So many people showed up to a San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee hearing on Friday that the city had to open an overflow room. The topic at hand: Uber and Lyft drivers’ rights. The city’s Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee convened to discuss a resolution that would support a proposed California state bill …
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The Uber and Lyft ride-hailing apps have seemingly inscrutable ways for calculating how much you’ll spend on a ride, and — while convenient — the prices do add up. When it comes to saving money with ride-hailing apps, is one of them better than the other? The answer is yes, but not like you think. Uber’s far less transparent pricing system makes it …
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Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has called the possibility of success for the social network’s newly unveiled cryptocurrency “frightening.” Libra will shift power from central banks to corporations, he wrote in a Financial Times op-ed Friday. Facebook earlier this week unveiled the global digital coin, which will be managed by a governing body called the Libra Association and through a wallet named Calibra. Facebook …
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Reports of Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency have been circulating for weeks, and an announcement from the social network is expected within days. The coin, supposedly called Libra, has a list of financial backers including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Friday. Each company will reportedly invest around $10 million into a consortium, which …
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New York City will continue to cap the number of ride-hailing vehicles from services like Uber and Lyft that are allowed on its streets. The move aims to fight congestion and provide higher wages, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday. The city council had voted to cap the number of ride-hailing vehicles in New York City back in August 2018. The regulation was …
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AT&T will be lending a hand to get Uber’s air taxi service literally off the ground by 2023, the carrier said on Tuesday. The two companies are partnering on next-generation electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) and cargo drones using AT&T’s 5G and LTE networks. They aim to launch commercial services in 2023 across Los Angeles, Dallas Fort Worth …
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Lyft has filed a lawsuit to block San Francisco from granting bike share permits to other companies. Lyft entered the San Francisco Bay Area bike share market last year by acquiring Motivate, the company behind Ford GoBike. Uber is in the market thanks to its Jump acquisition in April 2018. The suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court on Friday, is asking …
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Uber may be taking its driver ratings one step further. The ride-hailing company could be testing a feature that lets you add drivers to a list of favorites, according to tipster Jane Manchun Wong. You’d then be able to catch a ride with those drivers again on future trips, according to a screenshot Wong shared on Twitter. Uber is testing …
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Uber has long deactivated drivers who get low ratings. Now the ride-hailing company is turning the tables. Uber announced Wednesday that those passengers who receive bad marks from drivers will be booted from the platform. But, Uber said, they’ll have to “develop a significantly below average rating.” If a passenger’s rating starts to slip, the company will send tips on …
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Hungry? Google wants to help. In a series of updates Thursday, the search giant is adding features to Google Assistant, Maps and its classic search to help you get your next meal. Partnering with delivery services including DoorDash, Postmates, Delivery.com, Slice and ChowNow, Google is enabling users in the US to order directly from search, Maps or Assistant as opposed to …
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