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New Delhi: Uber on Wednesday announced the launch and expansion of the WhatsApp to Ride (WA2R) product feature for users in Delhi-NCR. Through this integration, riders across Delhi NCR will be able to book an Uber ride via its official WhatsApp chatbot in Hindi, the company said in a statement. Following a successful pilot in […]

San Francisco/New Delhi: More than 32,000 tech workers have been laid off in the US till July this year, including at Big Tech companies like Microsoft and Meta (formerly Facebook) and the worst has not been over yet for the tech sector that has seen massive stock sell-off. According to the data compiled by Crunchbase, […]

New Delhi: Ride-hailing major Uber is going to show drivers how much they will earn and where they are going before accepting a trip. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that with ‘Upfront Fares’, the company has completely reimagined the way drivers accept rides. “Our new trip request screen makes it easier for drivers to decide […]

San Francisco: Uber has admitted that it covered up a massive data breach in 2016 that exposed data pertaining to approximately 57 million users and 600,000 drivers’ license numbers. The ride-hailing platform has entered a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors to resolve a criminal investigation into the coverup of a significant data breach suffered by […]

New Delhi: Ride-hailing major Uber on Monday announced to bring Moove, its largest vehicle supply partner in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market, to India to help people buy new vehicles using a percentage of their weekly revenue, first in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, and become its driver-partners. Founded in 2020, mobility […]

Hyderabad: Telangana police and Uber on Monday announced a tech integration to provide real-time actionable data in case of an emergency on the Uber platform. As part of this tech-enabled collaboration, in case of an emergency, drivers will be able to share their live location which is updated every four seconds along with their name […]

San Francisco: Nearly 550 women passengers have sued ride-hailing platform Uber, alleging they were assaulted by its drivers that included kidnapping, rape and physical attacks in the US. The complaint, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, has sought damages and a jury trial. The women said in their complaint that they were kidnapped, sexually […]

San Francisco: Even though the pandemic decimated its ridership, ride-hailing platform Uber has recorded 998 sexual assault incidents, including 141 rapes, in the US in 2020. Following a CNN investigation into sexual assault and abuse on the ride-hailing platform four years ago, the platform has released a 78-page report regarding safety incidents, which covers 2019 […]

Hyderabad: Medical emergency response platform StanPlus appointed Suhas Kulkarni as the Chief Technology and Product Officer. In this role, Kulkarni will be the driving and building technology-led applications. Earlier, Kulkarni was the Engineering Lead at Uber where he was building a technology stack and solving scale problems. He has also previously worked for Oracle, SocialCode, […]

Hyderabad: Providing relief to cab drivers and riders, Uber has introduced a slew of measures like showing trip destination to drivers and raise in Uber fares among other things. Through these measures, Uber informed that it aims to provide a safe and reliable platform for drivers and riders. Uber India head of central operations Nitish […]

Hyderabad: Uber Technologies on Wednesday announced a fresh round of recruitment for its India tech centers with a plan to hire 500 more technology employees by December. The app-based mobility and delivery company has a 1,000-member technology team across its centers in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Uber hired 250 engineers to its India teams in 2021. […]

New Delhi: As thousands of commuters find themselves at the mercy of Uber and Ola drivers via ride cancellations, cancellation charges, random surge pricing and long waiting times, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) was set to grill cab aggregators over their algorithms on Tuesday. The regulator, under its Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare, was set […]

Siddipet: The Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy has observed the IT and Industries Ministry should take the initiative to provide agriculture mechanisation services to farmers on the lines of Ola and Uber cab Services. Expressing his opinions during the Cabinet sub-committee meeting on Agriculture held at Horticulture University in Mulugu of Siddipet district on Thursday, […]

Visakhapatnam: Ola and Uber drivers on Monday took out a rally in the city demanding their managements to reduce commission from the present 40 per cent to 20 per cent. The rally with about 500 cars commenced from the Port Sitarama Kalyanamandapam in Akkayyapalem and concluded at the RTA office where a memorandum was submitted […]

London: Ride-hailing platform Uber is adding trains, buses, planes and car rentals to its UK app this year. The move is part of a pilot that could be expanded to other countries at a later date if it goes well, reports CNBC. While Uber will not provide these travel services itself, it will allow users […]

Hyderabad: The recent announcement by drivers and gig workers association in Telangana about charging extra for turning on AC as there has been a hike in fuel prices and low trip rate, Uber India has decided to take matters in its own hands. In a statement released on Friday, the app-based taxi aggregator announced that […]

According to an Uber spokesperson, a replacement feature should roll out within the next few months, reports Engadget.

The engineering team continues to help grow the delivery business globally, including scaling a business line, which allows merchants to join Uber Eats while using their own delivery staff.

New Delhi: As quick commerce (Q-commerce) gains momentum, Uber’s new verticals businesses, which includes grocery, alcohol, convenience, and other non-restaurant efforts, grew nearly 10 per cent (on-quarter) in Q4 2021, reaching the best month ever in December. According to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, the ride-hailing major continues to have a strong lead in grocery and […]

Previously, Uber drivers would rely on signage to encourage passengers to secure their seatbelts. Now the company wants to cut out the middleman and just use a beeping noise to get the job done, reports The Verge.