Joby Aviation tests its electric air taxi in Manhattan.
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These electric aircraft take off and land vertically so they don’t need runways. And they promise a quieter, more accessible and less polluting form of short-distance air travel than helicopters.
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The high-profile Indian startup is under pressure from rivals at home and is also preparing to list on the stock exchange.
A driver checking the Uber App.
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Drivers claim that algorithms are skewed against them on ride-hailing platforms.
The Uber model hinders any possibility of drivers acting collectively and generates significant cognitive dissonance among them.
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When it comes to dealing with Uber’s difficult working conditions, Uber drivers are on their own.
Why have Uber drivers been regarded more favourably than taxi drivers?
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Taxi drivers and Uber drivers perform the same work, but Uber’s categorization as a tech company has contributed to the historical stigma against taxi drivers.
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A rebellion against the technology which triggered the industrial revolution changed the way we understand technology.
Is Uber’s time up in London?
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Why Uber needs to address the values that are embedded in its technological success.
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How the ride-sharing company responds to a licence refusal in the UK capital will show if its culture has genuinely changed.
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Economic inequality and distrust in government is causing outbreaks of violence on South Africa’s streets.
An unfriendly workplace, lawsuits and resignations – what will it take for Australians to give up Uber?
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Australians have a history of putting pragmatism over principle.
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The CEO gets out as investor power triumphs.
Uber has caused waves across the globe and is facing some challenges.
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Global ride sharing app Uber, is experiencing different development trajectories in its two major African markets, Kenya and South Africa.
End of an era?
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New study: it’s a case of use them, or lose them.
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Cab drivers have long discriminated against African-Americans and other minority groups. New research suggests ride-hailing apps haven’t solved the problem.
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The ride-sharing app means different things in different countries. In Karachi and Lahore, it has highlighted economic inequalities.
Meter taxi companies want to level the playing fields between themselves and Uber.
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E-hailing services have vowed to revolutionise the transportation industry. But they’ve also left city officials scratching their heads about regulations and traditional metered taxi drivers fuming.
Taxi drivers protest against Uber in Melbourne.
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The way governments have handled the compensation process for taxi drivers, as ride-sharing app Uber is legalised, is uneven.
Blue skies ahead for Uber’s new enterprise?
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Uber’s introduction of driverless cars is a big change for the company but the changes it has brought to the world of work are here to stay.
Uber may open cities from taxi oligopolies, but ultimately it closes them off to the possibility of more meaningful alternatives.
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Uber actively encloses what could be a more open city in which riders and drivers work to benefit city residents.
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How a cabinet-maker and temperance preacher managed what the ride-sharing company is struggling to pull off.