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Uber replacing surge pricing with upfront fares in new app version

The lightning-bolt icon and pop-up box notifying riders that fares have been multiplied will no longer be displayed.

Twilio share price shoots up 90% on market debut

IPO pegs Silicon Valley firm's value at $2.4bn, twice its private valuation.

Uber launches food delivery app UberEATS in London

London is the first UK city and second in Europe to get the app.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick reveals he has a 1999 BMW M3 convertible but no valid driver's licence

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says he owns 'a very weird car'.

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Microsoft wants to turn autonomous cars into mobile offices - but will not build its own

Instead of building its own autonomous vehicle, Microsoft will provide software and services to car makers.

BMW shifts i division from electric and hybrid cars to autonomous taxis

Major strategic shift sees BMW i division switch from electric and hybrid to autonomous cars.

Uber raises $3.5bn from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund

In Saudi Arabia, Uber competes with Careem, a Dubai-based startup backed by Saudi Telecom Company.

Internet companies sign EU hate speech code

Twitter awarded bug bounty hunters more than $300,000 in two years

The average payout through the programme is $835.

How a Twitter bot can earn you £1,500 of free Uber rides a year

British marketing manager Mark Rofe used a Twitter bot to earn £1,500 of free Uber rides.

World's first high-speed amphibious taxi service could revolutionise London's public transport

Uber-on-the-Thames? Amphibious vehicles for potential road and water taxi service demonstrated in London.

Volkswagen invests $300m in Uber rival Gett, which offers more than 11,000 taxis, in London alone

Volkswagen invests $300m in Uber rival Gett that offers over 11,000 taxis in London

The move follows Toyota investing in Uber and General Motors investing in Lyft.

Uber makes inroads for self-driving taxis as autonomous car spotted in Pittsburgh

Uber testing self-driving car shows company could be heading down the driverless taxi route.

Uber in Africa: How Kenya's 'boda-boda' bikers are taking on the world's biggest taxi firm

A new generation of apps promises to alleviate Africa's transportation woes

'Decentralised Uber' Arcade City wins Europe's biggest blockchain competition

GTEC handed out €50,000 in prizes to winners Arcade City, CargoChain, Clipperz and Helperbitz.

Uber and new apartment complex give residents £70 per month if they sell their car

Residents of Parkmerced in San Francisco receive $100 towards their transport costs, providing they go car-less.

Apple pours $1bn into Uber's Chinese rival Didi Chuxing

Tim Cook says investment will help Apple learn more about Chinese market.

Karhoo taxi app launches in London, joins the ranks of the e-hailing revolution taking on Uber

New taxi-hailing start-up hits UK claiming to offer more cars and clearer pricing than any rival apps.

Uber chief touts expansion of UberX service into Berlin following legal woes

Christian Freese, Uber's Germany chief has touted the firm's UberX expansion into the German capital.

General Motors and Lyft to trial self-driving taxi service within a year

General Motors and Lyft, a rival of Uber, to test driverless taxis on public roads in 2017

GoGoGrandparent offers Uber for the elderly with its smartphone-free concierge service

Phone service start-up lets elderly order meals, Uber taxis and pet food without needing confusing smartphones.

Man's homemade smart-mirror allows users to order Uber and control heating

San Francisco's Ryan Newlan looks like he could be on the verge of a commercial smash.

John McAfee: The war on the gig economy has turned AirBnb and Uber into a legislative bloodbath

New government imposed laws are discriminating against those who want to earn money from their property.

What is LeEco? Electric cars and smartphones make this Chinese firm an Apple from the future

With its revolutionary smartphone and electric car, Chinese company LeEco is like an Apple from the future.

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin asks if Google, Apple and Facebook are threatened by blockchains

The Gafa companies (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) have been conspicuously silent on blockchain.

Obama appoints execs from Microsoft, Uber and MasterCard to cybersecurity panel

Microsoft, Uber execs and MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga named to US cybersecurity panel

New panel also includes former NSA director and Stanford researcher Herbert Lin.

Uber provided data on 12 million users to US agencies including law enforcement

Uber complains about having to provide information that is more than regulators need to do their jobs.

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