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California Proposition 22, which would exempt gig workers from state labor laws, has yielded a slew of lawsuits and advertisements, making it one of the costliest ballot initiatives in the state’s history.

Uber Eats started offering free delivery for Black-owned restaurants in June, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.

A California state superior court has ruled that Uber can continue pushing pro-gig worker messages to its drivers through the rideshare app.

A new lawsuit accuses Uber of induating drivers with messagaes about supporting the classifcation of drivers as independent contractors.

A California judge in August ordered the companies to reclassify their drivers as employees, a ruling the companies appealed under the threat of leaving the state altogether

The former chief executive of Uber Technologies Inc. has been quietly assembling a mini real-estate empire over the past two years, acquiring closed restaurants, auto-body shops and warehouses for use in his new ghost kitchen venture.

Uber and GE announced a new partnership Wednesday to transform the world through aerial ridesharing on the largescale, as the aviation industry is reimagined for the post-pandemic era.  

Uber Eats will be rolling out a new look for its app and web platform, according to an announcement on Wednesday.

The rideshare giant says it will still maintain majority ownership in Uber Freight and plans to use the funds to "accelerate product innovation."

Last November, London’s transit authority refused to renew Uber’s operating license over concerns about impostor drivers. 

The back-up safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber Technologies test vehicle that struck and killed a woman in 2018 in Arizona, was charged with negligent homicide Tuesday

As voting rights organizations have warned of poll worker shortages -- largely due to the coronavirus pandemic -- companies have banded together to bolster the recruiting process and make voting easier for employees across the country.

Many small businesses have opted to cut back on their use of independent workers.

General Motors and Uber have launched a partnership to "accelerate the rideshare industry’s transition to an all-electric, zero-emissions future" by offering the ride-hailing company's drivers a discount on the new 2020 Chevy Bolt EV.

Ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc  said on Tuesday that its trips rose 7.3% in August from July as operations in Canada recovered faster than in the United States.

Uber will require customers to upload a selfie wearing a mask before they are allowed to take a trip, the company announced Tuesday. 

While the COVID-19 pandemic has marked the and of weekly traditions like Taco Tuesdays, Wine Wednesdays, and Sunday brunches, new habits like ordering Friday night takeout and delivery may be bringing economically-devastated restaurants back from a point of no return.

Uber and Lyft have ramped up their lobbying power in recent years as it faces a potential death blow in California with the state’s Assembly Bill 5, which went into effect in January and requires the ridesharing giants to reclassify their independent contractors as employees.

In an unprecedented case, a former chief security officer for Uber Technologies was criminally charged on Thursday with trying to cover up a 2016 hacking that exposed personal information of about 57 million of the ride-hailing company's customers and drivers.

Competitors to Uber and Lyft are eyeing the California market as a potential suspension to both ride-hailing companies looms over a state law that would require them to reclassify their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors.