Hacker News with Generative AI: Uber

Uber adds new $10 shuttle rides between JFK Airport and Manhattan (engadget.com)
Uber has new shuttle routes for NYC travelers. Less than six months after launching bus rides between LaGuardia Airport and Manhattan, the company is adding four routes between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Manhattan.

Transportation, New York, Uber, Airports

4 points by chirau 6 days ago | 5 comments

H3: For indexing geographies into a hexagonal grid, by Uber (h3geo.org)
H3 is a discrete global grid system for indexing geographies into a hexagonal grid, developed at Uber.

Geospatial Data, Hexagonal Grid, Uber, Mapping, Software

130 points by wiradikusuma 26 days ago | 45 comments

Uber's CEO says no one wants to compete with Tesla or Elon Musk (fortune.com)

Uber, Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Business, Competition

9 points by smgit 46 days ago | 6 comments

MySQL at Uber (uber.com)

MySQL, Databases, Case Studies, Uber, Technology

105 points by Brysonbw 49 days ago | 74 comments

Waymo – Driverless in Atlanta (theverge.com)
Waymo just flipped the switch from supervised to unsupervised in Atlanta, where it aims to eventually launch a commercial robotaxi service later this year through an exclusive partnership with Uber.

Autonomous Vehicles, Atlanta, Uber, Transportation, Technology

5 points by sandesh247 63 days ago | 0 comments

MySQL at Uber (uber.com)

MySQL, Databases, Uber, Software, Technology

99 points by 0xFA11 63 days ago | 63 comments

Judge denies Uber's motion to block Seattle law regulating driver deactivation (geekwire.com)
A federal judge denied Uber’s effort to stop the enforcement of a new Seattle law that establishes labor standards for the driver deactivation process.

Legal Issues, Transportation, Seattle, Uber, Labor

8 points by rntn 91 days ago | 0 comments

Uber will need to fingerprint drivers in California to transport teens (techcrunch.com)
Uber has 30 days to require certain drivers to get fingerprinted if the ride-hail giant intends to continue transporting unaccompanied teens in California.

Uber, California Law, Transportation, Teens

23 points by PaulHoule 108 days ago | 26 comments

Uber will need to fingerprint drivers in California to transport teens (techcrunch.com)
Uber has 30 days to require certain drivers to get fingerprinted if the ride-hail giant intends to continue transporting unaccompanied teens in California.

Uber, California Law, Ride-hailing, Teen Safety, Transportation

6 points by cannibalXxx 119 days ago | 0 comments

Uber introduces Shuttle buses in India (restofworld.org)
Manvi Singh, a marketing executive in her early 20s, commutes over 20 kilometers to her office on the outskirts of Delhi every day. Until six months ago, this commute would take an hour and 15 minutes and include four switchovers: an auto rickshaw to the metro station, a train for half the distance, and a transfer to another line before catching another auto for the final stretch.

Transportation, India, Commuting, Uber

14 points by Brajeshwar 120 days ago | 0 comments

Uber's Gig Workers Now Include Coders for Hire on AI Projects (bloomberg.com)
Uber Technologies Inc.’s gig-economy workforce now includes programmers. The company is expanding beyond its rideshare roots to enter a hot new market: helping other businesses outsource some of their artificial intelligence development to independent contractors.

Uber, Gig Economy, Artificial Intelligence, Outsourcing, Software Development

6 points by rbanffy 125 days ago | 1 comments

Unified Checkout: Streamlining Uber's Payment Ecosystem (uber.com)

Unified Checkout, Payments, Fintech, Uber, Business

26 points by timbilt 140 days ago | 1 comments

Upgrading Uber's MySQL Fleet (uber.com)

Databases, MySQL, Scaling, Uber, Technology

236 points by benocodes 172 days ago | 198 comments

Arbitration – Disney Abandoned a Brazen Legal Tactic. Uber Is Doubling Down (slate.com)
When John and Georgia McGinty hailed an Uber in March 2022, they never expected their driver to run a red light, crash into another car, and send them to the hospital with critical injuries.

Legal Disputes, Transportation, Uber, Arbitration

18 points by pseudolus 177 days ago | 3 comments

Their Uber Driver Crashed. A Pizza Order Unraveled Their Injury Lawsuit (nytimes.com)
A New Jersey couple was heading home from dinner in an Uber in March 2022 when their driver T-boned another car, leaving them with serious injuries, including spine and rib fractures.

