Learn everything you need to know about Uber via these 52 free HackerNoon stories. Read All ..read more

Hundreds of gig workers have been carjacked in the U.S. over the last five years. Uber has produced at least 24,000 “safety incident reports” that involved physical assaults perpetrated against its drivers by passengers. A total of 28 workers were killed, and dozens more were severely or permanently injured. Read All ..read more

A new study says more than 50 gig workers have been murdered in the U.S. over the past five years. Advocacy group Gig Workers Rising says the study fills the void of any company or government data on the dangers of gig work. The study draws data from a report on 124 carjackings of ride-hail drivers. The Markup independently verified the incidents listed in the report. Lyft disputes the report, saying the names of three of the drivers listed did not occur on the Lyft platform. Read All ..read more

Uber is showing trip destinations to drivers before they decide to accept a ride to enable them to make informed choices. You will likely not have to pay Uber trip cancellation fee and the driver is unlikely to cancel the trip either. The focus now shifts from cancellation to driver accepting a ride**Let’s understand from a Data Science (Machine Learning) perspective what happens behind the scene to match user requests to a driver whose probability to accept the ride is high and get your request fulfilled in the minimum time possible. Read All ..read more

Minneapolis police have tracked nearly 50 carjackings of Uber and Lyft drivers since mid-August. Twelve such incidents happened in the third week of October alone. Minneapolis Police Department: "Ride-share operators need to take extra precautions to stay safe" Both Uber, Lyft said they’re working to improve safety on their apps. Police departments from Chicago, Cleveland and Washington have seen an uptick in carjacking. In the last two years, 339 carjings and attempted carjackments have increased by 339 percent over the past two years. Read All ..read more

Lyft realized its mobile crash reporting tool was hindering its ability to deliver a consistently positive experience to its users. Read All ..read more

The Markup confirmed 124 carjackings and attempted carjackings of ride-hail drivers across the country. Drivers say the companies are doing little to help. Read All ..read more

Hi readers, today, I’m publishing a letter that I penned with Nate D’Anna, co-founder and co-CEO of Dumpling, about Prop 22 and the status of gig workers. Read the full story ..read more

Big Tech scored a major victory with the passage of Proposition 22, which exempts drivers in the gig economy from the protection of California’s employment laws Read the full story ..read more

Sometime ago for a project, I was looking for a good rate-limiting service. For the scope of that project, the service would run along a front proxy and would rate-limit requests to third party applications. Read the full story ..read more