Trump Executive Order Aims to Shrink Liability Shield for Social Media Giants May 28, 2020 By Ben Brody, Mario Parker and Eric Newcomer Donald Trump has been raging against Twitter Inc. since the social media platform that helped vault him to the presidency...
Rideshare Firms Eye New Safety Measures for Riders, Drivers September 10, 2018 By Eric Newcomer and Julie Verhage If you sit in an Uber car for too long, the ride-hailing company plans to check up on you to...
Uber Halts Road Tests After Autonomous Car Hits, Kills Pedestrian in Arizona March 19, 2018 By Eric Newcomer and Mark Bergen Uber Technologies Inc. halted autonomous vehicle tests after one of its cars struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona,...
Uber Paid Hackers to Hide Breach of 50 Million Customer, Driver Records November 22, 2017 By Eric Newcomer Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the...
Uber CEO Claims Venture Capital Lawsuit Against Him Should Go to Arbitration August 17, 2017 By Chris Dolmetsch, Eric Newcomer and Jef Feeley Ex-Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick said the lawsuit brought by venture-capital firm Benchmark seeking his ouster from...
Ride-Hail Firm Lyft Enters Race to Manufacture Autonomous Cars July 24, 2017 By Eric Newcomer Ride-hailing provider Lyft Inc., emboldened by public stumbles by larger rival Uber Technologies Inc., is taking the leap into developing...
Uber Builds Toronto AI Team, as It Awaits Outcome of Autonomous Car Lawsuit May 8, 2017 By Eric Newcomer Uber Technologies Inc., in the midst of legal battle with Alphabet Inc. over self-driving car technology, is building a new...
Uber Halts Autonomous Vehicle Testing After Arizona Accident March 26, 2017 By Eric Newcomer and Mark Bergen Uber Technologies Inc. is suspending its self-driving car program after one of its autonomous vehicles was involved in a high-impact...
California Attorney General Warns Uber over Self-Driving Cars December 19, 2016 By Eric Newcomer California Attorney General Kamala Harris has told Uber Technologies Inc. to pull its self-driving cars from San Francisco’s streets or...
Uber’s ‘Self-Driving’ Cars Already Roaming Streets of San Francisco December 14, 2016 By Eric Newcomer Uber Technologies Inc. continues to dive head first into autonomous vehicles. Just don’t call them that in California. Starting today,...