TechnologyUber Technologies Unveils Plans And Designs For Its Flying CarsAdedamola AgboolaMay 8, 2018May 8, 2018 by Adedamola AgboolaMay 8, 2018May 8, 2018269 Uber Technologies released its plans and designs for its "flying cars" which it intends to introduce to riders within two to five years....
TechnologyAlmost a Year After Hiring Bozoma Saint John, Uber Is Still Overwhelmingly White and MaleAdedamola AgboolaApril 25, 2018April 25, 2018 by Adedamola AgboolaApril 25, 2018April 25, 2018450 After a turbulent 2017 of hirings and firing at Uber, its own internal diversity report shows that the company still has a long way to...
TechnologyMake More Money on Your Uber or Lyft Side Hustle With MystroSequoia BlodgettMarch 22, 2018March 22, 2018 by Sequoia BlodgettMarch 22, 2018March 22, 2018433 There has been lots of controversy in the news about Uber and Lyft Drivers not being paid fair wages. And of course, many are becoming on-demand...
TechnologyArizona Woman First Victim to Be Killed By a Self-Driving UberAdedamola AgboolaMarch 20, 2018March 20, 2018 by Adedamola AgboolaMarch 20, 2018March 20, 2018209 Uber has suspended the use of self driving cars in three cities as an Arizona woman dies after being hit by one of the company's...
TechnologyBlack Girls Code Teams Up With Lyft Months After Rejecting $125,000 Offer From UberSelena HillFebruary 12, 2018February 12, 2018 by Selena HillFebruary 12, 2018February 12, 20181406 Just months after turning down Uber’s $125,000 grant offer, Black Girls Code announced a new partnership with the ride-sharing service’s biggest competitor, Lyft, to raise...
TechnologyLyft is Helping Drivers Go to CollegeSelena HillDecember 19, 2017December 19, 2017 by Selena HillDecember 19, 2017December 19, 2017681 Lyft has rolled out a new pilot program that will make it easier for drivers to further their education and, in turn, potentially deter them...
TechnologyUber Pays Hackers $100,000 Not to SnitchSamara LynnNovember 22, 2017December 3, 2017 by Samara LynnNovember 22, 2017December 3, 2017236 Uber executives then tried to cover up the fact that they paid a ransom by asserting that the hackers were hired to purposefully find security...
TechnologyUber Hires PepsiCo Exec and Former DOJ Official Tony WestSelena HillOctober 30, 2017 by Selena HillOctober 30, 2017562 Uber has hired Tony West, a former Justice Department official and business executive at PepsiCo Inc., as its chief legal officer....
TechnologyEx-Uber CEO Appoints Ursula Burns as Board Director in Move That ‘Completely Surprised’Selena HillOctober 3, 2017December 26, 2018 by Selena HillOctober 3, 2017December 26, 20181272 Former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns has been appointed as a board director at Uber in a controversial move made by the ride-sharing company’s ousted CEO...
TechnologyThe Black Attorney Working Behind the Scenes to Keep Uber AccessibleSequoia BlodgettJuly 10, 2017September 29, 2017 by Sequoia BlodgettJuly 10, 2017September 29, 2017427 "There have been some down moments for the company, but what you don't usually hear about are the good moments that keep employees motivated and...