Uber’s “phantom rides” have struck again.
Multiple Uber riders in Singapore are reporting being charged for rides halfway across the world that they never took, with charges of up to $2,949 (S$4,000).
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Uber riders are again getting charged thousands of dollars for trips they didn’t take
Uber’s “phantom rides” have struck again.
Multiple Uber riders in Singapore are reporting being charged for rides halfway across the world that they never took, with charges of up to $2,949 (S$4,000).
SEE ALSO: Flying taxis could be here by 2020 than…
No, this viral tweet doesn’t show a migrant setting fire to a London bus
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Fake news stories often target migrants or refugees in an attempt to carry out a far-right political agenda.
Take for example this tweet purportedly showing an immigrant in London setting fire to a bus and then walking away:
The footage is quite appalling so it’s no surprise it went viral among hardline rightwing supporters on Twitter, who exchanged tweets on how Britain needs to get rid of migrants or Muslims:
Image: screengrab/twitter
There is a problem with the video in the tweet though: it’s fake news.
The video conflates two separate incidents, one from Erdington, Birmingham and the other one from Lewisham, London. Read more…
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View More No, this viral tweet doesn’t show a migrant setting fire to a London busThis writer’s emotional post about depression is actually incredibly uplifting
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Anyone with any experience of mental illness will know that it’s not always easy to articulate the way you feel.
It can be difficult to communicate with others, and even more difficult — when you’re in the midst of a depressive episode — to imagine coming out the other side.
But writer Craig Stone has done both of those things.
On Sunday morning, he shared an image of his son taken on the banks of London’s River Thames, alongside an uplifting message about depression.
See that bench. 8yrs ago I sat on it thinking about throwing myself off Blackfriars Bridge. Today, I took this pic of my son. Tomorrow might be the same. But it might also be brighter. It might even bring unimaginable brilliance. Hang in there. Love is always coming#depression pic.twitter.com/91mYk9hvEo
— Craig Stone (@craigstone_) November 19, 2017 Read more…
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View More This writer’s emotional post about depression is actually incredibly upliftingThese buses in London will be powered by coffee
Even these buses need their fill of caffeine.
Waste coffee grounds will be powering some of London’s buses from Monday on, according to tech firm bio-bean, and petrol giant Shell.
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The biofuel con…
Why Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina keeps smiling as she resists
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The Russian protest artists that will inspire you to #resist
A provocative new exhibition in London is here to show the world that Russian protest art goes beyond the well-known colourful feminism of Pussy Riot.
Pussy Riot’s explosive “Punk Prayer” performance in an Orthodox church catapulted them into t…
Man discovers genius new way of opening a beer on the train
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We’ve all been there: you have a nice bottle of beer that you’d like to drink, but absolutely no bottle opener.
What to do in this situation? Ask a stranger for help? Try and bash the cap off on a hard edge? Use your — *shudder* — teeth?
Well, if you happen to be on a train — specifically a Southern Rail train — you might not need to do any of those things…
Just discovered an @SouthernRailUK life hack! pic.twitter.com/UYkX4YEA0R
— Patrick Dalton (@shitlondon) November 13, 2017
Pretty good, right?
Patrick Dalton is officially the Ray Mears/Fonz of London transport. Read more…
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View More Man discovers genius new way of opening a beer on the trainForget elevators, you can cycle up skyscrapers with this new design
Royal College of Art graduate, Elena Larriba, designed “Vycle”, a bicycle-inspired vertical transportation system that aims to disrupt the ‘elevator or stairs’ dilemma by adding a third choice to it. Elevators require a lot of energy to transfer peop…
View More Forget elevators, you can cycle up skyscrapers with this new designYou can now buy Snap’s unsold Spectacles at a hipster pop-up store in London
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They were supposed to change the snapping game forever, and maybe they did, but Snap’s Spectacles caused a staggering $40 million loss on unsold devices to the company.
To try to get rid of some of those Spectacles — which, according to reports, are sitting in a warehouse in China by the hundreds of thousands — Snap has announced it will sell them in a pop-up shop in east London.
Boxpark Shoreditch, a hipster hotspot in the UK, will host a dedicated store for the Snap spectacles starting Saturday, 11 November, “just in time for Christmas and the winter sport season,” a press release said. Read more…
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View More You can now buy Snap’s unsold Spectacles at a hipster pop-up store in LondonA giant sculpture translates vibrations of 40,000 live bees into an explosion of light and sound
In the heart of London’s Kew Gardens, sitting on a pedestal within the trees, is Wolfgang Buttress’s unique sculpture, ‘The Hive.’
Connected wirelessly to an actual beehive nearby, the sculptures prerecorded sounds and hundreds of lights respon…
One of the world’s most polluted streets could eliminate vehicles in 2018
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Come 2018 Oxford Street might be unrecognisable to today’s Londoners.
Today Transport for London proposed plans to eliminate vehicles on Oxford Street, one of the busiest and most polluted boulevards in London, by next year. The proposals are open for public comment until 17 December, and they hope to take a decision in spring 2018.
At the moment buses and taxis use Oxford Street, but under the proposal, “Access by taxis, private hire vehicles and freight and servicing vehicles would all be restricted.” Read more…
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View More One of the world’s most polluted streets could eliminate vehicles in 2018