At some point in our cab booking requests, you would have definitely got annoyed by repeated cancellations. However, Uber has to pay up for cancelling rides this time.

Uber to pay $1.1 million for denying 14 rides to blind passenger

More than 70,000 Uber drivers in the United Kingdom will now get the minimum wage in a major win for unions. The service, whereby driver pick and drop passengers has agreed to grant rights to its workers after losing a case in the Supreme Court last months.

Over 70,000 Uber drivers in UK now entitled to minimum wage, other workers' rights

More than 70,000 Uber drivers will be paid the minimum wage while picking up and driving passengers as part of the ride-hailing company's agreement to grant workers' rights after it lost a groundbreaking Supreme Court case last month.

World Business Watch: Uber UK drivers to get workers' rights

Who is an employee? It may seem a simple question but it's not. In 2016, two Uber drivers in the United Kingdom took the app-based cab service to court. These two drivers told the court that they worked for Uber but it said, the drivers did not work for the company and that they were self-employed.

Courts set precedent to ensure exploitation of employees ends 

Who is an employee? Uber says its drivers aren't employees, they are self-employed. Drivers disagree. Does this categorisation matter? WION's Palki Sharma tells you why it does.

Gravitas: Who is an employee?

United Kingdom's top court rules in favour of the group of Uber drivers saying that they are entitled to worker rights such as minimum wages and regular breaks.

Uber drivers in UK entitled to worker rights

Britain's top court on Friday ruled that ride-hailing giant Uber's drivers are entitled to workers' rights, in a judgment with huge implications for the "gig economy".

Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed: UK Supreme Court

Iconic yellow taxis were omnipresent on the streets of New York day and night, as emblematic of the Big Apple as the Empire State Building or Yankees caps. But the pandemic has made yellow taxis scarce and facing an uncertain future. New York taxi drivers, most of whom are first-generation immigrants, were once able to make $7,000 a month or more if they worked long hours seven days a week. So could the yellow taxis, which replaced checkered-striped cabs in the 1960s, actually disappear?

Pandemic threatens New York's iconic yellow taxis

Uber will sell off its air transport unit to flying taxi maker Joby Aviation, the company said, as it streamlines operations to navigate a ride-share market scuttled by the pandemic.

Uber to sell air taxi unit to Joby Aviation

Ride-hailing major Uber is reportedly in talks with startup Aurora Innovation to sell its autonomous vehicle unit. Aurora Innovation was founded by three veterans from Google, Tesla and Uber.

Uber in talks to sell its self-driving car division

Transport for London (TfL), the transportation regulator authority of London city has stripped Indian ride-hailing company Ola of its operating license, saying that the taxi app was not "fit and proper" to hold one, having put passenger safety at risk.

Transport for London bans India's Ola cabs over safety concerns

Uber has won a legal bid to restore its London operating licence which was taken away over safety concerns. A UK judge ruled on Monday that the company was a fit and proper operator despite "historical failings".

Uber wins right to continue operating in London following lengthy battle

The popular cab service Uber has decided to take employment safety a notch higher. Since the pandemic began, uber has been making sure that all drivers wear face mask, avoid any close contact and follow all other safety and health precautions to keep the passengers safe and comfortable.

'It's a two-way street': Uber asks passengers to send masked selfie before booking rides

In an unprecedented case, a former chief security officer for Uber Technologies was criminally charged on Thursday with trying to cover up a 2016 hacking that exposed personal information of about 57 million of the ride-hailing company's customers and drivers.

US charges former Uber security chief with covering up massive 2016 hacking

Uber Technologies said it would continue operating its revenue-generating food delivery business Uber Eats even if its ride-hail business should be forced shut in California at the end of this week following a court order.

California: Uber to continue food delivery services despite rides business forced shut

Uber that is already hailing under the pressure of coronavirus pandemic would be forced to shut down its operations in California.

COVID-19 hits ride-hailing services: Uber, LYFT California services may shut

Cab companies in the US state of California will now be required to convert their drivers from “independent contractors” to employees after a judge ruled in favour of drivers.

California judge rules Uber drivers are employees, not contractors

The customers of Uber Technologies Inc more than doubled their orders from the company's food-delivery service in the second quarter but demand for ride-hailing trips only marginally recovered from when it hit the rock-bottom.

Uber rides take a hit during coronavirus pandemic but food-delivery business doubles

Uber will keep its Asian headquarters in Singapore for now in view of regulatory uncertainty for thwarting a mooted shift to Hong Kong. The company announced massive layoffs in May due to the coronavirus, and said it was ready to move its regional base to the semi-autonomous Chinese city if there was progress on regulation there.

Uber keeps Asia HQ in Singapore, ditching Hong Kong move

A group of Uber drivers in UK has filed a legal suit demanding company to reveal how it uses its algorithm to manage their work. The UK-based App Drivers and Couriers Union filed the case on Monday in the district court in Amsterdam, where the international headquarters of the cab-booking app is located.

Drivers approach court demanding Uber to disclose algorithm

Over a thousand food deliverymen on motorcycles gathered in São Paulo on Wednesday (July 01) to protest their work conditions, set by Uber and other apps, with their services in high demand due to coronavirus lockdowns.

'At the mercy of their own luck' - Brazilian app delivery drivers protest working conditions

Careem, a unit of Uber Technologies, expects ride-hailing demand to recover to pre-pandemic levels “sometime” in 2021, encouraged by a better-than-expected pickup as countries started to ease coronavirus-related curbs.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Ride hailing firm Careem sees recovery

The US has been facing backlash from its citizens for the past week for discriminating against the minority groups. The protests started when an African American man, George Floyd, a suspect in a case was tortured to death by a police officer, even though he was unarmed.

Black lives matter: Uber Eats to feature Black-owned restaurants in US and Canada

Amazon.com's CEO Jeff Bezos has invested in a British startup company called Beacon, which is a digital freight forwarder on Sunday. According to Beacon, it raised over $15 million in a Series A fundraising from many investors including Bezos' Amazon and even venture capital firm 8VC.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos invests in UK-based company Beacon

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