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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has vetoed a bill that would’ve set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers in the state. His decision—the first veto of his gubernatorial tenure—came after Uber threatened to cease operations across most of Minnesota, if the legislation became law.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving Car“Rideshare drivers deserve safe working conditions and fair wages,” Walz wrote in a letter announcing the veto on Thursday. “However, House File 2369 is not the right bill to achieve these goals and is simply not ready to…

A rideshare app allowing drivers to carry guns launched in Atlanta, Georgia last week. The people behind the app say it’s meant to combat the rising levels of gun violence in the U.S. The app, Black Wolf, boasts that it hires drivers who are trained in private security to give passengers peace of mind on their next trip.Pentagon Employees Too Horny to Follow RulesBlack Wolf will now compete with Uber and Lyft to bring a different kind of journey to riders, and founder and CEO Kerry KingBrown told Atlanta News First,…

Uber has put Bo Young Lee, its head of diversity, equity, and inclusion, also referred to as DEI, on leave in recent days after employees expressed outrage over a series of events she moderated titled, “Don’t Call Me Karen,” according to report from the New York Times.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarThe company’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, and its chief people officer, Nikki Krishnamurthy, purportedly told several employees that Lee had been placed on leave in an email last week, the Times stated. Employees had expressed…

Uber announced on Wednesday that it is introducing an array of features including another option for riders who aren’t able to hail a car from the app. The new service will allow riders to call 1-833-USE-UBER to order a car to come pick them up, rather than rely on the app alone.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving Car“We all know that not everyone is comfortable using a phone or an app to call an Uber, like my mother-in-law,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said at the company’s annual Go-Get product showcase. “What could be easier for…

Lyft is bringing a new feature to make travel more convenient and less anxiety-inducing with the option to pre-order a ride that will be there as soon as you exit the airport. As the summer travel season gets underway, more Americans are flocking to the airports, with as many as 49% of people saying they will travel more in 2023 than they did last year, according to a Forbes survey.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarLyft’s CEO David Risher announced the company is capitalizing on the opportunity to make travel as easy as…

On Friday, Lyft CEO David Risher announced in a memo that employee layoffs are coming next week, marking his first decision since taking over the company only five days ago. A source familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that roughly 1,200 people will be laid off, accounting for 13% of the company’s workforce.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarRisher told employees that their managers won’t be able to provide them with additional information until next week, but said they will receive an email telling them…

Uber’s Record My Ride feature is expanding to even more cities across the United States. The feature gives both passengers and drivers the ability to easily record audio during a trip in an effort to boost safety for both parties involved. What is Record My Ride?Record My Ride is a safety feature from Uber that helps drivers and passengers document what’s happening during a trip if either party becomes uneasy or feels threatened. Using the Uber app, drivers and passengers can record audio to submit to the company in a…

Most airports come equipped with very clear signage at every possible turn: baggage claim one way, international gates the other way, restrooms straight ahead. However, if those indicators have ever failed you, Uber is here to help.The rideshare company seems to be tentatively expanding into a mapping and directions app. Uber will “soon” begin offering step-by-step, visual and written instructions for getting from landing gates to one of the company’s pickup areas at more than 30 airports in the U.S. and abroad, as…

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaking at the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit. Khosrowshahi previously said Uber had no plans for broad layoffs at Davos 2023.Image: Riccardo Savi (Getty Images)Uber is reportedly pursuing an unorthodox approach to performance reviews at the ride-share company. While Uber says it has no plans for broad layoffs, so to speak, it does have plans for upcoming performance reviews to include potential cuts to the company’s workforce.As detailed by Insider, the cuts are not layoffs, and Uber is echoing…

Image: Tomohiro Ohsumi (Getty Images)Uber Eats rolled out a new “View as Delivery Person” feature this week to combat uncomfortable experiences or concerns customers may have with their delivery driver. The new feature will allow customers to see what personal data and information their driver/biker/scooter-ershave access to during each stage of the delivery process.The feature will show a live feed of what the customers’ delivery person has access to at each stage from picking up the food to commuting to the customers’…