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Uber to Lay Off 200 Employees in Recruitment Division to Cut Costs and Streamline Operations
Uber Technologies said on Wednesday it would cut 200 jobs in the company's recruitment division amid plans to keep the staff count flat through the year and streamline costs. The reductions affect less than 1 percent of Uber's global workforce. The ride-share company laid off 150 employees in its freight services division earlier this year.
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Motional & Uber Eats Partner For Deliveries Via Robotaxis
Motional has already started a ride-sharing service with Uber's main rival Lyft.
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US Sues Uber Over Alleged Disability Discrimination
US Justice Department on Wednesday sued ride-sharing service Uber allegations of overcharging people with disabilities, and asked federal court to order company to comply with a federal law protecting the disabled from discrimination.
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Google Maps Getting ‘Ride Services’ Menu Entry to Provide Accurate Ride-Sharing Fares: Report
Google Maps is working on a new menu entry called ‘Ride Services,’ as per a report. This is available in the latest beta of the app – version 10.56.0. This setting will help get more accurate fare, by sending route information from Maps to the ride sharing company.
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Alphabet's Self Driving Unit Waymo Begins Autonomous Ride-Sharing In US
This launch comes after receiving feedback from these early riders who were bound by NDAs. The company is now deploying a fleet of Chrysler Pacifica minivans.
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EV Ride-Sharing Platform, BluSmart, Expands Its Services In Delhi
The all-electric ride-hailing cab service, which was earlier limited to Gurugram, will now be operational in Delhi, in areas like - Vasant Kunj, Vasant Vihar, Dwarka, Mahipalpur and in the areas of Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road (MG Road).
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Uber Widens Taxi App To Japan's Tokyo But Ride-Sharing Still Barred
Uber Technologies launched a ride-hailing smartphone application in Tokyo on Friday in partnership with three domestic taxi firms, even as strict regulations block its popular ride-sharing service in J
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Coronavirus Lockdown: Ola, Uber See Minimal Demand On Day 1 Of Operations Resumption In Green & Orange Zones
Ola and Uber, the two popular ride-sharing platforms resumed their services after the Union government gave permission for operations resumption in green and orange zones only. As per the report from PTI, the ride-hailing platforms started services post lockdown in the areas such as Gurugram, Kochi and Jamshedpur. The report from PTI also mentioned...
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China's Didi Aims For 100 Million Orders A Day By 2022 - CEO
Didi Chuxing, China's biggest ride-hailing firm which counts SoftBank as an investor, aims to complete 100 million orders a day and have 800 million monthly active users globally by 2022, CEO Cheng Wei said. The company will continue to expand its mobility services including ride-hailing, hitch, and bike sharing, while developing auto-related busin...
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GM's Cruise Unit Unveils Driverless Prototype Vehicle For Ride-Sharing Service
The vehicle, named "Cruise Origin", was developed with Honda Motor Co Ltd, which took a minority stake in Cruise in 2018 in an effort to catch up with rivals in developing a technology with enormous costs and risk and no market-ready products.
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GM's Cruise Unveils Driverless Vehicle for Ride-Sharing Service
General Motors’s self-driving car unit, Cruise, on Tuesday unveiled an electric vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals for use in its planned autonomous ride-sharing service, but did not say when it would go into production.
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Uber Adds a 'Quiet Mode' to Its Black Luxury Service
For people who don't prefer chatty drivers, global ride-sharing major Uber is rolling-out "quiet mode" on its luxury services.
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Uber, Driver Sued For $10 Million By US Woman In Sexual Assault Case
Global ride-sharing major Uber has been sued for $10 million by a Washington-based woman on charges of being sexually assaulted by an Uber driver last year.
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Second South Korea Taxi Driver Burns Self To Protest New Ride-Sharing App
A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death in protest against a ride-sharing service being introduced by the country's largest mobile chat app, the second to do so in a month.
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Uber Announces New Minibus Service in Traffic-Mad Cairo
A part of an aggressive push into emerging countries, the company hopes to draw millions of Egyptians into ride-sharing.
