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Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) is an American mobility as a service provider. It is based in San Francisco with operations in over 900 metropolitan areas worldwide. Its services include ride-hailing, food delivery (Uber Eats and Postmates), package delivery, couriers, freight transportation, electric bicycle and motorized scooter rental via a partnership with Lime, and ferry transport in partnership with local operators. Uber does not own any vehicles; instead, it receives a commission from each booking. Fares are quoted to the customer in advance but vary using a dynamic pricing model based on the local supply and demand at the time of the booking

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Why Notion is Switching From Cursor to Claude Code and Codex

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Mar 23, 2026 7:00am PDT

Software engineers embracing the AI coding revolution don’t have much loyalty to any particular coding tool, especially when a new, better one comes out. In the latest example of that, hundreds of engineers at Notion, a maker of popular task-management software, are abandoning coding tool Cursor for Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex,... Software engineers embracing the AI coding revolution don’t have much loyalty to any particular...

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The Electric: This Tesla Adviser's Batteries Could Last for Centuries

By Steve LeVine · Mar 23, 2026 4:30am PDT · 1 comment

What if batteries lasted forever? What if batteries lasted forever?

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OpenAI’s First Advertisers Can’t Prove ChatGPT Ads Work

By Catherine Perloff · Mar 21, 2026 9:00am PDT · 3 comments

As OpenAI prepares to open up ad sales to more marketers next month, it is trying to address what some advertisers say was lacking in the initial ad sales offering. Among other things, the ChatGPT creator is planning to streamline the process of ad buying, either in partnerships with ad tech firms or with its own ad management system. So far,... As OpenAI prepares to open up ad sales to more marketers next month, it is trying to address what...

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Uber’s Self-Driving Car Quest

By Martin Peers · Mar 19, 2026 5:00pm PDT

For all the attention Nvidia gets for its relentless pace of new business partnerships, it can’t hold a candle to Uber. The ride-hailing giant seems to be on a quest to go into business with anyone who’s ever thought about developing a self-driving car. On Thursday, it announced a robotaxi deal with Rivian, the electric truck maker that is... For all the attention Nvidia gets for its relentless pace of new business partnerships, it can’t...

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Travis Kalanick Plots New Robotics and Self-Driving Venture with Levandowski, Uber

By Jessica E. Lessin · Mar 13, 2026 10:18am PDT

Former Uber CEO and cofounder Travis Kalanick is preparing to launch a new robotics and self-driving car company with major backing from the ride-hailing giant, according to several people familiar with the matter. Kalanick has also been discussing acquiring the startup founded by Anthony Levandowski, a self-driving car pioneer who has been... Former Uber CEO and cofounder Travis Kalanick is preparing to launch a new robotics and...