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Uber
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June 7, 2017
Travis Kalanick Uses Uber’s Lactation Room to Meditate
His new zen tactics were reportedly inspired by Arianna Huffington, who is an Uber board member.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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June 7, 2017
Uber Exec Shared Medical Records of Rape Victim He Believed Was Lying
He is now no longer with the company.
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Brian Feldman
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June 7, 2017
Can Uber Fix Itself When Silicon Valley Won’t?
Uber is “20 assholes lighter.” Will that be enough to change its culture?
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Reeves Wiedeman
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June 6, 2017
Uber Fires 20 Employees Following Sexual-Harassment Investigation
The company is under intense scrutiny following allegations of rampant discrimination.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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June 6, 2017
Everyone’s Favorite Apple Exec, Bozoma Saint John, Is Headed to Uber
It’s unclear what the former Apple Music executive will be doing at Uber.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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June 5, 2017
Uber Hires Business-School Academic Frances Frei to Reshape the Company
She will be faced with the broad task of cleaning up the company and its leadership.
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Brian Feldman
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May 30, 2017
Uber Fires Engineer Who Allegedly Stole Trade Secrets From Google
Google’s self-driving-car company, Waymo, is currently suing Uber over Levandowski’s actions.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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May 29, 2017
Is Uber Evil, or Just Doomed?
Sexual harassment, corporate-espionage charges, taking advantage of drivers: The company that practically courts bad PR is in an existential crisis.
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Reeves Wiedeman
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May 27, 2017
Parents of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Injured In Boating Accident
A tragic accident.
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Brian Feldman
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May 22, 2017
UberPool Riders in New York Will Now Get Picked Up in This One Specific Spot
The new changes are supposed to cut down turns by 20 percent and speed up rides.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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May 19, 2017
Uber Threatens to Fire Engineer Embroiled in Google Lawsuit
Anthony Levandowski allegedly stole trade secrets from Google and gave them to Uber.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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May 15, 2017
Uber’s Two Biggest Enemies Just Joined Forces
Lyft and Waymo are getting into business together.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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May 12, 2017
Google’s Waymo Versus Uber Suit May Become a Criminal Case
Things are heating up in Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber.
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Jake Swearingen
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May 11, 2017
Wild Ride
Recounts How Uber Exploded (in More Ways Than One)
A new book chronicles Travis Kalanick’s rise.
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Brian Feldman
May 4, 2017
Justice Department Launches Criminal Investigation Into Uber
The probe focuses on whether Uber was using an internal tool to evade authorities in cities where it was not authorized to operate.
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Margaret Hartmann
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Apr. 27, 2017
Uber’s Head of Self-Driving Cars Steps Aside As Lawsuit Heats Up
Anthony Levandowski allegedly stole documents and data from Google, which he would later bring to Uber.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 27, 2017
How Much Did #DeleteUber Actually Help Lyft?
Monthly rides are up over 130 percent for the Uber rival.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 26, 2017
Covering Your Ass Legally and Covering Your Ass Ethically Are Not the Same Thing
“It’s in the terms of service” is a flimsy excuse.
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Brian Feldman
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Apr. 25, 2017
Former Lyft Drivers Sue Uber for Secretly Tracking Them
The program was allegedly used for years to help lure drivers away from Lyft.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 24, 2017
Email-Unsubscribing-Service CEO Sad People Found Out It Was Selling Their Data
Unroll.me’s CEO says all the data it sold was anonymized.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 24, 2017
Uber Wasn’t ‘Tracking’ Users, But It Was Breaking Apple’s Rules. Here’s How.
Uber may not have been “tracking” you, but it was definitely doing something shady with your phone.
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Brian Feldman
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Apr. 24, 2017
Uber Secretly Tagged iPhones Before Apple Made Them Stop
The tactic was known as “fingerprinting.”
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 21, 2017
Uber Bad Boys Graffiti a Wall to Convince You Uber Is Actually Good
The spray paint reads “#Undelete,” a play on the #DeleteUber campaign that swept social media earlier this year.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 21, 2017
Uber Needs More Time to Finish Sexism Investigation
An internal memo shows the company’s attorneys asking for more time to interview top employees.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 17, 2017
Uber May Be Forced to Allow Tipping in Its App in NYC
You may be able to give a five-star review, and tip a dollar or two, at the end of an Uber ride in the near future.
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Jake Swearingen
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Apr. 13, 2017
Uber’s ‘Hell’ Program Secretly Tracked Lyft Drivers
Another dastardly Uber initiative.
