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Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim, I’ll eat my brake pads

Uber licence not renewed in London

Ride-hailing firm Uber is "not fit and proper" to be a private hire operator, according to Transport for London (TfL)...
Published 22 September 2017
Not fare: how Uber drivers gang up to exploit passengers

How Uber drivers gang up to exploit passengers

Uber drivers are secretly colluding to cause price surges that allow them to charge customers more, according to research seen by The Times.
Published 11 August 2017
Uber’s fake "Greyball" app foils undercover regulators looking for law-breaking

Uber’s fake app foils undercover regulators

The taxi-hailing company Uber has been caught using software to fool authorities that have been trying to curtail its service around the world...
Published 11 March 2017
Uber boss's back seat tirade is latest in string of setbacks for taxi hailing firm

Uber boss's back seat tirade is latest setback

Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, took what may have been the most expensive taxi ride of his life last month when he shouted...
Published 11 March 2017
Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim, I’ll eat my brake pads

Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim

With a name like Uber, a business could not make the scale of its ambitions clearer. Deutschland über alles, and all that...
Published 05 March 2017
Uber launches investigation after tech worker exposes ‘culture of sexism’

Tech worker exposes ‘culture of Uber sexism’

Silicon Valley executives like to think of themselves as disrupting tradition. But in certain respects, some seem to remain in the dark ages...
Published 28 February 2017
Uber drivers accused of boosting fares by selling passengers drugs

Uber drivers accused of selling drugs

Customers of Uber have reported being offered drugs by drivers as concern grows over how the service could be used to mask the distribution...
Published 26 December 2016
Budweiser says 'don't be a pillock', offers free Uber rides to Christmas Eve drinkers

Budweiser offers free Uber rides on Christmas Eve

Budweiser is offering a free ride home on Christmas Eve to customers of Uber, the app-based taxi firm, as part of its Get Home Safe campaign...
Published 23 December 2016
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Ford's Uber-rivalling Go Ride taxi service to come...

The Uber taxi service is set to face serious competition with the impending launch of Ford’s new GoRide project...
Published 22 February 2016
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UberCommute ride sharing lets strangers split taxi...

Uber has already enraged taxi drivers by helping private drivers turn themselves into part-time cabbies
Published 28 September 2015
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Driverless taxis tested in Arizona

Uber has struck a deal in America to test its driverless cars on public roads without backup drivers on board. It offers a glimpse of a future in...
Published 14 September 2015
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Driving up prices: Uber gives MPV sales a boost

Sales of the humble people carrier have received a boost from an unexpected quarter: drivers of Uber minicabs
Published 17 August 2015