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Uber’s AI plays text-based games like a human
Uber's AI research division has developed a system that can play text-based games with human-like self-sufficiency, besting prior work.Read More
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Nissan completes U.K.’s ‘most complex’ autonomous car trip, proving the value...
A Nissan Leaf completed one of the U.K.'s longest and most challenging autonomous car journeys, highlighting the value of a localized approach.Read More
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Uber gets California DMV license to test self-driving cars on public roads
Uber announced that it's received a license from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test self-driving cars in the state.Read More
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Uber taps ClimaCell to improve ETA estimates with hyper-local weather data
Uber is partnering with weather technology company ClimaCell to enable better travel time predictions for drivers and riders.Read More
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Uber grows customers and revenues, but net loss widens
Uber accelerated its target to achieve a measure of profitability, but the company still expects to lose a total of more than $1 billion this year.Read More
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PredictHQ raises $22 million to help Uber and others predict demand with big...
PredictHQ, which aggregates data from myriad real-world events to help companies such as Uber forecast demand, has raised $22 million.Read More
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Uber goes old-school with telephone bookings in the U.S.
Uber is best known as a smartphone-native platform for hailing private cars, but it's going old-school by embracing telephone bookings in the U.S.Read More
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How Yandex.Taxi is using automation to detect drowsy and dangerous drivers
Russian ride-hailing giant Yandex.Taxi is increasingly using automated technology to identify drowsy and dangerous drivers.Read More
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Is Uber killing the U.S. middle class?
Uber's streamlined management style will put management consultants out of work: It involves a C-suite, teams of worker bees, and very little in between.Read More
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Subscription secrets from Uber, Lyft, BarkBox, and more (VB Live)
Learn how to reduce churn, maximize revenue growth and brand value, leverage subscription data, and more when you register for this VB Live event.Read More
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Uber launches in-app message translations in over 100 languages
Uber is introducing in-app language translations for drivers and riders, as well as a new app redesign that makes a ride's arrival status clearer.Read More
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Gridwise aggregates ride-sharing data to give cities mobility insights
Gridwise has been using big data to help ride-sharing drivers maximize earnings, and the Pittsburgh-based startup is now looking to sell data to cities.Read More
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Uber details VerCD, the AI tech powering its self-driving cars
Uber peeled back the curtains on VerCD, the tool it uses internally to develop the AI models underpinning its self-driving cars.Read More
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Uber resumes autonomous car testing in San Francisco
Uber announced that it has resumed tests of its autonomous vehicles on public roads in California. Each car will have a safety driver and a copilot.Read More
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Lime pulls escooters and Uber suspends pooled rides to help contain coronavirus
Lime is pausing its service in key markets around the world, and Uber is halting its carpool service in North America as cities battle the coronavirus.Read More
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Uber open-sources Piranha, a tool that automatically deletes stale code
Uber's Piranha tool, which is now available in open source, automatically deletes stale code, eliminating the need for engineers to do it manually.Read More
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Coronavirus fears halt autonomous vehicle testing for Uber, Cruise, Aurora,...
Following Waymo's decision to suspend self-driving operations in California and Phoenix, other autonomous car companies have followed suit.Read More
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Uber Eats now lets you donate $2 to support your local restaurants
Uber Eats is asking customers to donate a set fee to support their favorite local restaurants, with Uber matching donations up to $3 million.Read More
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Online meal delivery market suffers due to coronavirus crisis
The lockdown of millions of people due to the coronavirus should have spelled success for the online meal delivery market, but it hasn't.Read More
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Uber Eats for businesses launches globally amid remote working surge
Uber is officially launching Uber Eats food delivery for businesses globally today, 17 months after debuting a pilot program in the U.S.Read More
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