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Uber's former security chief faces criminal charges for paying 'hush money' to hide from authorities a 2016 data breach that exposed the data of 57 million passengers and drivers.

While the ruling may be disappointing for drivers, driver groups say they are not daunted. They will continue to pursue policies to regulate working conditions at the state and municipal levels.

In this week's roundup, a federal court says warrantless cellphone tracking is unconstitutional and we look back on a weeklong series exploring just how much of our digital data is exposed.

In Cairo, taxi drivers are fighting the encroachment of ride-booking services like Uber. But many Egyptians, especially women, say they prefer Uber since they feel safer with the company's drivers.

NPR speaks with Sydney Freedberg, chief reporter at ICIJ, about the key takeaways from her investigation into the chaotic, aggressive tactics used by Uber as it made a bid for global domination.

Northeastern University researchers wanted to figure out how Uber comes up with surge prices by studying Manhattan and San Francisco. They say the surges work, but maybe not the way they are intended.

The "sharing economy" has created a lot of solutions for cheap rides and places to stay. In a piece for Ozy.com, Pooja Bhatia writes about one undesired byproduct: oversharing.

Travis Kalanick apologized Tuesday for his actions in a video posted this week, in which Kalanick had a heated argument with an Uber driver after the driver raised complaints about pay.

Researchers compared data from fall 2010 — before the companies made inroads in the city — and fall 2016. They found that the companies are to blame for more than half of a big increase in traffic.

MIT researchers initially said Uber and Lyft drivers were earning a median profit of $3.37 an hour. After Uber criticized the methodology, a co-author says it could actually be $8.55 to $10 an hour.