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  1. getting around
    The Flatbush Chick-fil-A CrunchLong waits, wrong-way drivers, and canceled orders at the chain’s only franchise in Brooklyn.
    By Clio Chang
  2. screen time
    Why Nothing on Your Phone Is Safe From AdsTech companies are just hoping you’ll put up with it.
    By John Herrman
  3. getting around
    Uber Says It’s Trying to Fix the E-bike Battery CrisisThe company also helped create it.
    By Alissa Walker
  4. big tech
    The Silicon Valley LoopHow the dot-com crash created Palo Alto’s clueless investor class.
    By Malcolm Harris
  5. getting around
    Uber Is Ready to Accept Failure, Sort OfIn a leaked memo, the CEO admits the plan was never going to work.
    By Alissa Walker
  6. getting around
    ‘It’s Over. Immediately.’Mid-flight announcements and other glimpses at the chaos that ensued after the abrupt end of the transit mask mandate.
    By Clio Chang
  7. getting around
    Where Do Drivers Fit in the Alliance Between Uber and NYC’s Yellow Cabs?Questions remain.
    By Clio Chang
  8. tv review
    Super Pumped Is Super ExhaustingThe anthology series’s Uber-focused first season mirrors the overconfident posture of its tech-iconoclast protagonist, for better and worse.
    By Jen Chaney
  9. honk honk
    Uber Is Uber’s Rudest PassengerWas the company not an option in the survey?
    By Clio Chang
  10. trailer mix
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt Gets a One-Star Rating for Yelling in Super Pumped TrailerTravis Kalanick’s tumultuous rule is immortalized in a new Showtime anthology.
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  11. getting around
    Uber Is Yet Again Being Sued for Discriminating Against Disabled RidersSome passengers with wheelchairs are charged extra on every ride, according to a Justice Department lawsuit.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  12. crime
    Lyft Received Over 1,800 Sexual-Assault Reports in a YearAfter dragging its feet for years, the company has finally released new safety data.
    By Claire Lampen
  13. the city politic
    City Hall Starved Taxi Drivers Before They Went on Hunger StrikeHow driving a cab became a dead end.
    By Errol Louis
  14. uber
    Can Anyone Stop the Uberization of the Economy?How ride-sharing apps are trying to spread the gig-worker model far and wide.
    By Bryce Covert
  15. getting around
    City Council Candidate Jaslin Kaur Interviews Her Cabdriver FatherThe candidate and her father talk about the medallion crisis that inspired her run and her platform to improve conditions for all drivers.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  16. juneteenth
    America’s Hollow Embrace of JuneteenthHow a commemoration of Black liberation became a favorite holiday of corporations and lawmakers.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  17. uber
    Uber Drivers Aren’t Making More Money As Prices Surge Amid Shortage: ReportDespite the 50 percent surge in rideshare prices amid the reopening, drivers reportedly aren’t reaping the benefits.
    By Matt Stieb
  18. getting around
    Why Your Uber Ride Is Suddenly Costing a FortuneDriver shortage, customer surplus, and harsh financial reality.
    By Alissa Walker
  19. tv
    Kyle Chandler to Take You for a Ride in Showtime’s Super PumpedThe Godzilla vs. Kong actor will star as venture capitalist and Uber board member Bill Gurley.
    By Halle Kiefer
  20. racism
    An Asian Uber Driver Was Pepper Sprayed and Coughed On by RidersAfter the driver, who is from Nepal, asked the passengers to wear masks, they called him racial slurs and ripped off his mask.
    By Amanda Arnold
  21. getting around
    Can a Worker-Owned App Pull Drivers From Uber and Lyft?A cooperative tries to revolutionize ride sharing.
    By Sarah Jones
  22. pivot
    Where Does Lyft Go After Its Huge Win in California?After the passage of Prop 22, Lyft president John Zimmer discusses the future of ride-share with Pivot co-hosts Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  23. getting around
    Uber and Lyft Just Bought a Law in CaliforniaThe companies spent $200 million to pass Proposition 22, which establishes gig-economy drivers as a new employment class.
    By Alissa Walker
  24. wolves in wokes clothing
    Uber and Lyft’s Proposition 22 Win Is a Warning Shot to DemocratsCorporations co-opted the language of social justice to screw workers, and the party is too comfortable with it.
    By Sarah Jones
  25. law
    Are Uber and Lyft Shutting Down in California?The ride-hailing companies threatened to stop operations in protest of a recent labor law. Here’s what we know.
    By Amanda Arnold
  26. the top line
    If Uber’s Food-Delivery Business Isn’t Profitable Now, When Can It Be?Huge growth is based on charging customers less for delivery than drivers get paid to provide it.
