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Uber

🌎 uber.com

Uber is a global platform providing ride-hailing, courier services, food delivery, and freight transport. They focus on empowering people to go anywhere, get anything, and earn their way with a relentless pursuit of reimagining movement.

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Updates as of Sep 20, 2024

• Uber unveiled new features to make driving and delivering safer, fairer, and easier.
• Uber is offering Batmobile rides in Sydney CBD on September 20-21.
• Raiden Peri threatened to sue Uber for allowing false reporting on ratings, claiming it affects his income.
• On September 19, Kuljeet Singh accused Uber of misleading drivers about extra per km earnings and reducing the rate card in Canada.
• Uber has partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ to bring the Batmobile to the streets of Sydney and Adelaide.

• Uber will start accepting cryptocurrency, thanks to ZackPay.
• On September 19, Uber and Bolt increased their commission rates to 20% and 25% respectively.
• A Twitter user accused Uber of not paying under Prop 22 and hinted at a potential class action lawsuit (September 19).
• Drew Szczecina suggested that Uber might face a lawsuit for ride fare discrimination.
• Uber and Darden Restaurants have entered an exclusive multi-year delivery partnership starting with Olive Garden in late 2024.
• Massachusetts Ballot Question 3 in the 2024 Election will decide if Uber drivers can unionize for collective bargaining.
• Starting September 24, 2024, Uber will introduce new dedicated pickup areas and PIN technology at Sydney Airport's T1 international terminal to reduce waiting times.
• A viral video showing a Washington, D.C. business owner allegedly berating an Uber Eats driver for speaking Spanish has sparked a police investigation into a potential hate crime and simple assault.
• Uber introduced new Driver app features to improve safety, fairness, and ease for drivers and couriers.
• The largest insurer of taxis and Ubers in New York City, American Transit Insurance Company, is insolvent, potentially forcing thousands of cars out of service and increasing costs for drivers and passengers.
• Uber drivers will take NHS patients to hospitals to reduce missed appointments.
• Uber celebrates its 10th birthday with a world-first alpine experience.
• Omar Ansari has joined Uber as Head of People Operations (US & Canada) from Crunchyroll, where he was Director of People Services (Sony Pictures).
• Ascenda is expanding its rewards network to let users redeem points in partnership with Uber, allowing credits to be used for Uber Rides and Uber Eats.
• Uber will showcase its platform's capabilities for grocery retail growth at Groceryshop on October 7-9 in Las Vegas.
• Uber was named #1 for Happiest Employees by Comparably.
• Uber partners with Waymo to deploy hundreds of autonomous taxis in Austin and Atlanta starting early 2025.
• Uber launched its Uber One Shop program at the University of Alabama as part of a 14-college campus tour starting September 19, 2024.
• Uber removed Canna Coffee from its platform after a viral video showed the owner berating a Latino Uber Eats driver for speaking Spanish.
• Uber launched new rider verification and 'Record My Ride' features to enhance user safety.
• Uber's Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Oona King will speak at the LWT Summit on September 19th.

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