Indian man Prit Pankaj Jain travels to North Carolina to meet juvenile whom he was grooming online. An Indian man was arrested and charged with several sex crimes in Davidson County, North Carolina after it was found that he traveled from India to North Carolina to meet a girl with whom he claimed to be … Read more
Rideshare giant Uber and one of its drivers have been ordered by an arbitrator to pay $40 million in damages to the parents of a 23-year-old woman, Emily Normandin-Parker, who was struck and killed by traffic after the cab driver kicked her and her friend out of the cab on a California freeway. The ruling, … Read more
Uber shares rose after the company announced major job cuts. Uber Technologies shares rose about 2.4% in Wednesday morning trading after reports that the company plans to cut around 3,300 jobs, or roughly 10% of its global workforce. The layoffs are part of a restructuring aimed at reducing management layers, cutting costs and making the … Read more
Afghan General Haibatullah Alizai. Afghan General Haibatullah Alizai, who led a last-ditch effort to resist the Taliban takeover in 2021, now drives an Uber in Washington DC after being granted asylum in the US.In an interview with CBS’ Face the Nation with Margaret BrennanAlizai spoke about his final days in Afghanistan, his evacuation by US … Read more
Braya Ray was in for a big surprise when she hopped into Meghan “Maggie” Whatley’s Uber last year. Not only did Ray, 25, unexpectedly welcome her baby daughter Grace in the backseat of Whatley’s car, but the experience bonded the pair so much that now, one year later, Whatley, 35, joined Ray’s family to celebrate … Read more
Türkiye’s Getir seeks $700m from Abu Dhabi investor Mubadala in bitter breakup The ongoing dispute between the once-famous delivery startup and its largest delivery company has escalated significantly. investorNazım Salur and Serkan Borançılı, co-founders of Turkish food and grocery delivery startup Getir, have filed a $700 million lawsuit against Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, accusing … Read more
Baidu and Uber Technologies partner with Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai’s robotaxis are coming: Are you ready to take a ride with artificial intelligence? Dubai is taking a big step towards the next generation of mobility, with the city about to launch a fully autonomous ride-hailing service through a high-profile partnership between Baidu’s Apollo Go … Read more