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Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other companies scored a victory with a California court ruling that preserves their independent contractor model in the state and could boost their efforts to maintain that model elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal reported. A state appeals court reversed a lower-court ruling that found a California ballot measure known as Proposition 22 illegal. Proposition
Uber discovered its computer network had been breached on Thursday, leading the company to take several of its internal communications and engineering systems offline as it investigated the extent of the hack, The New York Times reported. The breach appeared to have compromised many of Uber’s internal systems, and a person claiming responsibility for the hack sent images of email,
Uber is ending its free loyalty program, Uber Rewards, so it can turn its attention to its subscription-based Uber One membership, The Verge reported. According to The Verge, Uber sent an email to customers explaining that users can still earn points until the end of August, and that the last day to redeem points is October 31st. The Verge posted
Uber Technologies Inc. sold its self-driving-car unit to a Silicon Valley competitor, Aurora Innovation Inc., The Wall Street Journal reported. This appears to be an attempt by Uber to deliver on a promise to his shareholders to become profitable. The two companies on Monday said that as part of the deal for the self-driving-car unit, known as Advanced Technologies Group,
The ongoing battle between ride-sharing companies Lyft and Uber,and the state of California, continues with an appeals judge extending a temporary stay, CNBC reported. This gives Uber and Lyft more time in which to comply with an order requiring the companies to reclassify their drivers as employees. The situation began with a California law called AB5, when went into affect
California's Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) will reclassify many contract workers in California into full employees with benefits. It doesn't cover all types of contract workers, and is anticipated to affect companies like Uber and Lyft the most. The New York Times reported that AB5 passed the California State Senate in a 29 to 11 vote. California's Governor, Gavin Newsom, endorsed
Ride-sharing service Uber agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against them by the National Federation of the Blind. The suit contended that Uber was engaging in discriminatory practices by refusing to pick up blind passengers with service dogs. The settlement is still being reviewed by a judge and pending approval. The terms of the settlement force Uber to notify all of