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Ola, Uber autos to be seized

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The Hindu

NSW Labor to give rights to gig workers

A Labor plan would see the introduction of a workers compensation benefits scheme for NSW gig workers similar to one other employees can already access.

AAP

Uber passenger, 22, charged £35,000 for four-mile trip

"When I woke up hungover the next morning, the last thing I expected was a charge of over £35,000!"

Manchester Evening News

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Proposition 30 has Calif. voters deciding on a tax for zero-emission vehicles. What you need to know

LOS ANGELES — On its face, Proposition 30 is simple enough: Raise taxes on the richest Californians. Pull in $30 billion to $90 billion over the next 20 years. Use 80% of the money to subsidize electric vehicles and charging stations, and 20% for wildfire suppression and prevention.

Los Angeles Times

Man left shocked after being charged over £35,000 for 15-minute Uber ride

Oliver Kaplan discovered the morning after his supposed £10 taxi journey that Uber had attempted to take £35,427,97 from him, after his destination stop was accidentally set to Australia.

Daily Record

Motional's Ioniq 5 Robotaxis To Offer Uber Rides In The US This Year

At launch, the service will be deployed in cities across the US, with Uber expected to offer the first trips in self-driving Motional EVs later this year.

InsideEVs

Man charged £35,000 for a 15-minute Uber journey after destination blunder

Oliver Kaplan travelled just four miles but he was billed for a trip to Australia

Wales Online

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Man charged £35,000 for 15-minute Uber journey

Oliver Kaplan, 22, got more than he bargained for when he ordered a ride to go and meet some friends for a drink

The Independent UK

Man's horror at being charged £35,000 for a four mile, 15-minute Uber ride

Oliver Kaplan, 22, had finished work and was going to meet some friends for a drink so he decided to order an Uber - but he was stunned when he received a bill for over £35,000

Daily Mirror

Here's what Elon Musk will likely do with Twitter if he buys it

Musk says he'd loosen rules against spreading misinformation, allow former President Donald Trump back on Twitter, shake up the company's business model and find new revenue sources.

WEKU

Politicians, business titans, hear this: we don’t need any more of your ‘disruption’

Beloved by policy wonks and embraced this week by Liz Truss, what began as dry business theory has become the plague of our lives, says author Stefan Stern

The Guardian - UK

Uber offering £250k to 25 restaurants owned by people from minority backgrounds

At least half of the grants will go to small businesses outside of London

Wales Online

Uber To Add Motional Autonomous Vehicles To Fleet For Rides, Food

The cars will begin completing trips by the end of the year.

Motor1

Ex-Uber chief security officer pleads guilty to covering up 2016 data breach

SAN FRANCISCO – The ex-chief security officer of Uber Technologies Inc. has been convicted of covering up a 2016 data breach involving 57 million of the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company’s users, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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The Hindu

Karnataka Transport Department issues notices to Ola, Uber, and Rapido for charging exorbitant fares for auto rides

Bengaluru

Benzinga

Tesla To Feel Pressure After Musk's Twitter-Deal News; OPEC Output Cut Disappoints Biden; Shell Profits Low: Top Stories Thursday, Oct. 6

Benzinga

Salon

Right's new slur: "Child abduction"

A student-led group in Virginia promised to protect trans kids. That sparked a massive right-wing freakout

Businessweek

Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere

They were supposed to be the future. But prominent detractors—including Anthony Levandowski, who pioneered the industry—are getting louder as the losses get bigger.

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The Independent UK

Uber’s former security chief covered up enormous hack he said ‘did not exist’

‘The story outside of the security group was to be that “this investigation does not exist”’, Joseph Sullivan told subordinates

The Guardian - US

Former Uber security chief found guilty of concealing data breach

Joe Sullivan failed to report a cybersecurity incident to authorities in 2016

The Guardian - UK

UK drivers for Bolt ride-hailing app pursue worker benefits claim

Lawyers acting for more than 1,600 drivers say they have been wrongly classed as self-employed

The Conversation

Blaming poor labour conditions in Ghana's transport sector on ride-hailing companies misses the deeper issues

Ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft have become ubiquitous in many parts of the world over the past decade. Criticism of their business model has also become commonplace: ride-hailing companies are frequently accused of destroying traditional taxi businesses, undermining wages, and creating the digital equivalent of sweatshops.

Evening Standard

Cost of a black cab ride could go up by 11%

Rise will help drivers hit by higher fuel costs as they enjoy surge in demand

Pedestrian.tv

Two Blokes Released On Bail After An Alleged ‘Punch-Up’ Over Margot Robbie Cara D Pics

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Los Angeles Times

Can most Californians even afford to retire?

Steven Johnson spent 19 years as a minimum wage laborer for a Los Angeles moving company, lifting heavy furniture and suffering three hernias along the way.

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