    By Josh Barro
  27. food delivery
    Is the Uber-Postmates Deal Good for Restaurants?Operators tell Grub Street: It’s complicated.
    By Rachel Sugar
  28. interviews
    Should Restaurants Fear Uber Eats?Kara Swisher talks with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about food delivery and the future of the economy.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  29. the top line
    Why Do Food Delivery Companies Lose Money?One common theory is that they are planning to raise their prices someday. I think something else is going on.
    By Josh Barro
  30. pivot
    Can Amazon, Uber, and Lyft All Thrive After the Coronavirus?Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway argue that there may not be space for all three giants to survive in the post-coronavirus landscape.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  31. beep beep
    Uber Is Selling Tickets for the City Bus in Las VegasImagine this: meeting your ride along a predetermined route.
    By Brian Feldman
  32. protests
    Are We at Peak Boycott?Social media coupled with an increasingly polarized populace has brought us to what feels like an apex. Or is this just the beginning?
    By Collier Meyerson
  33. gig economy
    Travis Kalanick Is Fully Done With UberThe former CEO is leaving the company’s board at the end of the month, after being forced out for creating a hostile work environment.
    By Brian Feldman
  34. sexual assault
    More Than 3,000 People Reported Sexual Assault in Ubers Last YearThe ride-sharing app released its first-ever safety report, and the results are alarming.
    By Hannah Gold
  35. uber
    Uber CEO Calls Khashoggi Murder a ‘Mistake,’ Quickly Realizes His MistakeDara Khosrowshahi walked back the comments Monday, tweeting that there’s “no forgiving or forgetting what happened to Jamal Khashoggi.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. buyer’s market
    It’s Time to Relax About LAX-itThe new arrangement for Uber riders at the Los Angeles airport is a case study in why consumers just need to be flexible sometimes.
    By Josh Barro
  37. buyer’s market
    Is There a Good Solution to the Uber Crunch at Airports?Uber and Lyft traffic jams are creating misery for departing passengers at LAX and elsewhere. But there is reason for hope.
    By Josh Barro
  38. the economy
    Bill Protecting ‘Gig Workers’ Close to Enactment in CaliforniaEmployers may no longer be able to call their workers contractors, but they’re threatening a ballot initiative to restore “flexibility.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. uber
    Mike Isaac on Travis Kalanick’s Downfall and Uber’s LegacyA new book chronicles how Travis Kalanick went from CEO of the world’s hottest start-up to the exit in just a few months.
    By Brian Feldman
  40. oopser
    Ex-Uber Employee Anthony Levandowski Charged With 33 Counts of TheftSilicon Valley’s most prominent self-driving car expert allegedly downloaded more than 14,000 files from Google shortly before quitting.
    By Brian Feldman
  41. the top line
    Uber’s Irrational Pricing Is a Problem for Policy-makersHow do you incentivize a company that seems hell-bent on generating massive losses?
    By Josh Barro
  42. the top line
    The Banks That Ran Uber’s IPO Feared This Would HappenThe stock tumbled in its first few days on the market. But did the banks make it worse?
    By Josh Barro
  43. business
    Global Drivers’ Strike Shows Tide May Be Shifting for Uber and LyftWith both companies going public this spring, the demonstrations are drawing more attention, and Democratic politicians are echoing drivers’ concerns.
    By Sarah Jones
  44. business
    12 Experts on the Uber IPO and the Ridesharing Company’s FutureIs Uber a good deal for investors, or is all the hype about the impending IPO overblown? Analysts, academics, journalists, and drivers weigh in.
    By Amelia Schonbek
  45. the top line
    Uber’s Plan to Lose Money on Every Ride and Make It Up in Volume, AnnotatedThe ride-sharing company has laid out a vision for profitability. It is not compelling.
    By Josh Barro
  46. life in pixels
    New York City Could Destroy Uber (If It Wanted To)Uber’s S-1 filing reveals that the cities the company has run roughshod over have an awful lot of leverage over it.
    By Max Read
  47. oops
    #DeleteUber Cost Uber Hundreds of Thousands of UsersThe anti-Uber protest revealed a lot of negative sentiment toward the company, a liability as it plans to go public.
    By Brian Feldman
  48. trailer mix
    Kumail Nanjiani’s Stuber Trailer Has Way Higher Body Count Than Most Ride-SharesCops probably aren’t allowed to commandeer your Uber and force you to hunt a killer with them, but try telling him that.
    By Halle Kiefer
  49. crime
    A Woman Was Raped by a Man Pretending to Be Her Uber DriverDetails of the December crime have been released following the death of a University of South Carolina student.
    By Lisa Ryan
  50. government shutdown
    Uber CEO Says Furloughed Workers Are Driving to Make Money During ShutdownA study in 2018 found over half of Uber drivers make significantly less than minimum wage.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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