Business Uber pretended its drivers were contractors, and now it owes New Jersey $650m in employment tax Cory Doctorow

class war Uber general counsel threatens California: pass a law that makes drivers into employees and we'll spend $60m on a ballot initiative to overturn it Cory Doctorow

class war Rideshare companies' effort to kill California employment bill is failing miserably Cory Doctorow

Business Now that Uber and Lyft are public, their inevitable financial collapse is much clearer Cory Doctorow

Business The empirical impact of Lyft and Uber on cities: congestion (especially downtown, especially during "surges"), overworked drivers Cory Doctorow

class war Uber drivers across America are going on strike — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

Business IPOs have sent Uber and Lyft fares skyrocketing, while driver pay plummets Cory Doctorow

privacy New York City's new rideshare regs put Big Brother in backseat, give GPS tracking a whole new meaning Albert Fox Cahn

corruption A short list of "all the bad things" about Uber and Lyft Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Big Tech loves disruption, when they're doing the disruption Cory Doctorow

rideshare New York City taxi and rideshare drivers to receive a living wage Seamus Bellamy

class war Lyft will give free and half-price rides to the polls on election day Cory Doctorow

uber For most people, driving for Uber or Lyft just ain't worth it Seamus Bellamy

urban theory Realtor claims Uber and Lyft erode the premium homebuyers pay for good public transit links Cory Doctorow

music Watch 'The Lyft Rapper' co-create music with his passengers Rusty Blazenhoff

Business The Financial Times: Uber is doomed Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Libretaxi: a free, open, cash-only alternative to Uber, for the rest of the world Cory Doctorow

video Dashcam vid of a driver hitting 240 consecutive green lights Andrea James

video EcoHelmet: this collapsible paper helmet just won a huge award Andrea James

class war Uber is running scared of Juno, a NYC competitor that's kicking its ass Cory Doctorow