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Brian Feldman
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Apr. 12, 2017
Another Top Uber Employee Is Headed Out the Door
Uber’s head of communications, Rachel Whetstone, has resigned.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 7, 2017
Uber Bans Rider for Threatening to Accuse Her Driver of Rape
The driver filmed the passenger yelling and kicking his back seat via a dashboard camera.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 28, 2017
Lyft Fancies Itself the Woke Bae of Ride-Hailing Apps
“We’re not the nice guys,” Lyft president John Zimmer told
Time.
“We’re a better boyfriend.”
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 27, 2017
Uber Tried to Recruit a Female Engineer by Assuring Her Sexism Is Everywhere
When Kamilah Taylor said she wasn’t interested in working for Uber, a recruiter told her “sexism is systemic in tech.”
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 20, 2017
Uber President Resigns After Only 6 Months
Jeff Jones’s departure is said to be linked directly to Uber’s recent string of scandals.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 17, 2017
Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Still Have Some Work to Do
The cars still require frequent driver intervention.
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Brian Feldman
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Mar. 15, 2017
Rogue Uber Drives Straight Into a Gas Pump and Bursts Into Flames
Fortunately, the passenger was sent to the hospital with only minor injuries.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 14, 2017
Bad PR Will Hurt Uber. Google’s Lawsuit Could Kill It.
Google is suing Uber for allegedly stealing self-driving-car tech. If it wins, it could be the end of the road for Uber.
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Jake Swearingen
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Mar. 14, 2017
Austin’s Done Just Fine Without Uber — Even If South by Southwest Hasn’t
Techies complaining about Austin’s lack of Uber are confirming precisely what Austinites have come to resent about SXSW.
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Eric Benson
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Mar. 13, 2017
SXSW Folks Sure Were Freaking Out That Uber and Lyft Left Austin
A bunch of tech bros were left very mad online, waiting for a ride.
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Jake Swearingen
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Mar. 9, 2017
Uber Will No Longer Use Greyball Software to Secretly Track Officials
The secret software was implemented back in 2014 and helped the company thwart law enforcement.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 8, 2017
How Uber Got Here
The ride-hailing company’s stream of bad press this winter didn’t come out of nowhere.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 7, 2017
Who Will Be Uber’s New COO?
The announcement follows a leaked video of Kalanick arguing with a driver, and two executives resigning.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 3, 2017
Top-Secret Uber Program Was Used to Thwart Law Enforcement
According to a new report from the New York
Times
, the company used secret software to make sure local officials couldn’t get Uber rides.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 2, 2017
So What Are That Uber Driver and Travis Kalanick Arguing About Exactly?
Uber fares have changed significantly over the years, and drivers are feeling the effects.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Feb. 28, 2017
Video Surfaces of Uber CEO Arguing Heatedly With Driver: ‘Bulls**t!’
The video of Travis Kalanick is the latest in a series of bad news for the ride-hailing company.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Feb. 27, 2017
Uber Exec Forced to Resign Over Sexual Harassment Allegations at Google
Uber senior vice-president Amit Singhal didn’t disclose sexual-harassment allegations that were levied against at his previous job.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Feb. 24, 2017
Why Google’s Lawsuit Could Leave Uber in the Breakdown Lane
Uber’s very bad February just got a whole lot worse.
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Jake Swearingen
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Feb. 21, 2017
Discrimination at Uber Is a Reminder of How Hard Women Must Fight to Be Believed
Ex-employee Susan Fowler documented everything during her time at the company, but management still found ways to deny her claims.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Feb. 21, 2017
Eric Holder, Uber Employees to Conduct ‘Independent Review’ of Sexism Claims
The company is moving fast following harassment allegations from a former employee.
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Margaret Hartmann
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Feb. 20, 2017
Former Uber Engineer Describes ‘Horrifying’ Culture of Sexual Harassment
CEO Travis Kalanick promised to “conduct an urgent investigation” and fire anyone who “behaves this way or thinks this is okay.”
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Margaret Hartmann
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Feb. 8, 2017
Is Pittsburgh Turning on Uber?
The city is getting tired of waiting.
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Brian Feldman
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Feb. 3, 2017
The Lessons of #DeleteUber
What worked against Uber won’t work against other tech companies.
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Brian Feldman
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Feb. 2, 2017
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Resigns From Trump Advisory Board
The #deleteUber campaign seems to have worked.
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Brian Feldman
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