Uber partners with Waymo to offer driverless rides in Phoenix
Uber users in Phoenix are now able to book driverless rides from Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by Alphabet. This is the first time Uber has offered fully autonomous rides. To book a driverless ride, Uber users in Phoenix simply need to request an UberX, Uber Green, Uber Comfort, or Uber Comfort Electric ride. […]
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Uber to develop AI chatbot to improve user experience
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has announced that the company is working on its own AI chatbot. The chatbot is still in development, but Khosrowshahi says that it could be used to help users with a variety of tasks, such as booking rides, finding information about their trip, and resolving customer service issues. Khosrowshahi shed light […]
Former Uber CSO sentenced to probation for data breach cover-up
Former Uber Technologies chief security officer (CSO) Joseph Sullivan was sentenced to probation Thursday for trying to cover up a 2016 data breach and theft of tens of millions of customer records, the Associated Press said. Convicted last October by a jury of hiding the incident from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Sullivan was sentenced
Former Uber Chief Security Officer sentenced to probation
Former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan has been sentenced to three years probation and 200 hours of community service for his part in concealing and impeding a 2016 hack from authorities. Last October, a jury found Sullivan guilty of obstructing an ongoing FTC investigation into Uber’s security practices and concealing a data breach that […]
Uber driver successfully challenge automated decision-making in court
Alexandru Iftimie, a Romanian national who has been driving for Uber in the U.K. for seven years, found himself on the verge of being fired by the ride-sharing company during the pandemic. He received warnings of “fraudulent activity” detected by Uber’s systems, despite his claims of not having done anything wrong. When he called Uber’s […]
Uber CEO visits Ukraine
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, arrived in Ukraine to meet with company employees and drivers, as well as government and relief agency partners. Since the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Uber expanded its services from nine cities to eighteen, while employing 25,000 drivers in Ukraine. In December 2022, Uber issued an official statement stating that […]
Uber, Doordash, Lyft share tanks after Labor Department proposes change to worker classification
Stock prices for Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, which rely heavily on gig workers to transport people and meals, fell on Tuesday after the Department of Labor issued a proposal that could pave the way for regulators and courts to classify gig workers as employees rather than independent contractors. Since the announcement, Lyft shares fell 12% […]
Ex-Uber CSO convicted of cover-up in 2016 data breach
Former Uber Technologies chief security officer (CSO) Joe Sullivan has been convicted by a jury of hiding a 2016 data breach from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Bloomberg News reported the San Francisco jury rejected his defence that other executives knew about the coverup and were responsible, convicting him of obstructing a government investigation and
Uber identifies hackers behind cyberattack
Uber has issued a security update on its website stating that investigation is ongoing, and it will continue to provide updates on its response to last week’s security incident. It also stated that the cyberattack was carried out by a hacker linked to the Lapsus$ hacking group, which has previously targeted companies such as Nvidia, […]