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Uber to Lay Off 200 Employees in Recruitment Division to Cut Costs and Streamline Operations
Uber Technologies said on Wednesday it would cut 200 jobs in the company's recruitment division amid plans to keep the staff count flat through the year and streamline costs. The reductions affect less than 1 percent of Uber's global workforce. The ride-share company laid off 150 employees in its freight services division earlier this year.
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Motional & Uber Eats Partner For Deliveries Via Robotaxis
Motional has already started a ride-sharing service with Uber's main rival Lyft.
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US Sues Uber Over Alleged Disability Discrimination
US Justice Department on Wednesday sued ride-sharing service Uber allegations of overcharging people with disabilities, and asked federal court to order company to comply with a federal law protecting the disabled from discrimination.
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Google Maps Getting ‘Ride Services’ Menu Entry to Provide Accurate Ride-Sharing Fares: Report
Google Maps is working on a new menu entry called ‘Ride Services,’ as per a report. This is available in the latest beta of the app – version 10.56.0. This setting will help get more accurate fare, by sending route information from Maps to the ride sharing company.
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Alphabet's Self Driving Unit Waymo Begins Autonomous Ride-Sharing In US
This launch comes after receiving feedback from these early riders who were bound by NDAs. The company is now deploying a fleet of Chrysler Pacifica minivans.
-
EV Ride-Sharing Platform, BluSmart, Expands Its Services In Delhi
The all-electric ride-hailing cab service, which was earlier limited to Gurugram, will now be operational in Delhi, in areas like - Vasant Kunj, Vasant Vihar, Dwarka, Mahipalpur and in the areas of Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road (MG Road).
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Uber Widens Taxi App To Japan's Tokyo But Ride-Sharing Still Barred
Uber Technologies launched a ride-hailing smartphone application in Tokyo on Friday in partnership with three domestic taxi firms, even as strict regulations block its popular ride-sharing service in J
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Coronavirus Lockdown: Ola, Uber See Minimal Demand On Day 1 Of Operations Resumption In Green & Orange Zones
Ola and Uber, the two popular ride-sharing platforms resumed their services after the Union government gave permission for operations resumption in green and orange zones only. As per the report from PTI, the ride-hailing platforms started services post lockdown in the areas such as Gurugram, Kochi and Jamshedpur. The report from PTI also mentioned...
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China's Didi Aims For 100 Million Orders A Day By 2022 - CEO
Didi Chuxing, China's biggest ride-hailing firm which counts SoftBank as an investor, aims to complete 100 million orders a day and have 800 million monthly active users globally by 2022, CEO Cheng Wei said. The company will continue to expand its mobility services including ride-hailing, hitch, and bike sharing, while developing auto-related busin...
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GM's Cruise Unit Unveils Driverless Prototype Vehicle For Ride-Sharing Service
The vehicle, named "Cruise Origin", was developed with Honda Motor Co Ltd, which took a minority stake in Cruise in 2018 in an effort to catch up with rivals in developing a technology with enormous costs and risk and no market-ready products.
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GM's Cruise Unveils Driverless Vehicle for Ride-Sharing Service
General Motors’s self-driving car unit, Cruise, on Tuesday unveiled an electric vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals for use in its planned autonomous ride-sharing service, but did not say when it would go into production.
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Uber Adds a 'Quiet Mode' to Its Black Luxury Service
For people who don't prefer chatty drivers, global ride-sharing major Uber is rolling-out "quiet mode" on its luxury services.
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Uber, Driver Sued For $10 Million By US Woman In Sexual Assault Case
Global ride-sharing major Uber has been sued for $10 million by a Washington-based woman on charges of being sexually assaulted by an Uber driver last year.
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Second South Korea Taxi Driver Burns Self To Protest New Ride-Sharing App
A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death in protest against a ride-sharing service being introduced by the country's largest mobile chat app, the second to do so in a month.
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Uber Announces New Minibus Service in Traffic-Mad Cairo
A part of an aggressive push into emerging countries, the company hopes to draw millions of Egyptians into ride-sharing.
