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Uber

Podcast: 2019-05-08 As Uber Prepares to Go Public, Drivers Across the Country Strike
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Taxi driver Gabriel Saad searches for passengers in Beirut.
Economics
Uber has met its match with Lebanon’s old-school carpool taxis
City traffic.
Technology
Uber is making ride-booking data publicly available. Is this a privacy Pandora’s box?
Man holding smartphone
Technology
What’s the future of your commute?
uber drivers
Business
Uber’s immigrant drivers look forward to better pay—and a bigger voice
Zipcar
Economics
How the ‘sharing economy’ could upend capitalism
French taxi drivers protest against Uber
Business
In France, a new fight against Uber
Members of the All India Mahila Congress, the women's wing of the Congress {arty, carry placards that read, "The country is covered in shame..." The women were protesting the rape of a female passenger by an Uber taxi driver in New Delhi.
Justice
An alleged rape by an Uber driver is one more sign of India’s gender violence problem