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Uber and Ola are reported to have lost as much as 80% of rides but the company has not offered any financial assistance to tide over the crisis. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Alexander Torrenegra)

Uber, Lyft suspend shared rides in US, Canada, but not yet in India

Pooled rides show up on the Uber and Ola apps in India even now

18 March 2020 5:56 PM IST

A Google Waymo self-driving car on the road in Mountain View, California, USA. Google, Uber, Tesla and major car makers such as BMW, Toyota, Volswagen as well as several Chinese companies have been investing in technology that eliminates the need for humans to navigate vehicles. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Grendelkhan)

Amazon trucks could soon be self-driven: Ecommerce giant may buy...

Zoox was founded in 2014 with a mission to build a fleet of fully autonomous, battery electric, zero-emission...

27 May 2020 5:11 PM IST

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal, in an email to employees last week, had said the companys revenues had declined by 95 per cent in the last two months due to coronavirus pandemic. He had also made it clear that the prognosis ahead for the business is very unclear and uncertain and the impact of this crisis is definitely going to be long-drawn for us .

Do Uber, Ola's massive layoffs indicate they may be driving off the...

600 staff lose Uber jobs days after Ola laid off 1,400 people. Means cab aggregators, propped up by investors despite...

26 May 2020 10:56 PM IST

Uber India cuts 600 jobs amid coronavirus outbreak. (AFP Photo)

Uber India lays off 600 employees

Uber fired a total of 6,700 employees across the world and with this 25% of its global workforce is now out of job

26 May 2020 1:31 PM IST

The report alleged that major US-based technology firms that hire H-1B workers directly had significant shares of their certified H-1B positions assigned as Level 1 or Level 2, the two lowest wage levels in fiscal 2019, both of which are below the local median wage.

Thought H-1B workers had made it? Turns out Google, Microsoft, other...

Report says 500,000 migrant workers in firms like Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Walmart, Qualcomm and Uber are paid salaries...

6 May 2020 3:52 PM IST

A technology analyst said Zoox has one of the better autonomous driving offerings but is currently suffering from its inability to forecast market readiness and demand for its product. (Photo | Zoox)

Amazon enters ride-hailing space with purchase of self-driving taxi...

Amazon and Zoox will compete with robotaxi offerings from Waymo, Cruise, Uber and Mobileye.

26 Jun 2020 8:40 PM IST

Uber signals recovery in rides as lockdown restrictions ease. (AFP Photo)

Uber signals recovery in rides as lockdown restrictions ease

Trip requests are now down about 70% from a year earlier, slightly lesser than April's 80% drop

4 Jun 2020 11:27 AM IST

Ubers ride sharing business has faced losses due to the restriction on movement and travel across the world but its food delivery arm is doing well, and is now expanding with the acquisition of Postmates. (Photo | AFP)

Uber expands its US food delivery business with purchase of startup...

Postmates, whose business delivering food, groceries and other goods doubled amid lockdown, was bought for $2.65...

6 July 2020 7:13 PM IST

Uber shuts Mumbai office, services for riders to remain unaffected. (AFP Photo)

Uber takes cost-cutting drive, shuts Mumbai office

In May, Uber had said it is laying off about 600 employees as business has taken a major hit amid COVID-19 pandemic

5 July 2020 10:46 AM IST

Uber launched 24x7 Auto Rentals service. (AFP Photo)

Uber launches 24x7 auto rentals service in six cities

Uber launched a comprehensive set of safety measures, such as the Go Online Checklist, a mandatory mask policy for both...

27 Aug 2020 1:22 PM IST

Uber auto rental service in now live in Bengaluru and is available in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune. (Photo | uber.com)

You can now hire an Uber auto in Mumbai, Pune and four other cities at...

Prices start at Rs 169 for a one-hour/10 km package. You can pick from multiple hourly packages but be prepared to pay...

26 Aug 2020 6:40 PM IST

Shortly before the appeals court decision, Lyft said it would suspend its rideshare service in California rather than classify drivers as employees entitled to benefits. This change would... necessitate an overhaul of the entire business modelits not a switch that can be flipped overnight, Lyft said in a blog post. (Photos | AP/AFP)

Uber, Lyft hold off suspending services in California after court stay...

A judge had originally given Uber and Lyft until Friday to comply with a labour law on the matter, which went into...

21 Aug 2020 6:23 PM IST