Former Uber engineer says company ignored repeated reports of sexual harassment

 Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer for Uber and current engineer at Stripe, accused the company…

Ford invests $1 billion in Pittsburgh-based Argo AI to build self-driving cars by 2021

 Ford has invested $1 billion in a joint venture with Argo AI, a Pittsburgh-based company with…

GM’s Maven car sharing service makes its way to Atlanta

 GM’s Maven car-sharing service has now launched in Atlanta, its 17th North American city, where it’ll…

The inside story of the rise and rise of Uber

 Brad Stone’s new book, The Upstarts, recounts the surprising rise – and possible fall – of…

Uber hires former YouTube exec Kevin Thompson as VP of Marketplace Engineering

 Uber is picking up a lot of ex-Googlers lately – earlier on Thursday, I reported that…

Uber settles FTC lawsuit claiming it misled drivers about pay

 Uber settled a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission today for $20 million. The lawsuit alleged…

Volvo creates a car sharing unit

 Volvo announced that it’s joining other automakers in creating a business unit devoted to car sharing.…

U.S. Department of Transportation announces a new committee focused on automation

 The U.S. regulatory agency overseeing transportation of all kinds at the federal level has announced a…