Sentences with phrase «hailing giant»

yro.slashdot.org - In a shocking development, Uber said on Friday it has settled the high - stakes trade - secret theft lawsuit brought by Alphabet's Waymo, resolving a conflict that already cost the ride - hailing giant its top driverless car engineer and threatened to further embarrass the company.

All was not well with Uber's self - driving car project before the fatal crash this past Sunday in Arizona, which has prompted widespread criticism of the ride - hailing giant's approach to autonomous vehicle development and forced the company to pause much of its operations surrounding the technology.

Didi Chuxing, China's ride - hailing giant, is also developing its own autonomous vehicles.

A senior US lawmaker Tuesday slammed ride - hailing giant Uber for not promptly disclosing a November 2016 breach that exposed personal data...

While the San Francisco - based ride - hailing giant has been putting smaller taxi companies out of business across the globe, it often did so amidst allegations of unfair competition that have been made by both its competitors and regulators.

A year ago, ride - hailing giant Uber faced a backlash over its repeated and flagrant abuses of trust and corporate malfeasance: a perfect storm of Uber engineer Susan Fowler's viral post about sexual harassment, to CEO Travis Kalanick's tarnished reputation, to a surge pricing episode in the midst of immigration protests at airports.

Previously, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick wrote on Facebook that the ride - hailing giant was working to identify drivers who might be stuck overseas in order to compensate them while they wait for the restrictions to be lifted.

According to a previous statement issued by an Uber official, the ride - hailing giant wants to announce the new CEO internally before doing so in a public manner.

In August, the ride - hailing giant Uber gave up an expensive battle to crack the Chinese market, selling its Chinese business to an incumbent rival, Didi Chuxing.

The allegations of cloak - and - dagger tactics at Uber, the ride - hailing giant that has been accused of stealing trade secrets involving self - driving cars from Waymo, seemed straight out of a spy novel.

And while # 2.9 M is orders of magnitude larger than Uber's 2013 fee, it hardly represents a sizable burden to the ride - hailing giant's bottom line, with revenues hitting some $ 6.5 BN globally last year.

Today the ride - hailing giant has settled a Federal Trade Commission investigation into data mishandling, privacy and security complaints that date back to 2014 and 2015 — ostensibly agreeing with the FTC's complaint that it misrepresented its practices to consumers.

Latest unwelcome newsflash for the incoming CEO: The ride - hailing giant's use of a software program which tracked activity of a rival, Lyft, is being investigated by the FBI over whether it constituted an illegal interference with a competitor, the WSJ reports.

Ride - hailing giant Uber was also grilled over what one committee member dubbed its «aggressive» response to TfL's recent decision to strip its operator license in London — describing its claim that the city regulator risked putting 40,000 drivers out of work as hypocritical since Uber does not actually employ any of those drivers, while also pointing out that its business is intent on trying to automate the driving function via developing driverless car technology.

Meanwhile, even if Uber doesn't end up as the global ride - hailing giant it once aspired to be, the competition it brought has helped spur innovation.

Ride - hailing giant Uber has sold its Southeast Asia service to rival operator Grab.

After tussling with Uber in its home market of India, Ola is ready to go up against the ride - hailing giant in new territory as it expands beyond the country's borders for the first time: the company has announced it's launching operations in Australia this year.

Mark Moore, a 30 - year veteran of NASA, has left the aeronautics agency for a seemingly more terrestrial business: ride - hailing giant Uber.

There's also another link between Holder and the ride - hailing giant: Former Obama strategist David Plouffe is now a senior adviser to the company and a member of its board.

When it expands across the country, Ofo will find itself going up against the likes of ride - hailing giant Ola, as well as self - drive car rental firm Zoomcar, and Yulu, which was launched last November by InMobi co-founder Amit Gupta — all of which are experimenting with small - scale trials of bike - sharing services there.

Let's consider these are the few steps ride - hailing giant is taking to reach the goal.

The ride - hailing giant stated that it would immediately stop all testing on public roadways nationwide.

