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Uber

Business World

‘We’re All Fighting the Giant’

Faced with fragility and uncertainty, gig workers around the world are connecting across borders to challenge platforms’ power and policies.

Peter Guest Rest of World Sep 2021 25min Permalink

Business

He Thought He Could Outfox the Gig Economy. He Was Wrong

Jeffrey Fang was a ride-hailing legend, a top earner with relentless hustle. Then his minivan was carjacked—with his kids in the back seat.

Lauren Smiley Wired Jun 2021 35min Permalink

Business

'When Your Work Is Too Much and Exploitative, What Happens?'

Uber made big promises in Kenya. Drivers say it’s ruined their lives.

Amanda Sperber NBC News Nov 2020 30min Permalink

Tech

“This is robbery. This business is out of control.”

Uber and Lyft take a lot more from drivers than they say.

Dhruv Mehrotra, Aaron Gordon Jalopnik Aug 2019 30min Permalink

Tech

Stop, Thief

Did Uber steal Google’s intellectual property?

Charles Duhigg The New Yorker Oct 2018 30min Permalink

Business

Driven to Despair

Doug Schifter waged a one-man campaign to stop Uber from putting his fellow black-car drivers out of business. Then he decided to take his own life.

Jessica Bruder New York May 2018 20min Permalink

Business

The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought

Inside the boardroom as Uber’s press nightmare unfolded.

Eric Newcomer, Brad Stone Businessweek Jan 2018 15min Permalink

Tech

The Tech Industry’s Gender-Discrimination Problem

The dramatic imbalance in pay and power has created the conditions for abuse.

Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Nov 2017 35min Permalink

Best Article Business Tech

Uber’s C.E.O. Plays With Fire

A profile of Travis Kalanick, who resigned from the ride the ride-hailing company he built after leading it to the brink of implosion.

Mike Isaac New York Times Apr 2017 15min Permalink

Crime

The Uber Killer

On a Saturday evening in February, a 45-year-old Uber driver and father of two named Jason Dalton got into his car, left his home near Kalamazoo, Michigan, and began shooting people. But the strangest, most unfathomable thing about the night that Dalton killed and killed again is what he did in between.

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Chris Heath on the Longform Podcast.

Chris Heath GQ Aug 2016 40min Permalink

Business Tech

How Uber Conquered London

There are 1.7 million active Uber riders in London, about half the daily ridership of the Tube. Three years ago, there were 5,000.

Sam Knight The Guardian Apr 2016 35min Permalink

Tech

The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers

On the battle between Google, Apple, Uber, and Tesla to own the driverless car market, which could be worth more than $30 billion a year.

Adrienne LaFrance The Atlantic Dec 2015 20min Permalink

Business Politics

This Is How Uber Takes Over a City

The ride-share company has 250 lobbyists and 29 lobbying firms registered in capitols around the nation, a third more than Wal-Mart Stores. Among other things.

Karen Weise Businessweek Jun 2015 15min Permalink

Business Tech

I Was an Undercover Uber Driver

Uber says its drivers can earn as much as $90,000. The author decided to fact-check that number the only way she could: by becoming a driver herself.

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Previously: The Longform Guide to Undercover Journalism

Emily Guendelsberger Philadelphia City Paper May 2015 25min Permalink

Business Tech

The Smartest Bro in the Room

A profile of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.

Ellen Cushing San Francisco Nov 2014 25min Permalink