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The city of San Francisco is demanding statistics and details from ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft to “assess their impact on traffic congestion, safety, pollution and parking; and ascertain whether they are accessible for disabled and low-income riders.”

LINCOLNWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl walked out of a suburban Chicago Walmart holding a machete and knife she’d stolen, climbed into an Uber car and began hacking at the driver, prosecutors said at a hearing on Wednesday. The driver died of his wounds Tuesday after giving police a description of the attacker that led to her arrest.

Uber has declared a $708 million loss following their $991 million loss three months ago, while its head of finance Gautam Gupta leaves the company.

Uber has fired senior engineer Anthony Levandowski, after he refused to return allegedly stolen documents to his previous employer Waymo, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet.

Uber said it “mistakenly underpaid” its New York City drivers by millions of dollars since 2014 for two and a half years, according to a report.

Uber have threatened to fire one of their engineers unless he gives back documents from his previous employer Waymo.

Uber is currently under criminal investigation over the company’s “Greyball” software, which allegedly allowed them to hide cars from regulators and law enforcement.

Panthers tackle Michael Oher, best known for inspiring the hit movie “The Blind Side” which told his life story, has been cited for misdemeanor assault of his Uber driver.

The Uber ride-sharing company has suspended a driver in Australia who claimed ties to the Islamic State, and told a passenger he was planning to detonate bombs at a shopping mall and Parliament House.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Uber says the ride-hailing company has suspended a driver in Australia while police investigate allegations he told a passenger he led an organization related to the Islamic State movement and planned to blow up Parliament House.

HackerOne, a San-Francisco vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform, revealed that as many as 800 companies have paid out over $15 million in bonuses to “white hat” hackers to test their system security.

The New York Times reports that Uber was nearly kicked off the Apple App Store after the ride-hailing company was caught breaking privacy rules.

NEW YORK (AP) — A new report says Uber used a secret program dubbed “Hell’ to track Lyft drivers to see if they were driving for both ride-hailing services and otherwise stifle competition.

In a stunning blow to free enterprise, an Italian court has banned Uber from using its apps or advertising its services throughout Italy, following violent protests from the powerful taxi union.

Uber has suspended its multi-state testing program for autonomous vehicles after one of its self-driving Volvos flipped up on its side after an accident.

Uber Technologies Inc suspended its pilot program for driverless cars on Saturday after a vehicle equipped with the nascent technology crashed on an Arizona roadway, the ride-hailing company and local police said.

Trouble continues at Travis Kalanick’s Uber. Jeff Jones, who joined the ride-sharing company as its president just seven months ago, took the company’s swirling turmoil over allegations of sexual harassment, illegal activities and theft into overdrive by quitting and stating publicly that his “beliefs and approach to leadership” are inconsistent with Uber’s management.

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Spotify, and Uber are missing from a group of 58 tech companies now signed onto an amicus brief protesting President Donald Trump’s travel delay executive order on immigration.

Former President Barack Obama tried to pay a quiet visit to Silicon Valley in the late afternoon on Sunday as a private citizen to meet with tech leaders, apparently to consider his future options.

Uber has lost a battle in the British High Court which has ruled that all private hire taxi companies must have their drivers pass an English language test to be allowed to operate in London.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick claims it is time for him to “grow up,” following an incident which saw him arguing with an Uber driver who had complained about pay.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A self-driving car company founded by Google is colliding with ride-haling service Uber in a court battle revolving around allegations of betrayal, high-tech espionage and greed.

Google plans to take on Uber by rolling out Waze’s carpooling service to major cities in the United States and Latin America.

LONDON (AP) — Uber’s chief executive ordered an urgent investigation Monday into a sexual harassment claim made by a female engineer who alleged her prospects at the company evaporated after she complained about advances from her boss.

David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, was fined $90,000 by the Chicago Board of Ethics in a 5-0 vote for improperly lobbying Mayor Rahm Emanuel on behalf of Uber Technologies.

An Uber user is suing the ride-sharing service after his wife accused him of cheating upon seeing suspicious activity and driver routes on his account.

President Trump has gathered many CEOs and business leaders together since becoming president, but some of these company leaders are facing a backlash from their employees who don’t support the president.

Uber has hired NASA engineer Mark Moore as Director of Engineering for their flying car project “Uber Elevate,” which seeks to expand the cab service into airborne travel.

Uber is getting love and praise from Islamic groups after announcing it will leave a White House economic advisory group to protest President Donald Trump’s popular new immigration reform.

#DeleteUber started to trend on Twitter Sunday, following a call to boycott the ride-sharing service by pro-refugee celebrities and left-wing protesters.

As the debate continues about changing Florida’s law to allow concealed carry permit holders to carry in unsecured portions of airports — the way they do in 44 other states — state Rep. Evan Jenne (D-Ft. Lauderdale) says armed citizens would create more chaos rather than safety.

An Uber driver was taken hostage and kidnapped by an alleged bomb-carrying bank robber, and livestreamed the ordeal on Facebook in an attempt to alert police.

Police credit Uber driver Keith Avila for helping rescue a teenage girl out of sex trafficking Monday night, says a Fox 59 report. Avila had a feeling something was wrong after giving a ride to a young girl and two older women to a Holiday

A Texas Uber driver who struck up a conversation about football got the shock of his life after criticizing Texas Longhorns coach Mack Brown, and then turned around to see the coach sitting right there in his back seat.

Google recently resigned from Uber’s board as the former partners prepare for battle over self-driving cars. Away from California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ effort to mediate the battle between Uber and the state Department of Motor Vehicles over the unpermitted deployment of self-driving cars — which were pulled off the street Wednesday — the corporate fight is intensifying.

Uber has acknowledged its self-driving cars are a danger to bicycles — even as the company battles San Francisco and the California Department of Motor Vehicles over operating the vehicles in the city without a permit.