Taxi Company

The taxi division of Yandex and the Russian branch of taxi company Uber are planning to merge. Both companies have announced that. The new company will be called NewCo and is estimated to hold between 5 and 6 percent of the Russian taxi…

Waymo, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, has dropped three out of four patent cases against Uber. Waymo no longer claims patent infringement on three patents, but still claims that Uber stole technology.Engadget reports…

An Italian judge has ruled in an appeal that Uber may offer its services in the country. In April, a lower court ordered a ban after taxi companies filed a case. The taxi companies believed that Uber is guilty of unfair competition. They…

Google sister company Waymo is suing taxi company Uber for allegedly stealing technology for self-driving cars. It took Waymo seven years to develop a laser system for self-driving cars, and Uber took nine months.In addition to Uber,…

Uber stops offering rides in 16 self-driving cars in San Francisco. Authorities say the self-driving cars need a permit, Uber said earlier that such a permit is not necessary.Uber is now going to try to use the sixteen cars in a different…

Customers of taxi service Uber can order a taxi ride in a self-driving car in the American city of Pittsburgh from the end of this month. The car does have a driver, a technician who has to keep an eye on whether everything is going…

Customers of taxi service Uber can order a taxi ride in a self-driving car from the end of this month in the American city of Pittsburgh. The car does have a driver, a technician who has to keep an eye on whether everything is going…

A driver has sued Uber for stealing the data of 50,000 drivers. The lawsuit alleges that the company has not done enough to prevent the data from being stolen. It is a class action lawsuit that others can join.The charges have been filed…