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Uber is using machine learning to predict high demand, which would allow the app to schedule extra drivers instead of hiking rates at busy times. But such a change would hurt driver pay.

The outbreak is creating uncertainty for Uber drivers and other gig workers, who face difficult choices about whether to work or stay home and lose their livelihoods.

With inflation running high, more people are driving for Uber and Lyft. Uber's CEO said that lots of new drivers signing on, but over 70% of them say that cost of living is the main reason.

The experiment underway at three airports comes in reaction to a recent state law that makes it harder to classify people as contract workers rather than as employees.

Susan Fowler published a damning account of sexism and harassment at Uber in 2017.

The new law, which went into effect Wednesday, affects Uber and Lyft drivers as well as journalism freelancers and others. Companies are trying to figure out how to comply or how work around the law.

At issue is whether Uber stole intellectual property when it hired Waymo's star engineer, Anthony Levandowski. Waymo alleges he downloaded files related to autonomous vehicle design before leaving.

To get your septic tank emptied, there were two options: hire someone to shovel it onto the street — or pay a high price to the cartel of "toilet suckers."

Also: An ex-Bosnian Serb general is convicted of genocide by a U.N. panel; less than half of Puerto Rico has gotten power back weeks after a hurricane; and German police recover stolen Beatles items.

The city's transportation regulator says Uber's systems "allowed unauthorized drivers to upload their photos to other Uber driver accounts" and take on customers as if they were the Uber driver.