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Intel tested its self-driving car software on fatal Uber crash footage and says it would’ve had 1-second warning
Intel's Mobileye shows how its response system would have evaluated the moment right before the Uber crash, detecting different shapes and distances.Image: intel After a self-driving Uber crashed and killed a woman walking her bike across a Tempe, Arizona, road last week, the technology behind autonomous vehicles has been questioned and scrutinized. Intel, the company…
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New video shows self-driving Uber seconds before fatally crashing into pedestrian
Warning: The video below contains footage which some readers may find disturbing. Police released a video Wednesday of the self-driving Uber vehicle that struck and killed a woman Sunday night in Tempe, Arizona. The video, below, shows Uber’s self-driving vehicle’s exterior view right before the crash. A quick glimpse of the woman killed, 49-year-old Elaine…
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MIT study shows how much driving for Uber or Lyft sucks
Ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are delivering pitiful levels of take-home pay to the hundreds of thousands of US independent contractors providing their own vehicles and driving skills to deliver the core service, according to an MIT CEEPR study examining the economics of the two app platforms. The report catalyses the debate about conditions for workers…
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Drunk man accidentally takes $1,600 Uber ride
Image: Getty Images Kenneth, my greatest friend whom I have never met, drunkenly took a $1,635.93 Uber ride from West Virginia to New Jersey last weekend. After a night of partying with friends near West Virginia University, Kenneth ordered an UberXL to his home over 300 miles away — a decision that, according to a…
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The End of Waymo v. Uber Marks a New Era for Self-Driving Cars: Reality
The sun had only just come up Friday, but the young self-driving car industry had already moved into a new era. From the bench, federal Judge William Alsup, recovering from a sore throat, called it: “This case is now ancient history.” Waymo v. Uber, the first great legal fight over autonomous vehicles, ended in a…
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Cargo raises $5.5M to let Uber drivers sell snacks and essentials nationwide
Cargo, a startup that wants to let every rideshare driver open their own convenience store in their car, has just raised $5.5 million in a round it’s calling seed preferred financing. Over the summer we covered the company’s $1.75 million seed round, at which point they were just getting started. Now they have 2,500 cars…
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Uber announces safety cap on UK driver hours
Uber has confirmed it will cap the amount of hours drivers on its platform in the UK can be logged in to accept trips. After ten hours the new policy will require drivers take an uninterrupted six-hour break before they can log back into the app again. Uber says the new UK driver hours policy…
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Uber Refuses To Refund Passenger Who Got Cheated By The Driver, So He Shares His Shocking Photos Online
Taking an Uber ride in Las Vegas, things turned from bad to worse for the user, who later uploaded snippets of a conversation with the company on Imgur. Scroll down below to check out how the incident unfolded, and feel free to join the discussion in the comments! Buckle up for a memorable Uber ride in Las…
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Blow to Uber in Europe as top court rules its a transport service
Europe’s top court has provided the final verdict on a multi-years legal challenge brought by EU taxi associations to Uber’s claim that it’s just a technology platform — with the CJEU today ruling it’s a transport service. The judgement means Uber must comply with individual Member States’ transportation regulations, and cannot claim its p2p ride-hailing…
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Uber settles lawsuit with woman who accused executives of obtaining medical records after she was raped
Uber has settled its lawsuit with a woman (Jane Doe) who accused its now-former CEO Travis Kalanick, president of business in Asia Eric Alexander and SVP of business Emil Michael of improperly obtaining her medical records after she was raped by an Uber driver in Delhi, India. Michael was dropped from the lawsuit about tow…
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