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WiredThreatLevel.webp 2020-01-03 18:43:16 Now the Courts Will Decide Whether Uber Drivers Are Employees (lien direct) A California law aimed at requiring gig economy companies to classify workers as employees took effect Jan. 1. That hardly settled the matter.  Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2020-01-02 13:00:00 Cities Struggle to Boost Ridership With \'Uber for Transit\' Schemes (lien direct) Helsinki, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Singapore, and other metros have been experimenting with on-demand buses-and not seeing a lot of success. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-12-06 22:47:08 Uber\'s Alarming Crime Report, T-Mobile\'s 5G Test, and More News (lien direct) Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-12-06 18:54:15 Uber\'s Crime Report Is \'Highly Alarming,\' Says a Criminologist (lien direct) In its first compilation, the ride-hail service says there were more than 3,000 sexual assaults related to Uber rides last year, up 4% from the year before.  Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-28 12:00:00 Yet Another Challenge for Air Travelers: Finding Your Uber (lien direct) Airports including LAX are setting up pickup areas a ways removed from terminals to address the congestion created by popular ride-hail apps. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-27 15:00:00 Uber\'s London Rivals Are Plotting Its Downfall (lien direct) Irresistible deals for drivers and passengers are creating a frenetic race as fellow ride-hailing services try to cash in on uncertainty. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-25 23:19:30 London Could Ban Uber; Women and Climate Change; and More News (lien direct) Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-25 20:56:41 Uber May Be Banned From London, One of Its Biggest Markets (lien direct) The ride-hail company has 21 days to appeal the city's ruling, which cited a “pattern of failures” on safety. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-20 00:38:05 Feds Pin Uber Crash on Human Operator, Call for Better Rules (lien direct) For starters, self-driving car companies should be required to submit safety evaluation letters-and those letters should be formally assessed. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-16 14:00:00 Uber\'s Mistakes, \'Ford v Ferrari,\' and More Car News (lien direct) Plus: The deadly design flaws of the B-17 Flying Fortress and a sneaky cat swap. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-16 12:00:00 Every Tech Company Wants to Be a Bank-Someday, At Least (lien direct) Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Uber are all eyeing financial services as the next frontier. Getting there might take some work. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-12 01:58:13 The Uber CEO\'s Mistaken Notion of What a Mistake Is (lien direct) Attention Dara Khosrowshahi: The killing of a woman in Arizona by your company's self-driving car is not a "mistake." Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-10 14:00:00 The Failure of Uber\'s Self-Driving Car, Polestar\'s Debut, and More Car News This Week (lien direct) Plus, a call to require helmets for cyclists, Paris battles e-scooters, and more.  Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-08 21:02:45 What Keeps NSA Cybersecurity Boss Anne Neuberger Up at Night (lien direct) At WIRED25, the NSA's Anne Neuberger talked election security, low orbit satellites, and weaponized autonomous drones. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-06 22:42:50 A Mind-Boggling Uber Oversight, a Firefox Scam, and More News (lien direct) Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-06 02:22:42 Uber\'s Self-Driving Car Didn\'t Know Pedestrians Could Jaywalk (lien direct) The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday released hundreds of pages related to the 2016 crash in Tempe, Arizona, that killed Elaine Herzberg. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-05 13:00:00 Here\'s How to Watch the WIRED25 Summit Live (lien direct) See WIRED editors live in conversation with Jeff Weiner, Anne Neuberger, Matthew Prince, Dawn Song, Patrick Collison, Traci Des Jardins, Astro Teller, and more. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-03 14:00:00 Drones That Work for Food, a Self-Landing Plane, and More News This Week (lien direct) Uber Eats unveils its latest drone, which may begin deliveries next summer, and our reporter lands a $2 million plane with the help of new tech.  Uber ★★★★
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-11-01 00:06:26 Uber and Lyft Fight a Law They Say Doesn\'t Apply to Them (lien direct) The ride-hail companies are backing a ballot measure to overturn a California law intended to transform gig-economy workers from contractors to employees. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-31 11:00:00 Come Hang Out With WIRED at Our 2-Day Festival (lien direct) Hear from Patrick Collison, Anne Neuberger, Chris Evans, N. K. Jemison, Ron Moore, and other huge names in the WIRED world.  Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-29 00:23:13 Uber Eats Hopes Drones Can Lift It to Profitability (lien direct) Uber reveals the design of a drone with six rotors that change position for vertical takeoffs and landings. It can stay aloft for 18 minutes, with a range of 18 miles. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-28 23:43:45 California\'s Wildfires Are the Doom of Our Own Making (lien direct) The state is being squeezed by uber-wildfires and rising seas-climate change's twin agents of chaos. It's a struggle that will define us. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-25 21:25:28 (Déjà vu) Uber Tipping Behavior Revealed, Apple App Store Malware, and More News (lien direct) Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-25 12:00:00 Gadget Lab Podcast: The Case for a YouTubers Union (lien direct) Independent video creators want to unionize, in a play for more transparency from YouTube. Emma Grey Ellis has the story on this week's Gadget Lab. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-25 11:00:00 Your Secret Uber Tipping Behavior, Exposed (lien direct) A study of 40 million trips finds that men tip more than women, that women drivers get bigger tips, and that riders tip more on repeat rides with a driver. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-24 11:00:00 YouTubers Must Unionize, No Matter What Google Says (lien direct) Video creators are organizing in pockets all over the world-led, in part, by a slingshot maker in Germany. