Landmark moment as Uber unveils first annual profit as limited company US taxi app firm turns $1.8bn loss into $1.1bn profit after years of spending billions of investors’ cash to expand The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024
Mark Cuban rejected an offer to make a $250,000 investment in Uber that’d now be worth $2.3 billion Cuban balked at Uber’s cofounder valuing the startup at $10 million. Fortune · Aug 19, 2023
Billionaire Mark Cuban Reveals Regret Over Passing On Uber Investment Mark Cuban and Kevin Hart reflect on missed opportunity to invest in Uber Zenger · Jul 24, 2023
Uber suspends diversity chief over ‘Don’t Call Me Karen’ events Bo Young Lee faced criticism for Zoom sessions that focused on white women’s experience of ‘Karen’ stereotype of entitlement The Guardian - US · May 22, 2023
Uber puts its DEI head on leave after employees voice fury at events titled ‘Don’t Call Me Karen' Staffers said they felt lectured and "scolded" during two events which looked at the experience of white women at Uber. Fortune · May 22, 2023
Early Twitter investor warns Musk is surrounded by yes men Chris Sacca says Musk has surrounded himself with “sycophantic and opportunistic” people who won’t challenge his ideas. Fortune · Nov 8, 2022
‘Embrace the chaos’: a history of Uber’s rapid expansion and fall from favour The firm was one of the pioneers of the gig economy model but its operations soon caused a global furore The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022
Unicorn in the room: What the Uber-Times Internet story tells us about the business of media On December 5, 2014, a female passenger was raped in an Uber cab by its driver. This incident happened in New Delhi. Newslaundry · Jul 15, 2022
How the Times Group covered Uber after their ‘strategic partnership’ Uber’s ties with the Times Group are raising eyebrows. On July 12, the Indian Express shed light on the media group’s “strategic partnership” with the cab firm. Newslaundry · Jul 14, 2022
TechScape: Uber’s easy ride is over Why the tech giant’s aggressive approach to growth may only encourage future startups. Plus: the latest in Elon’s Twitterverse The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022
The Uber files: leaked documents reveal a strategy of chaos – has anything changed? Uber has had a controversial history since its founding in 2009, from violent conflicts among drivers to a secret software allegedly used to evade law enforcement. Now, a leak of over 124,000 documents dubbed the Uber files shows the extent to which the firm under co-founder and former CEO Travis… The Conversation · Jul 12, 2022
Uber used Greyball fake app to evade police across Europe, leak reveals Firm’s bosses knew it was fooling authorities with tool showing phantom cars, documents show The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022
A 'kill switch', Emmanuel Macron under pressure, and whistleblower revealed: A quick look at the Uber Files As the whistleblower was revealed and the fallout hits France's President, here's a quick look at the so-called Uber Files. ABC News · Jul 12, 2022
The Guardian view on the Uber files: a tech immorality tale Editorial: Devastating leaked documents underline the pressing need for proper regulation of the digital economy The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022
Input · Jul 11, 2022 Uber used dangerous and illegal tactics in rise to power, leak reveals A massive leak of 124,000 internal Uber documents illustrate the extents to which Uber was willing to go in building its empire.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022 Uber offered shares to media barons for political help, leak reveals Tech firm wooed owners of publications in Europe and India as it sought favourable treatment from governments, documents show
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022 The Uber whistleblower: I’m exposing a system that sold people a lie Exclusive: Mark MacGann says he has decided to speak out about firm to ‘right some fundamental wrongs’
The New Daily · Jul 11, 2022 Secret texts, illegal actions: What we’ve learned from ‘the Uber Files’ so far The Uber Files reveal secret meetings and texts with world leaders, drivers endangered for sympathy points, and admissions of illegal activity.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022 The Moscow moves: how Mandelson’s firm helped Uber reach Russian elite Leak shows how the former Labour minister used his access to pro-Kremlin oligarchs, including some now under sanctions
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022 Uber hired oligarch-linked Russian lobbyist despite bribery fears Leak shows firm made effort to court several billionaires and state officials allegedly aligned with Vladimir Putin
Salon · Jul 11, 2022 Leaked files put Uber in negative light The files further that the ride share company "flouted laws, duped police and and secretly lobbied governments"
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022 Monday briefing: How disregard for the law turned Uber into a global empire In today’s newsletter: What you need to know about the leak of 124,000 documents revealing inner workings of tech giant
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022 ‘We needed Dave and George to lean on Boris’: Uber’s battle for London The US firm used Tory connections to wage a relentless UK lobbying campaign, leaked files show
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022 The Uber files tell a simple truth: democracy depends on curbing mercenary tech giants These revelations reveal the political credulity and negligence surrounding the growing power of Silicon Valley, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022 Osborne, Hancock and other ministers did not declare secret Uber meetings Leaked files show at least six Tory ministers attended meetings that experts say expose UK lobbying loopholes