14 essential travel apps you need to install in 2026

The days of bulky guidebooks are over, with your smartphone providing access to oodles of travel aids that cover everything ...

Boston allows struggling taxi drivers to begin accepting Uber, Lyft rides

Riders booking an Uber or Lyft may now be matched with a taxi in Boston, as part of a pilot program the mayor says is aimed ...

Nashville mother sues Uber over alleged sexual assault, speaks out against legislation

Now, Jeanne Fain is suing the rideshare company on behalf of her 27-year-old daughter, alleging she was sexually assaulted by ...

Boston taxi drivers can now accept Uber, Lyft ride requests under terms of new pilot program, city says

Taxi drivers in Boston now can accept trip requests through Uber and Lyft under a new one-year pilot program unveiled Tuesday ...
CalMatters

Uber passed an insurance law in California. It did not disclose key info, a lawmaker says

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5 cool things your iPhone's lock screen can do (besides showing notifications)

Your iPhone can do a lot of really cool things to make your day-to-day life easier, and you don't always need to unlock it to ...
Business Insider

Uber now keeps most of the fare from your ride in some cities, according to a new driver study

More of your Uber fare is going to the company than the driver, according to a new study. Uber's "take rate," or the percentage of each fare that the company hangs on to, has risen above 50% this year ...
Carscoops

Uber Paused Self-Driving After A Fatal Crash, Now It’s Pouring $500M Into Nuro

Uber’s relationship with self-driving cars started in tragedy. In early 2018, an autonomous Volvo XC90 robotaxi being tested by the company struck and killed a cyclist in Tempe, Arizona, and the ...
WTAE-TV

Uber driver accused of entering woman's home, sexually assaulting her in Pittsburgh

DEGREES. WE’LL HAVE YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. PICTURE PERFECT. MIKE. THANKS. RIGHT NOW, AN UBER DRIVER IS CHARGED, ACCUSED OF RAPING A COLLEGE STUDENT. POLICE SAY THE ...
The Verge

Uber is deploying its own self-driving cars again, just not as robotaxis

The company has one vehicle with all the hardware typically associated with autonomous driving. It will be gathering data for Uber’s many robotaxi partners. The company has one vehicle with all the ...
NBC Chicago

Uber driver, teen passenger killed in shooting on Chicago's West Side

An Uber driver and a teen passenger were shot and killed in an attack in Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood Thursday. On Sunday, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the driver as 38 ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Uber driver, high school basketball player killed in West Side shooting

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