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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Uber

Israeli startup's remote teleoperation software to be be deployed by Serve Robotics, a maker of sidewalk delivery robots. (Serve Robotics)
September 26, 2023, 4:18 pm
Uber-backed delivery robots to deploy Israeli startup’s remote human operator tech
Ottopia’s teleoperation software platform allows a human operator to communicate with autonomous vehicles to address unpredictable or unsafe road situations
By Sharon Wrobel
An Uber sign is displayed inside a car in Palatine, Illinois, February 10, 2022. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
July 11, 2022, 1:50 am
Uber lobbied Netanyahu, envoys, drafted bills in bid to operate in Israel
Huge document leak details how ride-hailing giant used ‘stealth’ tech to block scrutiny, flouted laws in many countries where it sought expansion
By Ricky Ben-David and Agencies
An illustrative photo of an Uber car (Skoda) in Warsaw, Poland, in 2019. (MOZCO Mateusz Szymanski via iStock by Getty Images)
July 5, 2022, 11:29 pm
Uber to relaunch ride-hailing operations in Israel with licensed cab drivers
Company to compete for passengers and drivers with Gett and Yango, in a return to the local market 5 years after being restricted
By Ricky Ben-David
Melbourne, Australia (Wikimedia Commons/Donaldytong/File)
August 27, 2020, 3:38 pm
Australian Uber passenger leaves car after learning driver is Jewish
Man films incident, during which he calls his driver a ‘Jewish dog’ and ‘scumbag,’ and posts the video online
By Marcy Oster
SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during a SoftBank World presentation at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
November 6, 2019, 10:20 am
Japan’s SoftBank takes major hit after WeWork valuation tumbles
Firm reports staggering operating loss of $6.4 billion in 2nd quarter amid sharp drop in value of its stake in workspace provider co-founded by Israeli-American Adam Neumann
By AFP
British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes, found dead by the side of a road in Beirut, Lebanon, December 16, 2017. (Family handout photo)
November 2, 2019, 8:53 am
Lebanese Uber driver sentenced to death for murder of UK woman
British Embassy in Beirut says it hopes ruling in case of Rebecca Dykes ‘will provide a degree of closure,’ stresses opposition to death penalty
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Uber driver. (CC BY 2.0 Wikipedia/Alexander Torrenegra)
May 30, 2019, 10:38 pm
Palestinian Uber driver in LA boots Jews from car for attending Israel party
Taxi service calls incident ‘horrible’ after man identifying as Mustafa kicks out passengers over their participation in Independence Day event
By Marcy Oster
A sign warns people of measles in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, on April 10, 2019, in Brooklyn, New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
May 27, 2019, 2:37 am
NY Uber driver calls Hasidic woman ‘one of those f***ing measles people’
Mayor Bill de Blasio condemns incident, says ‘anti-Semitism has no home in this town’
By JTA
Illustrative - the Uber app on a phone in New York. (AP/Richard Drew, File)
May 25, 2019, 4:40 pm
Paris Uber driver says he was beaten, robbed because of Jewish name
Israel Hai says anti-Semitic ambush involved about 10 young men who brutally assaulted him until he blacked out and stole his jewelry
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative - the Uber app on a phone in New York. (AP/Richard Drew, File)
April 6, 2019, 8:58 am
Uber removes London driver who would not take Jews
Company says driver’s behavior towards kippah-wearers was ‘totally unacceptable’ and that Uber ‘does not tolerate any form of discrimination’
By JTA
University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson. (Columbia Police Department)
April 3, 2019, 11:34 pm
Hundreds attend funeral for Jewish student murdered after ride-share mistake
Mourners pack New Jersey synagogue to say farewell to Samantha Josephson, who was kidnapped and killed after getting into a car she assumed was her Uber
By AP
University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson. (Columbia Police Department)
March 31, 2019, 8:37 pm
US student found dead after getting into car she thought was her Uber
Man arrested on suspicion of murder and kidnapping of Samantha Josephson, who studied at University of South Carolina
By JTA
Illustrative - the Uber app on a phone in New York. (AP/Richard Drew, File)
March 26, 2019, 10:15 am
In record Arab high-tech deal, Uber buys Dubai-based competitor Careem for $3.1b
Ride share company beat Uber to Middle East market by three years; acquisition is largest ever in region outside of Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the others attend the opening ceremony of Future Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 24, 2017. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
October 21, 2018, 8:35 am
Saudi Arabia to host ‘Davos in desert’ despite outcry over slain journalist
Organizers remove speaker list from website after exodus, but many Western firms still preparing to send lower-level executives
By Anuj Chopra
In this March 31, 2010 file photo, the Toyota logo is seen on a car displayed at the New York International Auto Show in New York. (photo credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
From the WebAugust 28, 2018, 10:57 am
Toyota to invest $500m in Uber for self-driving cars
Reuters: Japanese car maker Toyota will invest in Uber to jointly work on developing self-driving cars in a bid to catch up to rivals in this competitive space
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