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Riders can make Uber payment through bKash

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MNA Business Desk: People who avail ride sharing service Uber can now pay their bills through mobile financial service provider bKash. The two organisations signed a deal to this regard on Monday, said Uber in a press release. The Uber said some 45 million local users will be benefited through bKash payment as it would ensure their security. The long-awaited partnership aims to enhance rider experience and safety by making the payment process contactless, convenient and secure as riders resume travel after a lengthy lockdown, it said. The partnership will give millions of Bangladeshi riders the convenience of seamlessly taking ...

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Uber rides into Cox’s Bazar

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MNA Science & Technology Desk: Uber has launched operations in the tourist resort of Cox’s Bazar today (Wednesday), making it the 4th Bangladeshi city after Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet, where riders can now book UberXL and MOTO services by downloading the Uber app. The launch of Uber services in Cox’s Bazar will offer affordable, reliable, and convenient transportation access to riders, and livelihood opportunities for drivers, said a media release. Uber has launched several safety products so that before, during, and after trips, riders feel safe. There is an emergency number that connects riders to law enforcement, an in-app safety ...

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Uber offers full-time ride on puja vacation

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MNA Business Desk: Uber has offered full-time ride during puja vacation aimed at facilitating the grand celebration smoothly. With Uber’s premium service and Uber HIRE, anybody can book a ride as long as he/she needs. Besides, ‘Uber Intercity’ offers a hassle-free ride which allow passengers to hire vehicles for travelling to Narayanganj, Savar and Gazipur. Uber provides its service over 700 cities worldwide. In Bangladesh, it is being operated in Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet with a wide range of services — Uber Moto, X, XL, Premier, Hire and Uber Intercity. Uber Bangladesh is also providing its riders and driver partners ...

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Uber fined for data breach

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MNA Science & Tech Desk: Britain and the Netherlands fined ride-hailing giant Uber more than one million euros (dollars) on Tuesday for hiding a huge data breach for more than one year. Hackers compromised customers’ personal data from some 57 million riders and drivers worldwide in October and November 2016, but US-based Uber kept it secret until November 2017. Dutch authorities fined Uber 600,000 euros and Britain imposed a £385,000 (435,000 euros) penalty, the two countries said in coordinated statements, reported news agency. Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said hackers stole the names, email addresses and phone numbers of 2.7 ...

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Uber to pay $245m to settle Waymo’s theft allegations

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MNA Business Desk: Uber is paying $245 million to Google’s self-driving car spinoff to end a legal pawl that aired out allegations of a sinister scheme that tore apart the once-friendly companies, reported news agency. The surprise settlement announced Friday came as lawyers for Uber and Waymo, a company hatched from Google, prepared to wrap up the first week of a trial that had attracted international attention. Waymo filed its lawsuit nearly a year ago , adding to Uber’s woes with allegations of a bold high-tech heist orchestrated by its former CEO, Travis Kalanick, and a former Google engineer. That ...

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Uber to develop flying taxis

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MNA Science & Tech Desk: Uber unveiled a partnership with NASA that will see it develop flying taxis priced competitively with standard Uber journeys. It also announced Los Angeles will join two other previously revealed “UberAIR” pilot schemes in Dallas Fort-Worth, Texas, and Dubai. California and Texas are the US states with the largest number of cars. Uber wants to “explore other collaboration opportunities with NASA” with a view to open “a new market of urban air mobility,” said a statement. The first demonstration flights are expected in 2020, moving into commercial operations by 2023 — in plenty of time ...

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Uber ban challenged online by 500,000

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MNA Science & Tech Desk: A petition organised by Uber against London’s decision not to renew its operating license has gathered 500,000 signatures, little more than 24 hours after the decision was announced, a website monitoring its progress showed on Saturday. The online petition was started on Friday after transport authorities in the British capital deemed Uber unfit to run a taxi service and stripped it of its license from next week. The petition calls on London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who also acts as chairman of local regulator Transport for London, to reverse the decision to withdraw Uber’s license to ...

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Uber reviews Asia business on bribery charge

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MNA Business Desk: Uber Technologies Inc has started a review of its Asia operations and notified US officials about payments made by staff in Indonesia, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Uber said in August it was cooperating with a preliminary investigation led by the US Department of Justice into whether company managers violated US laws against bribery of foreign officials, specifically the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Uber hired law firm O‘Melveny & Myers LLP to investigate how it obtained the medical records of an Indian woman who was raped by an Uber driver in 2014, Reuters ...

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Uber integrated emergency number 999

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MNA Science & Technology Desk: Uber on Tuesday announced the integration of the nationwide emergency number 999 in its rider app to increase riders’ safety, reported news agency. In a reinforcement of Uber’s commitment towards safety of riders, Uber integrated the government’s helpline number in the app, which would prompt riders to dial 999 in case of an emergency, Uber said in a statement. In the event of an emergency situation during a ride, riders in an Uber can now access an in-app card and press ‘Call Now’ to connect to the toll free national help desk run by the ...

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