Lawsuits, Accidents, Uber, New Jersey

9 points by ctoth 178 days ago | 1 comments

Their Uber Driver Crashed. A Pizza Order Unraveled Their Injury Lawsuit (nytimes.com)
A New Jersey couple was heading home from dinner in an Uber in March 2022 when their driver T-boned another car, leaving them with serious injuries, including spine and rib fractures.

Lawsuits, Accidents, Uber, New Jersey

18 points by davezatch 182 days ago | 11 comments

Couple in a severe Uber crash can't sue because of an Uber Eats order (cnn.com)

Lawsuits, Uber, Accidents, Food Delivery

6 points by peutetre 182 days ago | 2 comments

Couple in an Uber crash can't sue because of an Uber Eats order (ctvnews.ca)
A married New Jersey couple that was in a severe accident during an Uber ride can’t sue the company because they and their daughter agreed to arbitration when they accepted the terms of service for a separate Uber Eats order, a court has ruled.

Legal Cases, Uber, Contracts, Transportation, Technology

17 points by Bluestein 183 days ago | 5 comments

US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash: daughter agreed Uber Eats terms (theguardian.com)
A New Jersey couple seriously injured when their Uber driver ran a red light and collided with another car has lost a bid to take legal action against the company in court.

Lawsuits, Uber, Transportation, Accidents

37 points by ggm 184 days ago | 13 comments

US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber terms (theguardian.com)
A New Jersey couple seriously injured when their Uber driver ran a red light and collided with another car has lost a bid to take legal action against the company in court.

Legal Cases, Uber, Transportation, New Jersey

8 points by Gabriel54 185 days ago | 2 comments

Uber terms mean couple can't sue after 'life-changing' crash (bbc.com)
A couple who were left with life-changing injuries after their Uber crashed have been told they cannot sue the company because of the terms they accepted when using the app.

Lawsuits, Transportation, Uber, Accidents

64 points by luu 185 days ago | 58 comments

Uber beats crash victims' attempt to try case in court instead of arbitration (arstechnica.com)
A married couple can't sue Uber over severe injuries they suffered in a 2022 car accident because of a mandatory arbitration provision in the ride-sharing company's terms of use, according to a ruling issued by the New Jersey Superior Court appellate division.

Lawsuits, Arbitration, Uber, Transportation, Consumer Rights

5 points by greyface- 185 days ago | 0 comments

Uber terms mean couple can't sue after 'life-changing' crash (bbc.com)
A couple who were left with life-changing injuries after their Uber crashed have been told they cannot sue the company because of the terms they accepted when using the app.

Legal Issues, Transportation, Uber, Accidents

13 points by WillDaSilva 186 days ago | 1 comments

Couple left with life-changing crash injuries can't sue Uber (independent.co.uk)
A couple left with life-changing injuries have been told they cannot sue the company Uber after being involved in a crash, as they had accepted the terms and conditions pop-up when using the app.

Legal Issues, Uber, Accidents, Transportation

11 points by jayantbhawal 186 days ago | 1 comments

Uber charges more if you have credits in your account (viewfromthewing.com)
I noticed something strange earlier this month when I pulled up the Uber app and requested a ride.

Uber, Pricing, Transportation, Consumer Issues

454 points by cwwc 193 days ago | 250 comments

Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging their own rates (restofworld.org)
A rate card published by a Nairobi drivers’ union has become ubiquitous in Ubers in Kenya.The new rates are at least 50% higher than Uber’s official fare.Uber says charging customers extra is against company policy, and is reviewing the complaints it has received.

Ride-sharing, Kenya, Uber, Labor Issues, Technology

111 points by Geekette 204 days ago | 104 comments

Uber fined €290M ($324M) in Netherlands for sending drivers' data to the US (reuters.com)

Data Privacy, Fines, Europe, Uber, Netherlands

86 points by nabla9 221 days ago | 2 comments

Uber loses New Zealand appeal, court rules drivers are employees not contractors (nzherald.co.nz)

Uber, Lawsuits, Employment, New Zealand

117 points by ajdlinux 221 days ago | 72 comments

Uber and BYD announce 100k EV partnership (teslarati.com)

Electric Vehicles, Partnerships, Transportation, China, Uber

9 points by toomuchtodo 246 days ago | 3 comments

Consumer court imposes penalty on Uber after driver refuses to complete trip (barandbench.com)

Consumer Rights, Transportation, Lawsuits, Uber

4 points by thisislife2 267 days ago | 1 comments