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Online Fundraisers For DACA Recipients Raise Thousands Overnight
People are using platforms like YouCaring and GoFundMe to raise money for DREAMers, thousands of whom have just one month to renew paperwork that costs $495.
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Labor Board Says Tesla Interfered With Workers’ Rights
Tesla claims the allegations are baseless.
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Former Uber CEO’s Latest Legal Victory Comes Hours After He Introduced The Company’s New Chief
A Delaware judge decided that a lawsuit from one of Uber’s largest shareholders against its former CEO should be settled behind closed doors.
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Uber Taps Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi As New Chief Executive
Uber has tapped Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi as its new leader, bringing an end to its contentious search as it looks to move beyond a year of scandals.
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Thousands Of People Protested Hate In Berkeley After A Right-Wing Rally Was Canceled
The protest happened one day after a similar rally was canceled in San Francisco.
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Uber Says It’s Pulling Out Of Oakland To Save Money
Uber is planning to sell the historic office building in downtown Oakland it bought two years ago; the company says it’s reevaluating its global real estate portfolio in hopes of cutting overhead and reaching profitability.
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Lyft Is Partnering With An Anti-Discrimination Group To Train Drivers On Handling White Supremacists
The ride-sharing app becomes the latest tech company to push back against white supremacist and alt-right rallies planned across the country.
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The Latest Ruling In Uber Versus Waymo Is A Win For Waymo
Waymo will be allowed to tell the trial jury that Uber’s lawyers concealed their possession of Google files, US District Judge William Alsup ruled.
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Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Fires Back At Investors In Fraud Lawsuit
The former Uber CEO filed court documents late Thursday that say the investors behind the lawsuit ambushed him, and that the case should be privately arbitrated.
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Uber Bans Racists Too
Internet firms like Google and GoDaddy are getting attention for shutting down a neo-Nazi website, but during this weekend’s violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, gig economy companies like Uber and Airbnb were forced to deal with white supremacists on the ground.
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Loan Startup SoFi Hit With Second Employee Lawsuit In A Single Week
Just a few days after a former employee sued SoFi over sexual harassment allegations, a second group filed suit, claiming they weren’t given breaks or paid appropriate wages, among other accusations.
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Eleven Prominent Leaders Have Now Resigned From Trump’s Council
A cascade of resignations on Wednesday followed a press conference in which Trump defended white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
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Uber’s First Employee Is Out As An Exec But Will Remain On The Board
Uber’s Ryan Graves said in a letter to employees that he is leaving the company’s day-to-day operations. “We should have taken more time to reflect on our mistakes and make changes together,” he wrote.
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Uber Quietly Unsealed Ousted CEO’s Deposition In The Uber–Waymo Case Over The Weekend
Uber founder Travis Kalanick, whose company is being sued by Google over allegedly stolen trade secrets, was deposed last month. His responses to over six hours of questioning regarding the case became public late on Friday.
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Some Etsy Employees Aren’t Happy About The Company’s More Corporate Direction
Following layoffs and a leadership shake-up, Etsy is exceeding its leadership goals. But inside the company, some employees are circulating a petition airing their grievances with the new, more corporate direction the company has taken.
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Here Are 9 Things Larry Page Couldn’t Remember About Google In His Uber–Waymo Deposition
He does, however, remember that he is not a lawyer.
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Uber Tells Employees It’s “Looking Forward” In Its Search For A CEO
Uber General Counsel Salle Yoo addressed rumors of Travis Kalanick returning to his CEO seat at an all-hands meeting Tuesday, telling employees the company is looking forward in its selection of a new leader.
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As Tesla Celebrates The Model 3, Employees Demand Answers On Pay
As Elon Musk and other Tesla employees celebrate the launch of the Tesla Model 3, hundreds of factory workers await the company’s response to a petition calling pay practices “unfair and overly subjective.”
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After Four Years, Uber Is Still Fighting A Class-Action Lawsuit From Drivers
And the ride-hail giant isn’t pulling any punches.
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Now You Can Complain About Your Uber Ride Without Lowering The Driver’s Rating
Plus, it’s introducing a slew of other new features aimed at making drivers’ lives a little easier.
