Rideshare drivers are striking and protesting in major cities across the United States, with many participating in a 24-hour strike of the Uber and Lyft apps that began at midnight on 8 May.

New York: Uber, Lyft drivers hold protest

Uber and Lyft drivers in New York and Chicago participated in a series of multi-city strikes on Wednesday to protest the disparity between gig-economy conditions and the sums that investors are likely to make in Friday's blockbuster stock market debut of Uber. Watch this video to know more.

WION Wallet: Uber, Lyft drivers hold protest

Uber Technologies Inc's drivers in New York will go on strike next week shortly before the ride-hailing company goes public to protest what they view as unfair employment conditions, a taxi union said on Friday.

Ride-hailing drivers in New York to strike ahead of Uber IPO

Global ride-sharing firm Uber on Friday faced another legal bump on the road to its blockbuster initial public offering, with taxi drivers launching a class action lawsuit in Australia.

Uber hit with Australia class action ahead of stock listing

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc will unveil terms for its initial public offering on Friday, telling investors it will seek to be valued at between $80 billion and $90 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

Uber to kick off investor road show with IPO terms on Friday

Uber's autonomous vehicle unit has raised $1 billion from a consortium of investors including SoftBank Group Corp, giving the company a much-needed funding boost for its pricey self-driving ambitions on the eve of its public stock offering.

Uber lands $1 billion from SoftBank, Toyota for self-driving unit

Uber's self-driving unit valued at $7.25 billion in new investment

After running a pilot program to understand the preference of women drivers in Saudi Arabia, Uber has officially introduced a feature to let the drivers decide the riders. Uber announced the introduction of its 'Passenger Preference' feature in Saudi Arabia for the female drivers.

Uber allows Saudi women drivers to choose female passengers

Uber Technologies Inc’s initial public offering filing on Thursday contains data that will be key to selling itself to investors. The share sale follows a public offering by rival ride-sharing service Lyft Inc last month, whose shares have dropped to about $61 from an IPO price of $72.

How Uber and Lyft compare on key financial metrics

Uber Technologies Inc has 91 million users, but growth is slowing and it may never make a profit, the ride-hailing company said on Thursday in its initial public offering filing.

Uber unveils IPO as growth slows amid profit warning

Shares in Lyft surged Friday in its stock market debut, after raising $2.3 billion in an IPO that marks a turning point for the ride-hailing business and the so-called "sharing economy.

Ride-hailing company Lyft rises in Wall Street premier

Uber could offer over $3 billion to Careem: Report

Just minutes after militants attacked a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi last month, the first ambulances roared up to collect wounded survivors. Speedy medical help is taken for granted in the West, but many developing nations do not have centralised emergency command.

Kenya's ambulance 'Uber' at heart of siege rescue

International ride-hailing service Uber said it was suspending its taxi service in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona after local authorities passed a regulation which would limit how they operate in the city.

Uber suspends taxi service in Barcelona after new regulation

Uber will now remove riders who despite repeated warnings misbehave or damage the driver or co-passengers property, as per the updated community guidelines of the ride-hailing giant.

'Courtesy matters', Uber to remove riders who misbehave or damage properties despite warnings

A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death on Monday in protest at an Uber-like ride-sharing service being introduced by the country's largest mobile chat app, reports said.

South Korea cab driver burns himself to death in protest against ride-sharing service

Uber Technologies Inc's is plotting the return of its self-driving cars, but the company known for its hard-charging style is taking a much more conservative approach as it tries to recover from a fatal accident that upended its autonomous vehicle program.

Uber plans smaller, more cautious self-driving car launch

Uber plans for every car on its taxi app in London to be fully electric in 2025 and will add a clean air fee to each trip from early next year, its boss told reporters in the British capital city on Tuesday.

Uber aims to go all-electric in London by 2025

Hundreds of drivers for ride-hailing giant Uber and its local rival Ola went on strike in Delhi and Mumbai, on Monday, demanding higher fares to meet rising fuel costs that are eating away at their incomes.

Uber, Ola drivers strike in Mumbai and Delhi, demand higher fares

Uber is now going to use artificial intelligence to detect whether a passenger is too drunk to ride a cab or not

Opinion: Uber's latest AI bid could lead to some serious consequences

The company has been curious about its drunk users, applying for a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a system that would use machine learning to determine how intoxicated a passenger will be

Uber may use artificial intelligence to detect if a customer is drunk

Erdogan's statement came following pressure from Istanbul's taxi drivers who said Uber was providing an illegal service and called for it to be banned

Uber's 'business is finished' in Turkey, says Erdogan

UberAIR, as the service will be known, aims to launch demonstrator flights starting in 2020 and begin paid, intra-city operations in 2023, the company said

Watch: Uber launches contest to select third city for flying taxi launch

This is Uber's second agreement with the space agency. As part of the pact, the ride-hailing company will share data related to its efforts to build flying taxis in 2020 for the development of NASA's urban air mobility program

Uber to provide data support for NASA's urban air mobility programme

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