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Woman's Costa Rica holiday ruined after Uber slaps her with £23,000 bill

A woman posted a video on TikTok explaining how she had been charged a huge amount for her relatively short Uber trip while on a holiday in Costa Rica in Central America

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Uber (UBER) vs. Lyft (LYFT): Which Ride-Hailing Giant Is the Better Investment Now?

Following the pandemic-induced slowdown in their businesses, the prospects look bright for ride-hailing giants Uber Technologies (UBER) and Lyft (LYFT) as people return to their pre-pandemic habits. Let’s compare these two stocks to identify which is better positioned for an upside in the near term.

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Schools across North East close as teachers go on strike again in long-running pay dispute

Teachers were back on picket lines as they staged another strike on Wednesday, with many North East schools closed or partially shut to pupils

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150,000 food delivery riders to get free safety gear

Thousands of Australian food delivery riders will be offered free high-visibility safety kits this month in a fresh bid to reduce injuries.

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Nottinghamshire man's fight to reclaim £82 after accidental Uber Eats order

Warren Blackwell, 42, was in the middle of cutting a hedge at 12.20pm on Tuesday, June 27, when he realised he had made an unintentional and unfortunate food order on UberEats

Nottingham Post

Uber launches in Europe’s top holiday destinations in time for summer travel season

The transportation network company will also offer services in top holiday destinations such as Spain, Italy, France Malta and Croatia

Evening Standard

Indian-origin man in U.S. sentenced to jail for smuggling Indians using Uber app

A 49-year-old Indian-origin man was sentenced to over three years in jail for smuggling more than 800 Indian citizens into the U.S. using ride-hailing app Uber.

The Hindu

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Greta Lee on How Filming 'Past Lives' Felt Like Skydiving

The actress, who has a career-defining performance in one of the year's best movies, breaks down the challenges she faced while filming the existential romance, her views on what ifs, and how she thinks Nora's story plays out.

Marie Claire

Uber passenger shot and killed driver because ‘she feared he was kidnapping her to Mexico’

Phoebe Copas allegedly ‘panicked’ and shot Daniel Piedra Garcia several times in the head after she saw a sign reading ‘Juarez, Mexico’

The Independent UK

US woman who shot and killed Uber driver claims she thought she was being kidnapped

Kentucky woman allegedly saw sign for Mexican city of Juárez and shot Daniel Piedra multiple times in the back of the head

The Guardian - US

Four more people just died in an e-bike fire. If nothing changes, they won’t be the last

Battery fires put gig workers at particular risk – but safer alternatives are often out of reach

The Guardian - US

Driven by driver’s union, Bengaluru’s ‘Namma Yatri’ makes inroads through ONDC

Ravi Prasad, an IT employee in Bellandur, who normally books an auto every day to and from office through ride-hailing players such as Ola and Uber, recently switched to ‘Namma Yatri’ app. Mr. Prasad said he started to use this app after many auto drivers requested him to download the…

The Hindu

I Tried Giving Up My Car For A Month & Here’s Everything I Learnt From The Experiment

Do you think you could give up your car? I mean seriously give it up, not leave it in your car spot for moss to grow over it, I mean hand the keys off to someone else for good. Most Australians can’t. Despite Australia’s car ownership being the highest in…

Pedestrian.tv

Identical and inseparable, the Stokes twins were softball stars. Then came the crash.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Before the wreck that killed the two people on the passenger side of the car, before the packed funeral that included a tearful eulogy from softball’s biggest celebrity, before the court case that may finally be decided Wednesday after five postponements, Mia and Mallory Stokes were simply…

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Manchester Evening News

Bizarre moment Uber driver stops on ziz-zag lines outside school to wash his car

The driver dodged a fine due to a legal loophole

StockNews.com

Alphabet (GOOGL): Are Investors Buying It This Week?

Besides making significant strides in AI technology, tech giant Alphabet (GOOGL) has seen a surge in trading volume and price performance in recent months. Let us explore whether you should buy the stock this week. Keep reading to find out.

Evening Standard

Bridgerton’s Ruby Barker opens up about finding purpose again after losing her dad to cancer

EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s hard to even put into words that feeling, that loss: it hit me really hard’

AAP

Electric rideshare cars cut pollution but not traffic

A new study reveals trading petrol for electric ride-share cars could significantly cut vehicle emissions but may increase traffic congestion.

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Uber to show video ads on tablets inside rides

You can soon expect to see 90-second ads on Uber’s apps and inside cars

Evening Standard

Surf, sunshine and the OC: how Newport Beach became LA’s answer to The Hamptons

With some of the best beaches in the US, Hollywood on the doorstep and a laid-back A-list crowd, Newport Beach is fast becoming one of the hottest spring (and autumn) break destinations in California. Katie Strick takes a trip to the Sunshine State’s hidden gem

iMore

Uber will show ads in its apps while you wait for cars and food

Now you can watch an ad to take your mind off how late your taxi is.

Fortune

Salesforce Ventures leads $6 million round for Web3 data analytics firm Mnemonic

Mnemonic cofounder Andrii Yasinetsky wants to make Web3 “personalized and transparent.”

Tribune News Service

Opera workers’ ruling offers path for Uber, Lyft drivers to unionize

A U.S. labor board ruling on Tuesday laid the groundwork for drivers from Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. and other gig workers to formally unionize — a still difficult but potentially transformative task.

Fortune

Uber expands its health division to include grocery and OTC medication delivery

Rides, medications, and now, your groceries.

Manchester Evening News

Horror as Uber driver left stranded after car chased down by knifeman - and cops fail to show up

"I was literally shaking... what could have happened to me?"

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