The details behind the firm's decision to end its lawyer - client relationship were revealed in a recently filed document in the ongoing legal battle between the ride - hailing giant and Alphabet self - drive venture Waymo.

Legal Week's sister title, Corporate Counsel, obtained an email sent by Yoo to her legal team confirming earlier reports that she is stepping away from the San Francisco - based ride - hailing giant.

Lyft is currently second to ride - hailing giant Uber, but it may not be that far behind in the self - driving game now that it's partnered with Alphabet's Waymo.

Drivers for ride - hailing giant Uber have won a tentative victory in a class - action case that seeks to classify them as employees, rather than independent contractors.

Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been named Uber's top executive, taking the difficult job of mending the dysfunctional ride - hailing giant and turning it from money - losing behemoth to a profitable company.

Didi Chuxing made its first push into the food delivery market nearly a month ago but is already the ride - hailing giant is facing a pushback from its delivery fleet.

A constellation of investors, led by General Atlantic and the Dragoneer Investment Group, has approached Uber as part of an attempt to win more of a stake in the ride - hailing giant, according to three people with knowledge of the conversations.

But the ride - hailing giant planned to present a different theory: Levandowski took the files in order to secure his bonus payment from Alphabet.

The money was part of the ride - hailing giant's most recent financing round and continued to value Uber at $ 62.5 billion.

The 8 - month - old start - up founded by Google Car veterans was just bought by ride - hailing giant Uber for $ 670 million.

The attack that occurred under Sullivan's watch is likely the largest data breach the embattled ride - hailing giant has experienced.

The family of 49 - year - old Elaine Herzberg, who was killed earlier this month when she was hit by one of Uber's self - driving vehicles in Tempe, Arizona, has reached a settlement with the ride - hailing giant, an attorney for the family said Thursday.

Uber is boosting its self - driving tech initiative with Levandowski now in charge of leading the ride - hailing giant's charge.

Tangible evidence that Apple is well aware of the coming multi-billion-dollar transportation revolution includes its $ 1 billion investment last May in Chinese ride - hailing giant Didi Chuxing.

That news — released by Khosrowshahi — could impact both Uber buyers and sellers as they decide how much the ride - hailing giant is truly worth.

Instead, the ride - hailing giant would be involved in car design and would coordinate the entire system, making the vehicles available for ride - hailing or short - term hire.

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Previously, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick wrote on Facebook that the ride - hailing giant was working to identify drivers who might be stuck overseas in order to compensate them while they wait for the restrictions to be lifted.

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick temporarily surrendered the reins of his $ 70 billion empire Tuesday, launching a new era for the embattled ride - hailing giant as it vows to reform everything from its alcohol and drug policy to its corporate power structure.

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has escaped a court order that could have effectively halted its self - driving car program, leaving the ride - hailing giant — for now — free to continue working on the technology expected to be vital to its future.

The secretive ride - hailing giant Uber rarely discusses internal matters in public.

Despite having no expertise in the space, two years ago the ride - hailing giant decided it would take on tech companies and automakers alike in the complex quest for autonomous vehicles, a goal that would eliminate a big cost to Uber rides — the driver.

A long - running battle in China between two powerful internet companies is over — and ride - hailing giant Uber has lost.

The ride - hailing giant's post reiterated that stance in the post, adding that Greyball has «been used for many purposes, for example: the testing of new features by employees; marketing promotions; fraud prevention; to protect our partners from physical harm.»

China's ride - hailing giant Didi Chuxing is recruiting deliverymen in Wuxi, a city in southern Jiangsu province, for its new food delivery arm «Didi Wai...

China's ride - hailing giant Didi Chuxing is recruiting deliverymen in Wuxi, a city in southern Jiangsu province, for its new food delivery arm «Didi Waimai» (滴滴外卖 in Chinese), meaning that it's probably rolling out take - out delivery service soon.

Chinese ride - hailing giant Didi Chuxing is exploring ways of collaborating with established automakers and parts suppliers to jointly develop cars purpose - built for its services, the company said on Tuesday.