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-17 14:47:13 Showtime Is Making a Limited Series About Uber (lien direct) Also, Zoë Kravitz is going to play Catwoman, and there's a new trailer for the final season of 'The Man in the High Castle'. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-16 13:00:00 Corporate America\'s Second War With the Rule of Law (lien direct) Opinion: Uber, Facebook, and Google are increasingly behaving like the law-flouting financial empires of the 1920s. We know how that turned out. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-16 11:00:00 The Death of Cars Was Greatly Exaggerated (lien direct) The founders of Uber and Lyft, among others, declared that people would no longer need to own cars. Instead, car ownership is rising.  Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-14 15:00:00 Listen to an Underwater Volcano Burp 750-Foot Bubbles (lien direct) Microphones catch a submarine vent firing uberbubbles that floated to the surface and formed massive water domes.  Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-10-03 12:00:00 Stumbles at Uber and WeWork Don\'t Mean the End of Tech (lien direct) Opinion: Venture capitalists can be subject to the same bubbles and group think as ordinary investors.  Uber ★★★
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-09-27 00:51:38 Uber\'s New Features Put a Focus on Rider Safety (lien direct) Passengers will be able to text 911 from inside the app. Uber also is offering new ways to confirm a driver's identity. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-09-15 13:00:00 New Electrics, New Laws, and Other Car News This Week (lien direct) Automakers show off their latest in Frankfurt, and California lawmakers rewrite the rules of the road for Uber and Lyft. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-09-13 17:12:59 How Tech Firms Like Uber Hide Behind the \'Platform Defense\' (lien direct) If you insist that drivers aren't key to your business, apparently you end up making some bizarre U-turns. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-09-12 11:00:00 Why Uber Thinks It Can *Still* Call Its Drivers Contractors (lien direct) A pending California law was designed to make ride-hail companies classify drivers as employees. Uber says it can evade the requirement. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-09-12 10:00:00 The WIRED25 Festival Is Back-Get Ready to Fix Things (lien direct) Join us for four days of lively stage chats and workshops with luminaries and icons, from Chris Evans and N. K. Jemisin to Stewart Butterfield and NSA cybersecurity head Anne Neuberger. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-09-11 18:29:04 In California, Gig Workers Are About to Become Employees (lien direct) A bill would change the rules for classifying workers as employees, rather than contractors. It would affect Uber and Lyft, but also truckers and musicians. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-09-06 12:00:00 Gadget Lab Podcast: How Uber Went Down in Flames (lien direct) New York Times reporter Mike Isaac charts the rise and fall of the ride-hailing company in his new book, "Super Pumped." He joins us on the podcast to tell us all that went wrong. Uber ★★★
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-09-04 01:20:00 \'Super Pumped\' Benefits From Hindsight in Its Complex Portrait of Uber (lien direct) Mike Isaac's meticulously reported account of Uber's trajectory avoids the easy paths. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-09-01 13:00:00 A Tesla Security Bug, Levandowski Indicted, and More Car News (lien direct) Plus: A California bill takes aim at Uber drivers, and a cargo drone flies itself Uber ★★★
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-08-30 11:00:00 A California Bill Has Uber and Lyft Running Scared (lien direct) The ride-hail companies offer more pay and benefits to drivers-and threaten a ballot measure to prevent those same drivers from being classified as employees. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-08-29 12:00:00 How Anthony Levandowski Put Himself at the Center of an Industry (lien direct) Levandowski has been part of key developments in self-driving tech, from the Darpa Grand Challenge to his time at Google and Otto and Uber. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-08-29 11:00:00 Levandowski\'s Fate May Turn on the Meaning of \'Trade Secret\' (lien direct) Former Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski was indicted on charges of stealing trade secrets. But what exactly are those, anyway? Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-08-27 19:38:05 Ex-Uber Engineer Levandowski Charged With Trade-Secret Theft (lien direct) Prosecutors say Anthony Levandowski took drawings and designs for self-driving technology from Google to Uber in 2016. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-08-19 13:00:00 Uber\'s $5 Billion Loss, Boeing\'s 787 Trouble, and More Car News (lien direct) Plus: A crippled plane lands in a cornfield, beam-bedeviled bus terminal reopens, and a clever license plate goes awry. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-08-16 12:00:00 Surprise! Uber and Lyft Do Not Like NYC\'s New Ride-Hail Rules (lien direct) The regulations are particularly less than ideal for the companies because New York is among their largest urban markets. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-08-13 10:00:00 How Many Uber and Lyft Drivers Are in Recalled Cars? (lien direct) The Center for Auto Safety wants ride-hail companies to crack down on drivers whose cars have been recalled. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-08-11 13:00:00 Uber\'s Big Loss, Boeing\'s 787 Trouble, and More Car News This Week (lien direct) Uber reports its biggest loss and slowest growth in its first public quarter. An auto supplier pivots hard to electrics, and EVs appear on used car lots. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-08-09 01:14:00 Uber and Lyft Suggest the Days of Cheap Rides Could Be Over (lien direct) Both continue to record big losses, but executives at the companies hinted in recent calls that they are trying to cut back on discounts, and subtly raise prices. Uber
WiredThreatLevel.webp 2019-08-03 11:00:00 This Startup Wants to Tame the Chaos of City Street Parking (lien direct) Everyone vies for curb space: taxis, Ubers, delivery trucks, buses, bicycles, and residents. In Washington, DC, CurbFlow is testing spots reserved via app. Uber
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