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# uber

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2022
# Taxi
Uber and Lyft could help with Ireland's taxi shortage, says Tánaiste
Varadkar said other countries have other options than a taxi.
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Jun 16th 2022, 1:35 PM
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# gig economy
Uber grants UK drivers employee status in world first
It is a massive change in the business model of the ride-hailing app.
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Mar 16th 2021, 10:39 PM
# proposition 22
'A proxy for the future of work': California votes to exempt Uber from new state labour law
Uber and Lyft donated tens of millions of dollars to the campaign.
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Nov 4th 2020, 1:55 PM
# ride sharing
Uber and Lyft have 100,000 drivers in California, and a court says they must be treated as employees
The decision is part of a long-running battle about the classification of driver by the companies.
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Aug 11th 2020, 12:05 PM
# Startups and tech
Tech has been the driving force behind the taxi industry’s evolution and it's not slowing down
Drivers and traditional companies have been thinking on their feet to keep up with new apps.
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Jan 15th 2020, 11:24 AM
# Startups and tech
Uber rival Bolt set to join the race to get to the top of Dublin's taxi app market
The $1bn company has emerged as a key player in Europe’s competitive transport app game.
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Jan 10th 2020, 11:53 AM
# United States
Uber says it received nearly 6,000 reports of sexual assaults in two years
The report also revealed 19 fatal assaults related to the company over the last two years.
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Dec 6th 2019, 8:25 AM
# Safety Concerns
Uber stripped of its licence to operate in London over safety concerns
The company said Transport for London’s decision was “extraordinary and wrong”.
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Nov 25th 2019, 10:54 AM
# Automation
'If a self-driving car mistakes a child for a dog and doesn't swerve, who's liable there?'
The CEO of the Road Safety Authority Moyagh Murdock said legislators have to be careful when drafting laws dealing with automation.
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Nov 13th 2019, 1:39 PM
# uber unhappy
'Accounting error' caused Irish Uber customers to be charged for journeys they didn't take
Some users were charged up to €70 after they failed to flag a taxi using the app.
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Nov 12th 2019, 2:15 PM
# Startups and tech
Uber's Jump still has Dublin in its sights for its electric bike sharing service
The company was unsuccessful in talks with officials last year but has plans for an Irish launch eventually.
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Jun 27th 2019, 10:21 AM
# Jason dalton
Uber driver gets life sentence after killing six people in US shooting spree
Jason Dalton admitted shooting eight people in three locations in between picking up passengers for Uber.
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Feb 6th 2019, 10:11 PM
# tourism and transport
Uber's plan to deploy stationless e-bikes in Dublin has been rebuffed by officials
The city council said it would ‘not be appropriate’ to grant such a licence right now.
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Jan 24th 2019, 3:25 PM
# uber eats
As Uber Eats arrives in Ireland, Deliveroo threatens defecting restaurants with higher rates
Competition in on-demand delivery has intensified with the new player in town.
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Dec 2nd 2018, 12:15 PM
# Legal Battle
Judge restores Uber's London licence for 15 months after it was revoked last September
The capital’s transport authority stripped the American firm of its licence last September amid safety concerns.
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Jun 26th 2018, 9:37 PM
# graft
The Uber-driving Mormon missionary who is set for a Wallabies debut
Queensland Reds back row Caleb Timu is expected to feature against Ireland on Saturday.
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Jun 6th 2018, 6:45 AM
# Investigation
Dashcam footage released of Uber self-driving car fatally hitting pedestrian
Police have said the SUV is unlikely to be found at fault because it may not have had time to stop.
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Mar 22nd 2018, 7:19 AM
# autonomous
Uber self-driving car kills Arizona pedestrian
Uber said it is to suspend its self-driving car programme.
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Mar 19th 2018, 7:26 PM
# uber angry
Taxi drivers block London Bridge for hours in protest over Uber
Uber has around 40,000 drivers in London and 50,000 in Britain as a whole.
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Jan 18th 2018, 10:38 PM
# bump in the road
EU court says Uber is taxi service and can be regulated
The firm claimed it was just a service provider and not a taxi company.
