Uber has agreed to pay $148 million to settle a data breach that affected some 57 million customers in 2016. The agreement was with the attorneys general of all 50 states and the District of Columbia to resolve their legal inquiries on this matter, Uber’s chief legal officer Tony West said in a statement released Wednesday. The […]
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Former Uber exec alleges ex-PR chief ‘destroyed his reputation’
A nasty legal battle is set to play out between two former Uber executives. Eric Alexander, the ride-hailing company’s former president of business in Asia-Pacific, has filed suit against former Uber PR chief Rachel Whetstone . Alexander blames Whetstone for his firing from Uber in June 2017, claiming her “grossly misleading statements” both internally at Uber and […]
View More Former Uber exec alleges ex-PR chief ‘destroyed his reputation’Uber drivers in Denmark could face fines for every ride they offered
The Danish Supreme Court has upheld large fines issued to several Uber drivers for operating without a taxi license, at a time when the ride-hailing giant was still running its non-licensed p2p driver UberPop service in the market. The decision could mean more than a thousand additional Uber drivers who sold rides in Denmark could […]
View More Uber drivers in Denmark could face fines for every ride they offeredUber is getting a new look
Uber has broken up with the bits and atoms logo it unveiled in 2016. This morning, the company updated their website and app with a brand spankin’ new logo as part of a rebrand it’s rolling out in the coming months. The move comes two days after Uber tapped former Coca-Cola executive Rebecca Messina to […]
View More Uber is getting a new lookGirls Who Code brings in $1M from Lyft rider donations
Girls Who Code, an organization focused on closing the gender gap in tech, has raised $1 million from Lyft riders since the ride-hailing company added the non-profit organization to its Round Up & Donate program last year.
The program allows participating charities, which has included Habitat for Humanity and World Wildlife Fund, to receive small donations from Lyft riders, who can opt-in by visiting the Round Up & Donate tab within settings in the Lyft app. The feature rounds up your trip payments to the nearest dollar and donates the difference.
View More Girls Who Code brings in $1M from Lyft rider donationsIn London, Uber has won the battle but risks losing the war
Bradley Tusk Contributor Bradley Tusk is the founder and CEO of Tusk Ventures. More posts by this contributor Shockingly, Congress acted responsibly in regulating autonomous cars… So what’s next? When don’t f*** with people’s cars became don’t f*** with people’s phones The sighs of relief are palpable. Uber can keep operating in London. With 3.6 […]
View More In London, Uber has won the battle but risks losing the warUber CEO encourages employees to ‘have the D’
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Ambitious Uber employees should now aim to get that D — that is, that decision making power.
In an effort to add clarity to meetings, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi instituted a new policy, Business Insider reported. To designate someone as the “decision maker” in meetings, people should say that they “have the D.”
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Bahahahaha.
Dara: make sure to let people know “you have the D” https://t.co/uMIzqZ1zZy pic.twitter.com/1R19sGNhym
— Eric Newcomer (@EricNewcomer) June 5, 2018
BI learned about the policy from a company memo, reporting that it was confusing (and likely prompting giggles) from younger Uber employees. Read more…
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View More Uber CEO encourages employees to ‘have the D’Uber has reportedly rescinded its job offer for the Amazon exec that was its potential product lead
Uber appeared set to hire Assaf Ronen, the former vice president of Amazon’s voice and natural user interface shopping, to lead its products — but it looks like that isn’t going to happen due to a discrepancy in his working history, according to Recode. Uber discovered a discrepancy related to his tenure at Amazon, where […]
View More Uber has reportedly rescinded its job offer for the Amazon exec that was its potential product leadTravis Kalanick is already back to running a company with a $150M investment
Travis Kalanick, the former Uber CEO who was shown the door in June last year amid a series of major controversies, has already found his next role leading role following his announcement of a new investment fund just weeks ago. Kalanick said on Twitter that his fund would be investing $150 million to take a […]
View More Travis Kalanick is already back to running a company with a $150M investment#deletefacebook
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View More #deletefacebookUber employees ‘really enjoyed’ London play about Travis Kalanick
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The Uber UK office treated 50 employees to a night of London theater Wednesday — but it wasn’t just any show. No, it was a satirical take on the rise and fall of a big-time CEO busy disrupting the world with his ride-hailing app and endless scandals.
Sound familiar?
The Vault Festival’s play Brilliant Jerks opened Wednesday evening. Uber snagged 50 seats to the show, which focus on the character of Tyler Janowski, an ex-CEO in the ride-hailing world. It’s not explicitly former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, but yes it is.
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View More Uber employees ‘really enjoyed’ London play about Travis KalanickMagic Leap gets $461M more, Travis goes VC, and HQ Trivia scales up
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we had a corking set of news to get through, so we rounded up the usual gang (Matthew Lynley, Katie Roof, and myself), and brought in Eric Feng from Kleiner Perkins to help us get under the skin of the latest. He was the right person to have in… Read More