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Hacking Group Anonymous Claim They Were Responsible for Moscow Traffic Chaos!
Although I presume most of you probably know who Anonymous is, for those of you who don’t, they undoubtedly represent one of the biggest hacking organisations on the planet. While their actions mostly tend to generally err in the somewhat grey area of morality, when they do create an incident,…
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Uber fined £385,000 For UK Customer Data Breach
Uber fined £385,000 For UK Customer Data Breach In 2016, Uber was hit by a pretty major data attack. Hackers were able to obtain the personal details of around 2.7 million UK customers following a successful breach. The breach, however, was not solely based on UK customers with various other…
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London Uber Ban Overturned As Short Term License Is Issued
Uber’s London Ban Overturned With Short Term License Issued Uber is, without doubt, one of the most successful start-up companies in recent years. That doesn’t necessarily mean to say, however, that it has all been smooth sailing. If anything, in recent years Uber has found itself in some turbulent waters.…
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Uber Test Option To Allow For Cheaper Rides If You Can Wait
Uber Test New Feature For Cheaper Rides It’s hard to deny the impact that Uber has had on the taxi industry in recent years. Allowing ‘civilians’ to opt into a taxi service and the popularity of the application has allowed people to access transport at generally significantly lower prices than…
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Uber Applies For AI Patent To Identify Drunks
Uber Applies For I Patent To Help It Identify Drunk Customers After a long (and probably ill-advised) night on the town, there does come the question of how to get home. With drink driving being the exclusive territory of morons, most of us rely upon taxi companies to do all the…
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Uber Self Driving Car Involved In Fatal Accident
Uber Self-Driving Car In Fatal Accident The question of if electric cars are going to play a major part of our future remains unclear. At the very least opinion is divided and that may just come down to me saying they’re not and everyone else saying they are. One thing…
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Drunk Man Orders A $1600 300 Mile Uber Ride
Uber Drive Costs Drunk Man $1600 The Uber taxi service can be particularly helpful in getting you home, but they are perhaps not so cost-effective when your home is 300-miles away. A drunk man from the US, however, found himself subject to a $1600 Uber ride after he ordered the…
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Uber Paid off Hackers to Keep a Massive Cyberattack under Wraps
Uber is in the spotlight again. Uber, the global transportation technology company based in San Francisco, has been in the spotlight lately, and not in a good way. To be fair, when you pay off a group of hackers to keep a major security breach hidden from the public, you’re…
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Uber Ready to Compromise to Keep London License
Ride hailing service Uber has apologized and stated that they are to make concessions to keep their license in London. Transport for London’s announcement Friday states that the company will not receive a license renewal. Stating that the company shows “a lack of corporate responsibility”. The regulatory board sees their approach…
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Uber Stripped of Operating License in London
Ride sharing company Uber has been stripped of their operating license. London’s transport regulator made the decision Friday, affecting over 40,000 drivers and 3.5 million passengers. Transport for London states that it was the company’s conduct demonstrating “a lack of corporate responsibility” which eventually led to the termination. The regulatory board…
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Lilium Gets $90M Funding for Electric VTOL Project
Flying car startup Lilium unveiled their working all-electric VTOL prototype back in April, showing that their design is functional. Even more impressive is that it has a higher top speed than a helicopter at 300km/h and shows a more passenger-friendly design than some of the drone prototypes from other companies.…
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Uber Elevate VTOL Vehicles to Take Flight in Dubai and Texas by 2020
Uber is hosting a 3-day “Elevate Summit” event in Dallas, Texas where the company unveiled the latest development for their Uber Elevate VTOL “flying car” aircraft. The Dallas-Forth Worth area as well as Dubai, will also be one of the pilot urban locations for the project where the company will…
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Uber Might Have to Pay a Hefty Fee to Operate in London
Uber is incredibly popular around the world, particularly in capital cities such as London. However, the company might have to pay as much as £2.2 million for a five-year license in order to operate in the UK’s most populous city, and that’s because Transport for London has recently proposed a series of license…
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Uber President Jeff Jones Steps Down Citing Differences in Beliefs
Uber President Jeff Jones has stepped down from the leadership position from the increasingly troubled ride-hailing company after less than a year. The move follows Uber’s several missteps including accusations of sexually harassment in the workplace, #deleteuber backlash, accusations of stealing corporate secrets and leaked video showing CEO Travis Kalanick…
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Researcher Finds Bug That Allowed Free Uber Rides
Bug bounty programs can be a lucrative income source for white-hat hackers and it was so for security researcher Anand Prakash who discovered a huge flaw in the Uber’s system. The flaw would essentially let people abusing it book rides for which they never have to pay. The bug was…
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