uberisation
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Lyft Just Laid Off Nearly 700 Corporate Employees and Partly Blamed It on Paying for Drivers’ Insurance
Lyft workers, like so many others in the tech industry this year, opened their inboxes today to read some dreaded news: Nearly 700 of their coworkers would lose their jobs.
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Uber Is Back in ‘Autonomous’ Years After Fatal Crash
Uber is partnering with the Hyundai-Aptiv joint autonomous vehicle venture Motional in a huge 10-year agreement that could potentially create, according to the companies “…one of the largest deployments of autonomous vehicles on a major ride-hail network, with the potential to reach millions of Uber riders.”
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Uber Investigating Massive Security Breach by Alleged Teen Hacker
Uber is investigating a breach of the company’s most sensitive data — including financial documents, internal messages, and who knows what else — by someone who told the New York Times they’re just 18 years old. The hacker posted screenshots of their alleged exploits on Telegram on Thursday and even announced the hack in Uber’s…
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Andrew Yang Thinks More People Would Volunteer if You Give Them Crypto
Failed presidential and New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang has swaddled himself in the sometimes comforting yet constantly stifling confines of Web3 and crypto. After years of trying to get people on board with the idea of universal basic income, Yang has since pivoted to crowing about how digital currencies are the best incentive to…