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Dec 20th 2017, 9:45 AM
# Rebecca Dykes
Driver arrested over murder of British embassy worker in Lebanon
Local media have reported that the man has confessed to killing Rebecca Dykes.
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Dec 18th 2017, 7:42 PM
# major breach
Uber covered up massive hack that stole personal information of more than 57 million drivers and customers
So far, there’s no evidence that the data taken has been misused, according to a blog post by Uber’s recently hired CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi.
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Nov 22nd 2017, 8:01 AM
# Clampdown
Uber has lost its licence to operate in London after black cab protests
Uber said it will fight the decision in the courts.
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Sep 22nd 2017, 1:17 PM
# uber disappointed
Uber's ride-sharing plans for Ireland may have suffered their final setback
The transport watchdog has poured cold water on the tech company’s plans for a pilot in Limerick.
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Jul 28th 2017, 2:04 PM
# SELF-DRIVING CARS
Emails between Google and Uber show how the tech giants became enemies
Uber was suspicious that Google was going to launch a competing lift-sharing service.
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Jul 9th 2017, 8:30 AM
# gone
Embattled Uber founder Travis Kalanick steps down as CEO
Kalanick had already been on a leave of absence aimed at restoring confidence in the scandal-plagued company.
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Jun 21st 2017, 8:55 AM
# u-turn
With its ridesharing plans parked, Uber struggles to justify more Irish investment
But the company’s local head is still confident its flagship service will launch here.
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May 18th 2017, 4:32 PM
# greyball
Uber's latest woe - using secret software to steer drivers away from trouble
The software was unveiled in a New York Times report and Uber said it was only used in areas where it was not banned.
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Mar 5th 2017, 9:15 AM
# Allegations
Uber executive leaves after claims he failed to disclose sex harassment allegation
The exec has denied he is guilty of any such behaviour.
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Feb 28th 2017, 9:53 AM
# ride sharing
Cheating Frenchman sues Uber for unmasking his mistress
The couple has since divorced.
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Feb 11th 2017, 2:40 PM
# Be prepared
This hero of a taxi driver made up an excellent care package for passengers in need
Plasters, chewing gum, hair clips… You name it, they’ve got it.
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Jan 8th 2017, 2:51 PM
# uber unhappy
Uber has put the brakes on its self-driving cars in California
Self-driving Uber cars were being tested in defiance of a state order to halt the programme.
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Dec 22nd 2016, 12:55 PM
# ECJ
Ireland to oppose Uber application to circumvent taxi regulations across EU
The company’s flagship service is banned here – and the government wants to keep it that way.
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Nov 19th 2016, 10:00 AM
# sunday drive
This chancer of a taxi driver took a woman who fell asleep on a 56km detour
Ah HERE.
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Aug 29th 2016, 7:45 PM
# SELF-DRIVING CARS
Volvo and Uber join forces to get to the future faster
Volvo Cars and Uber project will see the companies develop autonomous driving cars.
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Aug 22nd 2016, 2:26 PM
# darrell hill
This woman went above and beyond so a man could see his son compete in the Olympics
A lovely act of kindness.
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Aug 6th 2016, 5:07 PM
# ride sharing
Uber hits back at sex assaults claims, says users often misspell 'rate' as 'rape'
It follows allegations made by news site Buzzfeed.
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Mar 7th 2016, 10:39 PM
# Training
Uber is giving Pakistan drivers classes to deter sexual harassment
Uber was officially banned from Delhi after one of its drivers raped a young woman passenger.
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Mar 4th 2016, 10:43 PM
# Jason Brian Dalton
Michigan shooting spree suspect confirmed as Uber driver
Investigators believe that Dalton was still looking for fares after the shooting rampage.
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Feb 22nd 2016, 7:24 AM
# on the road to nowhere
In photos: Taxi drivers brought central London to a standstill in protest over Uber
Black-cab drivers say they are concerned with what they describe as ‘unfair competition’.
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Feb 10th 2016, 10:00 PM
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