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Uber

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Science & Technology
The people powering AI decisions
A woman checks her phone while riding on the back of a motorbike.
Technology
This app is disrupting motorbike taxis in Bangkok. Some are disrupting right back.
A man holds a sign reading "Uber=Illega" over a woman's head
Protesters in Argentina say Uber is ‘illegal’ — but a bigger problem is unemployment
Former hospital
Culture
How the new health care bill could affect your Uber ride
The Uber app displays cars available to make a pickup around Capitol Hill in May 2015
Culture
Pols deride Uber. They also ride Uber. A lot, documents show.
Members of the All India Mahila Congress, the women's wing of the Congress {arty, carry placards that read, "The country is covered in shame..." The women were protesting the rape of a female passenger by an Uber taxi driver in New Delhi.
Justice
An alleged rape by an Uber driver is one more sign of India’s gender violence problem
A man attends an Europe-wide protest of licensed taxi drivers against ride hailing apps, like Uber, they fear will allow unregulated, private drivers into the market, in front of the Olympic stadium in Berlin, June 11, 2014.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Taxi drivers across Europe create gridlock over Uber app
A man attends an Europe-wide protest of licensed taxi drivers against ride hailing apps, like Uber, they fear will allow unregulated, private drivers into the market, in front of the Olympic stadium in Berlin, June 11, 2014.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Taxi drivers across Europe create gridlock over Uber app
Environment
Taxi-hailing apps offer unexpected benefit to minority riders