Uber reportedly may sell its self-driving car division to rival Aurora
Uber is in talks to sell its autonomous vehicle unit to startup competitor Aurora Innovation, TechCrunch reported. If it comes to pass, the sale of Uber Advanced Technologies Group (UberATG), would mark the end of a bumpy road for a division of Uber that was valued at $7.25 billion as recently as last July, but […]
Lyft Mulls a Move Into Food Delivery
On an earnings call this week, John Zimmer, the co-founder of SF-based ride hail company Lyft, said that the company is looking into launching a food delivery service, Restaurant Dive reports. On the call, Zimmer said that the company has been talking to restaurants about their complaints with delivery apps, including high commission rates that the struggling […]
California voters decide Uber and Lyft drivers are ‘contractors’ as gig workers continue search for a livable wage
Uber, TaskRabbit and other ride-hailing and delivery service companies in California can keep classifying their workers as independent contractors rather than employees after California voters approved a measure known as Proposition 22, according to the state’s still-unofficial tally. The fundamental question of whether Uber drivers and similar workers should be considered employees or contractors has been debated and litigated […]
Uber Eats to deliver groceries, medication, flowers in new update
Uber Eats users will be able to order groceries and shop from multiple restaurants in the same order in a new update. The food delivery service grew in popularity during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Uber Eats is rolling its update out around the world over the next six weeks, which will enable shoppers to deliver groceries, […]
TomTom deepens ties to with Uber to develop superior mapping experiences
TomTom (OTCPK:TMOAF) has teamed-up with Uber and will continue integrating TomTom’s maps, traffic data, and Maps APIs across Uber’s global platform. Additionally, Uber to serve as a trusted map editing partner to TomTom, leading to even more accurate navigation and location experiences, routing, fares, and arrival time estimates. TomTom regularly processes close to two billion map changes […]
Uber’s Self-Driving Car Killed Someone. Why Isn’t Uber Being Charged?
Autonomous vehicle design involves an almost incomprehensible combination of engineering tasks including sensor fusion, path planning, and predictive modeling of human behavior. But despite the best efforts to consider all possible real world outcomes, things can go awry. More than two and a half years ago, in Tempe, Arizona, an Uber “self-driving” car crashed into […]
Uber Is Here To Remind You That Autonomous Vehicles Aren’t Even Close
Uber, like its competitors Waymo, Zoox, Cruise and others, has been trying and failing to get autonomous cars up and running for years now. The business opportunity — no more of that having-to-employ-drivers nonsense — is obvious, but it’s funny how everyone in the self-driving business seems to have stopped talking about self-driving. They […]
Coronavirus symptoms: how to tell if you have a common cold, flu or Covid
With winter approaching, the UK is entering the traditional seasons for colds and flu, with the additional complication this year that symptoms of those two illnesses can be broadly similar to those experienced by people who have caught the coronavirus and may be at risk of spreading it. The NHS in England has produced online Covid-19 advice and a […]