During a worldwide pandemic, the safest place to be is home. But for people enduring domestic violence, home is never safe. The coronavirus pandemic—and the stay-at-home orders, social distancing measures, and quarantining that have been instituted in an attempt to keep the disease at bay—have the unintended side effect of trapping domestic violence survivors with…
It’s the app that made getting into a stranger’s car seem normal. Billed as a safer alternative—for women in particular—to one-man taxis, Uber is now responsible for nearly four million trips a day. But after almost 21 months of data collection, the platform has released an unprecedented safety report, a record of thousands of sexual…
If Meghan Markle ever finds herself hitting snooze one too many times and has to rush to get ready for a royal appearance with Prince Harry, she’ll clearly have no problem finishing up her makeup in the car on the way there. In a 2016 video that resurfaced this week, the royal-to-be shows off just…
Proving it’s serious about promoting gender diversity in tech, Uber is moving forward with their multi-year partnership with Girls Who Code and giving the nonprofit a $1.2 million grant to help make their vision—closing tech’s gender gap—a reality. In recent months, the ride-sharing company has been dogged by reports that it perpetuated a hostile work…
Is Fort McMurray prepared for Uber, a ride sharing program and app that was recently approved in Edmonton? Some councillors have doubts that the area is fully prepared after there were protests by cab drivers and other transportation professionals in other larger Canadian cities. According to Councillor Tyran Ault, who has a place on the…
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