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Dara Khosrowshahi, Chief Executive Officer, Uber, speaks onstage at an event.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is Finally Addressing Driver Issues, But Is It Too Late?

After years of focusing on the customer experience Uber under CEO Dara Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is addressing the frustrations of drivers.
By Alex Kantrowitz

A Day After Laying Off 3700 Workers, Uber Leads $170 Million Investment in Scooters

Uber can't afford to pay its staff like before, but scooping up VC deals is a different matter.
By Sissi Cao

The Great Rideshare Crash: Uber, Lyft, and More Plan Layoffs as Drivers Flounder

Coronavirus-induced layoffs are hitting Silicon Valley's high-earning engineers.
By Sissi Cao

Uber, Lyft Suspend Car-Pooling Service in US, Canada Amid Covid-19

By Chris Roberts

2019’s Top 7 Tech IPO Flops—And Those Set for a Major 2020 Rebound

By Sissi Cao

Even Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Has Lost Faith in the Rideshare Giant

By Sissi Cao
Scooter startup Bird is launching Bird Platform to partner with local entrepreneurs.

Bird to Expand Scooter Stations Internationally Via Local Franchises

By Gabriela Barkho
Lyft has won over more than 10 percent of the U.S. market share from Uber since 2015.

How Lyft’s Brand Strategy Fills a Void Left by Uber

By Sissi Cao
Lyft was valued at $2 billion when Tibbens joined; It’s now valued at $11 billion.

Lyft COO Rex Tibbens Steps Down After a Two-Year Ride

By Sissi Cao
Checking out the night's photos in the back of the Uber SUV.

Federal Trade Commission Smacks Uber for Deceiving Users About Privacy

By Brady Dale
Cold as ice.

Soft Serve: Uber Promised Customers Free Ice Cream but Didn’t Deliver

By John Bonazzo
A Chariot minibus.

Chariot Will Start Ferrying Manhattan and Brooklyn Commuters to Work in August

By Brady Dale
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JANUARY 31: A Lyft driver places the Amp on his dashboard on January 31, 2017 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for Lyft)

Lyft Drivers Say ‘Hell No’ to Rideshare Company’s Taco Bell Partnership

By John Bonazzo
A pilot model of the Uber self-driving car is displayed at the Uber Advanced Technologies Center on September 13, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Uber launched a groundbreaking driverless car service, stealing ahead of Detroit auto giants and Silicon Valley rivals with technology that could revolutionize transportation. / AFP / Angelo Merendino (Photo credit should read ANGELO MERENDINO/AFP/Getty Images)

Does Travis Kalanick Think Ignoring Regulators Counts as Civil Disobedience?

By Brady Dale
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 16: Jordache Jeans Commercial Featuring Heidi Klum -- Behind The Scenes at Highline Studios on June 16, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Jordache)

Gett Bought Juno and Jordache (Yes, THAT Jordache) Had a Piece

By Brady Dale
Cyprus-based application maker Viber Media CEO Talmon Marco and Japan's online shopping giant Rakuten president Hiroshi Mikitani (not pictured) announce Rakuten's acquisition of Viber for 900 million USD at a news conference in Tokyo on February 14, 2014. Rakuten, Japan's largest online shopping mall operator, said on February 14 it would buy Cyprus-based application maker Viber Media for 900 million USD, as its expands an overseas empire that includes Canadian e-reader company Kobo. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)

Juno Drivers ‘Gett’ Only Pennies Following $200M Acquisition

By Brady Dale
Since her book Lean In was published four years ago, Sheryl Sandberg has become a champion of women's equality.

Lyft and Salesforce Team Up With Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In to Support Equal Pay Day

By John Bonazzo
Classic cars offering the priciest cab rides in Havana.

Uber But for Places Where Uber Would Never Go

By Brady Dale
This year many people used Samsung's Gear VR to watch the Rio Olympics.

5 Startup Categories That Made Great Leaps Forward in 2016

By John Bonazzo
Another Uber driver is charged with assaulting a passenger.

Daily Beast Reporter Ditches Uber Driver After Being Harassed at Rest Stop

By John Bonazzo
Co-Founder and CEO of Lyft, Logan Green

The Toxic Force That Poisoned the Uber and Lyft Battle in Austin

By Ryan Holiday
This isn't the first time Uber and its CEO Travis Kalanick have come under fire for sexism.

Uber’s Quasi Union Could Be a Faustian Bargain for Drivers

By Sarah Kaine and Emmanuel Josserand
All you need is social media.

Drunk Lyft Driver in Austin Has History of DWI Arrests

By John Bonazzo
All you need is social media.

His Lyft Driver Was Drunk, and All He Got Was Five Lousy Free Rides

By John Bonazzo
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