantage of woman after picking them up during a night out.
Miami police officers are reaching out to the public, sharing a story of a victim who believes she was kidnapped, raped, drugged and robbed.
Thousands of ride-hailing and delivery workers in the U.S. and the U.K. went on strike on Valentine's Day in an effort to win better pay.
Illegal activity at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has been caught by Local 10 News’ hidden cameras.
The Biden administration has enacted a new labor rule that aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors,” a step that could bolster both legal protections and compensation for millions in the U.S. workforce.
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle complaints that they improperly saddled their New York drivers with taxes and fees that should have been been paid by passengers.
A father and son from New Jersey are each facing a felony charge in South Florida after police accused them of ganging up on an Uber driver at a Hallandale Beach hotel over the weekend.
Two women leaving a nightclub in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood thought they were getting into an Uber, but, according to police, one of them was about to get robbed and the other was about to get sexually assaulted by the man they assumed was a real rideshare driver.
Apple is blaming a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to heat up and spark complaints about becoming too hot to handle.
Police are set to discuss recent arrests made in a string of “violent” carjackings throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties Friday.
Two teenagers were arrested Tuesday following the armed carjacking of an Uber driver in North Miami Beach, which led to a police shooting, authorities said.
A 43-year-old man sexually abused a 25-year-old woman while he was working as an Uber driver and she was a passenger in Miami-Dade County, according to a report police released on Wednesday.
The backup Uber driver involved in the first death involving a fully autonomous vehicle has pleaded guilty to endangerment.
Attorneys for the family of a 19-year-old shot by an Uber driver are asking the state attorney's office to reconsider its decision to not prosecute the driver.
After deciding not to file charges for the shooting death of a 19-year-old man, Broward County prosecutors released their close-out memo on Friday.
Gov. Tim Walz has vetoed a bill that would have mandated higher pay and job security for Lyft and Uber drivers in Minnesota.
Self-driving car pioneer Waymo is teaming up with ride-hailing leader Uber in the Phoenix area to transport passengers and deliver food in robotic cars that triggered a bitter technological dispute between the two companies.
The former chief security officer for Uber has been sentenced to probation for trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed tens of millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service.
Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer are relinquishing their leadership roles to make way for a former Amazon executive as the ride-hailing service struggles to recover from the pandemic while long-time rival Uber has been regaining its momentum.
Grieving friends and family gathered for a vigil on Saturday to remember Miles McGlashan, a teen that was shot by an Uber driver in November.
Nearly 50 businesses and nonprofits including rideshare companies Uber and Lyft and industrial giant 3M are pledging millions of dollars in initiatives to stem a crisis in road fatalities under a new federal effort.
Police are investigating after an Uber driver was involved in a wrong-way crash that left one passenger injured in southwest Miami-Dade early Saturday morning.
A 30-year-old man faces multiple felony charges after state troopers accused him of carjacking an Uber driver and then stranding him on Interstate 195 in Miami early Monday evening.
The woman who crashed into an Uber driver and his passenger — while trying to get away from police officers on Thursday in Miami-Dade County — was driving a stolen van and she was a suspect in several burglaries, according to Detective Alvaro Zabaleta.
Three weeks after he was shot by his uber driver, 19-year-old Miles McGlashan remains in intensive care on life support and now his family and attorney are looking for answers.
Police are investigating a shooting that involved an Uber driver being allegedly attacked by a passenger in Hollywood Beach on Wednesday night, authorities said.
The U.S. Department of Labor is publishing a new proposal on how workers should be classified saying that thousands of people have been incorrectly labeled as contractors rather than employees, potentially curtailing access to benefits and protections they rightfully deserve.
The former chief security officer for Uber has been convicted of trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service.
Prosecutors recently accused a man who drives passengers for a living of causing someone to be ejected from their car during a hit-and-run crash in Miami-Dade County. Police officers believe he was driving drunk.
A man is accused of exposing himself to an Uber driver, then threatening to rape and kill her as she drove him from Cutler Bay to his home in South Miami early Monday morning.
A Coconut Grove woman faces a second-degree murder charge after police accuse her of shooting and killing a woman in downtown Miami Saturday.
French lawmakers have failed to pass a no-confidence motion requested by a leftist coalition to symbolically mark their opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s government and economic policies.
As Uber pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws and used a “kill switch″ to thwart regulators and law enforcement.
The action follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports, which had been a glaring omission in the massive sanctions put in place on Russia over the invasion.
James Carvalho said he was in a rush on Monday to get to the Miami International Airport to catch a flight for a business trip. He was waiting for an Uber driver when he received a text message that appeared to come from the sharing service.
A new European Union plan to improve conditions for the growing number of gig economy workers could mean millions more of them are classified as employees entitled to benefits.
Investigators are asking Uber for records as they investigate the theft of more than $700,000 from an 82-year-old Florida woman who apparently fell for a “grandparent scam.”
The federal government is suing Uber saying it discriminates against disabled people by charging fees when drivers have to wait for passengers to board their vehicles.
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A judge has struck down California’s ballot measure that exempted Uber and other companies from a state law requiring their drivers to be classified as employees eligible for benefits and job protections.
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A 19-year-old man who was arrested Monday on accusations that he attacked and carjacked a female Uber driver is now facing an additional charge for his alleged involvement in a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred shortly after the carjacking, authorities said.
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A 19-year-old man was arrested Monday after he punched an Uber driver and pushed her out of her moving SUV outside Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, authorities said.
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The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: Dating apps are starting to offer vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who've gotten their coronavirus shots.
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La empresa de viajes por app anunció el lunes que la cantidad de reservaciones en marzo, tanto de entrega de alimentos como del servicio de transporte, alcanzó un récord mensual.
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – United Teachers of Dade and Uber have partnered to offer free rides to Miami-Dade County Public School teachers and support school staff who wish to get the COVID-19 vaccine. According to a news release, the partnership “is part of Uber’s 10 Million Free Rides campaign to ensure people can have access to easier and more convenient transportation methods to help them get vaccinated.”UTD has secured 1,000 two-way free rides for UTD members who are interested in getting the vaccine. Teachers and support staff in need of a ride to a vaccination site can call UTD Member Services at 305-854-0220. They will be given a promo code along with instructions about how to obtain their free ride. The promo codes will be valid through Sept. 30.
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