• First National Bank Sioux Falls Grows Stock Position in Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER)

    First National Bank Sioux Falls raised its position in Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER – Free Report) by 5.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 6,197 shares of the ride-sharing company’s stock after purchasing an additional 322 shares […]

  • Uber Australia banned woman because of her name

    A Sydney mum has a name that would offend many Australians - but it means something very different in her home country.

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    WATCH: Officers on scene after Uber driver shot

    WARNING: Viewer discretion is advised. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- New body camera footage has been released in the case of the Uber driver who was shot and killed in Clark County. Eighty-one-year-old William Brock called 911 last month reporting that he'd shot someone on his property who he said was attempting a robbery. Footage shows []

  • Scam Leads To Shooting Death Of Uber Driver

    Neither had any idea about the call the other received when they came face to face.

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    Uber offering new features for Chicago riders

    You can now hail a taxi on the Uber app which Uber says will give cabbies a chance to earn more money and give riders more options. A taxi will cost the same as an Uber X and you will know what it will cost you before you book the trip. There's also some new safety features. Riders can record audio

  • Sunderland man battered Uber driver in 'racist' attack

    A badly injured Uber driver had to flee his own car after a violent "racist" attack by a passenger who smashed his windscreen. The victim had been asked to pick up Lucas Jones in Sunderland and take him to Newcastle in the early hours of May 25, 2023. Newcastle Crown Court the 15-mile journey had barely began when the cabbie had to leave the car with two black eyes, his nose broken in two places, three teeth punched out, a cracked jaw and needing seven stitches to his face. Jones, 27, of...

    • KTVZ

    What we know about the shooting of an Uber driver in Ohio and the scam surrounding it

    By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Authorities in Ohio say a man fatally shot an Uber driver because he wrongly assumed she was part of a scam to extract $12,000 in supposed bond money for a nephew. The Uber driver was a victim of the same con. She was summoned by the grifters to the man’s

    • KIFI

    What we know about the shooting of an Uber driver in Ohio and the scam surrounding it

    By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Authorities in Ohio say a man fatally shot an Uber driver because he wrongly assumed she was part of a scam to extract $12,000 in supposed bond money for a nephew. The Uber driver was a victim of the same con. She was summoned by the grifters to the man’s

    • TMZ

    Ohio Man Shoots & Kills Uber Driver After Both of Them Were Scammed

    An Ohio man has been charged in the fatal shooting of an Uber driver, whom he reportedly thought was involved in an elaborate plot to scam him and ditto for the woman, BTW.

  • Uber makes its safety tools easier to access and customize

    Plenty of women who use rideshare services regularly send details of their trips to loved ones and take other precautionary measures, especially at night. Now, Uber is putting all its safety tools in one place, making them easier to access and allowing users to customize them so that they'd automatically switch on. In the app's new safety preferences section, passengers can choose to schedule when its safety tools should automatically get activated, whether it's for every ride after 9PM, on the...

  • What scammer said after sending Ohio Uber driver on deadly order

    Deputies in Clark County recorded conversations with a scammer they said unintentionally orchestrated a deadly shooting with an Uber order and phone calls.

  • Shane Lavers of Chanel Beads Trusts His Uber Driver With the Aux

    For this week's SOUND ADVICE, the NYC-based producer and scenester curated a sentimental playlist to mark the release of his debut album, "Your Day Will Come."