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Uber granted 30-month license to continue operating in London

The Verge

Uber has secured a 30-month — or two-and-a-half-year — license to keep its ridesharing services up and running in London, according to a report from the BBC. This marks the close of a lengthy battle with the city’s transportation agency, Transport for London (TfL), over Uber’s safety protocols.

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The Insider Guide to Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 – Vol. 2

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Learn more about international rights and licenses? The passes can also be used as tickets for travelling on the local public transport. We will be exhibiting at Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 from Oct.16th The post The Insider Guide to Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 – Vol. What is it that you wish to take away from this event?

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Uber fined $59 million for dodging questions about sexual assaults

The Verge

Uber has 30 days to pay a $59 million fine to California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for failing to answer the regulator’s questions about a damning safety report released by the company in December 2019. Regulators want to know more about Uber’s own damning safety report, released in 2019.

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Uber continues to hemorrhage cash during the pandemic despite growth in delivery

The Verge

billion over the last three months, with its adjusted net revenues down 29 percent compared to Q2 of 2019. But there was no mistaking the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the company’s core transportation business. And the company also lost its license in London after regulators identified a “pattern of failures.”.

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Digital identity startup Evernym sells to Avast, looks to bring trust to a decentralized internet

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” The 30-person company has worked to create decentralized identifiers for open-source projects and efforts such as International Air Transport Association’s Travel Pass. Evernym raised an $8 million round of funding in 2019, with backers including Barclays Ventures and Medici Ventures.

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Bird will double its size in Europe with massive $150 million spend

The Verge

Bird said that portions of its $150 million investment will be spent “implementing the next generation of recycling and second life applications for vehicles, investing in industry-leading equity programs and securing partnerships across the region designed to improve transportation for all Europeans.”.

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Waymo teams up with trucker JB Hunt on autonomous freight hauling in Texas

The Verge

Waymo’s autonomous trucking unit got a boost with the announcement that it would be teaming up with JB Hunt Transport Services, a 56-year-old company based in Arkansas. The trucks will operate autonomously but will be supervised by two Waymo employees, a commercially licensed driver and a software engineer, from the cab of the vehicle.