@Techmeme@techhub.socialAutonomous driving tech startup Nuro closed its $203M Series E at a $6B valuation, adding $97M from Uber, Nvidia, and others to April's $106M tranche (Rafe Uddin/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/264cecb7-aa7c-4cd3-9a54-601b3b7ba192
@bourgwick@heads.socialoh look, how about that, no more public buses to jones beach for concerts, canceled because too many people use uber etc. something else to place in the handy "fuck the rotting corpse of robert moses" file. #nyc #LongIsland
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialOh my. FFOTUS' "Highway to US Bankruptcy Bill" has even more hidden gifts to the uber-wealthy:
I've done several start ups and have had founders shares. I have had gains of 6000000%
This bill would have eliminated my Federal income tax (actually "Alternative Minimum Tax") on those gains.
Now-a-days, it is often the case that only a very few founders (and investors) get true shares. Many employees get "stock equivalents". I would sus…
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialMein ganz persönlicher Blick auf die Blogkultur 2025. Ich schreibe für mich – und um gelesen zu werden. Doch viele Freunde und Babyboomer antworten lieber auf Facebook als hier im Blog. Also gehe ich den Spagat ein. Trotz Zuckerberg. #Blogwochen2025
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber plans to add Blade helicopter rides as soon as 2026 via a partnership with electric air taxi maker Joby Aviation, which acquired Blade for $125M in August (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/10/uber-to-add-blade-h…
@chrislowles@mastodon.socialI have to wonder what Trumps team is working on next to try and get everyones focus away from the Epstein case, you just know it's gonna be some uber'd bullshit.
@stiefkind@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at the problems at Uber Freight, which has posted operating losses every year since it was founded in 2017, except for 2022, and just appointed a new CEO (Thomas Black/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-15/ub…
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialHow California reached a deal to let ride-hailing drivers unionize while reducing insurance requirements for Uber and Lyft, ending years of costly legal fights (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/14/california-uber-lyft-union-00562…
@PaulWermer@sfba.social @paulwermer@sfba.social
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaAw sick, something to do while waiting for your Uber Eats to arrive!
@bici@mastodon.social"I share your enthusiasm for conversation over food. I ran a fishing lodge for 8 years, people from all over the world came. I would eat dinner with a different group each night. I am unable to count the times that the sun set and midnight arrived with the food gone and only wine and conversation left. Conversation seems to be leaving society now in many circles."
conversation and dining has been superseded bu uber eats and social media,.
UGH!
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber and Shanghai-based robotaxi company Momenta plan to test Level 4 fully driverless cars in Munich from 2026, as a precursor to launching a robotaxi service (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/772639/uber-momenta-l4-driverless-t…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSensor Tower: as of July 2025, Rapido had 50M MAUs on Android in India vs. Uber's 30M; in the four-wheeler cab segment, Rapido holds ~30% share vs. Uber's ~50% (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t…
@padraig@mastodon.ie#WWE are coming back to Europe for another tour in the new year ahead of the #RoyalRumble
including:
* Monday Night RAW TV Taping on Monday 19th January from the SSE Arena in #Belfast
@chrislowles@mastodon.socialI think I'm gonna get some Subway on Uber Eats TM
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber and Baidu announce a multi-year partnership to launch robotaxis in markets outside the US and mainland China, starting in Asia and the Middle East in 2025 (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-0…
@lilmikesf@c.im#DOJ finally files #ADA accomodation case in #SanFrancisco against #Uber that most govt entities have ignored and sat on for well over a decade...
I…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeOnce again complaining about the state of transit in my area.
I need to catch an early morning flight for work.
I'm traveling, so not taking my bike (there's no easy way to fly with it). I'm definitely not going to take the car and pay for long-term parking. Uber put ~all of the local taxi companies out of business (as I discovered when I tried calling them and found one after another had their number disconnected). The bus I take to work picks up over a mile from my …
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialI am very disappointed in #MayorLurie's action re TNC's on Market. It's clear the voters got snookered/[played by the language re "commercial vehicles" - where the clear intent was to allow deliveries to the businesses on Market. Conveniently ignoring the commercial licenses of TNCs - but hey, we need to keep the segment that can afford to use the TNCs happy, don't we…
@paulwermer@sfba.socialI am very disappointed in #MayorLurie's action re TNC's on Market. It's clear the voters got snookered/[played by the language re "commercial vehicles" - where the clear intent was to allow deliveries to the businesses on Market. Conveniently ignoring the commercial licenses of TNCs - but hey, we need to keep the segment that can afford to use the TNCs happy, don't we…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCourt records: from 2017 to 2022, 400,181 US Uber trips had sexual assault and sexual misconduct reports, far exceeding its public disclosure of 12,522 reports (Emily Steel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/uber-sexual-assault.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US DOJ sues Uber, with its civil rights division alleging that Uber discriminates against people with physical disabilities in violation of federal law (Peter Blumberg/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIn 2030, OpenAI projects $200B in revenue, with R&D spending hitting ~45% of that, or ~$90B; R&D costs of Alphabet and others are currently 10%-20% of revenue (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-350-billion-computing-co…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber Eats adds AI tools to generate for menu item descriptions, enhance food images, and more; it will pay customers in some countries for uploading food photos (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/716578/uber-eats-ai-menu-photo-descript…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers strike a deal with Uber and Lyft allowing drivers to unionize while remaining classified as independent contractors (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWaymo launches robotaxis in Atlanta via Uber's app, covering a 65-square-mile area, after launching in Austin on March 4; its vehicles don't drive on highways (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/691101/waymo-uber-robotaxi-atl…
@Techmeme@techhub.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialMetaview, which builds AI tools to automate hiring, including interview note-taking and generating job descriptions, raised a $35M Series B led by GV (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/06/25/uber-palantir-alums…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialRevel plans to wind down rideshare operations in its home city of New York after four years, pivoting to an EV-charging business that counts Uber as a partner (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber drivers in British Columbia joined a union, seeking to negotiate Canada's first bargaining agreement for rideshare drivers; Uber has agreed to meet (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Apple is testing upgraded App Intents with Uber, Temu, Amazon, YouTube, WhatsApp, and other apps to transform Siri into a true voice-first interface (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWaymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Dallas in 2026 with Avis as the fleet partner, a first after exclusively working with Uber in Austin and Atlanta (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe UK Supreme Court denied Uber's appeal in a case over VAT, forcing Uber to pay a 20% VAT on fares outside London while rival private taxi operators pay none (Sam Tobin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sus
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber reports Q2 revene up 18% YoY to $12.7B, Gross Bookings up 17% YoY to $46.8B, trips up 18% YoY to 3.3B, income up 82% YoY to $1.5B, and a $20B share buyback (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/66434380-8a79-41e0-9f3e-8485d9241345
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber plans to launch a pilot ride type to match female riders and drivers in LA, San Francisco, and Detroit over the next few weeks, called "Women Drivers" (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe UK partners with Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats to curb illegal food delivery work, share more data, and combat a secondary market in rider accounts (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e9f1a313-be9d-448d-9d3a-1e763eea46ff
