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  1. Toronto (Ontario)
    As everyone loves to get worked up about so many things, it is worth taking a moment and considering the trend-lines of human history and behaviour. Understand the fallacy of tribalism and narrative when it can undermine data-driven FACTs
  2. London
    What if drivers controlled all the data that platforms collect? How would you want to use it? What would you build to take some control back from platforms? How would you do it? I am a PhD student at the University of Oxford collaborating with folks who have experience in gig work trying to...
  3. Technology
    Where on the website do I go to download my trip data, such as Earnings and destination information.
  4. Surge
    anyone know of a way to get historical surge data?
  5. Toronto (Ontario)
    So, case counts are falling, and I've got my first shot of vaccine (April 20), so I did some driving this week, here are my numbers running three Apps (Uber/Lyft/FaceDrive): Gross Earnings: $511.63 Total Fuel / Expenses: 4$ in Gas; $11 in electrons ~28h with the app(s) on (much of this in my...
  6. Advice
    Hi everyone. Forgive me if any of this question does not make sense. I am not an operator myself, so a lot of this is new learning for me. I am starting to do some research into the feasibility of starting up some form of all-electric fleet rental/share service. I feel like as of now the...
  7. Toronto (Ontario)
    It's been about 2 weeks since the gov'ts contact tracing app has launched for use by the wide public. Estimates put things around 5% uptake Country wide, however the App only actually works in Ontario at the moment, so the update might be higher if the bulk of downloads are only in the region...
  8. Toronto (Ontario)
    Be Afraid. Be VERY afraid "There are more questions. GM's privacy policy says it will comply with legal data demands. How often does it share our data with the government? GM doesn't offer a transparency report like tech companies do."...
  9. New York City
    I have 4 options to choose from below, https://www.lycamobile.us/en/checkout/ Is 1 GB good enough for a part time Uber Driver? $5 - 500 MB National Data $10 - 1 GB National Data $19 - 1 GB National Data plus unlimited talk and text $23 - 2 GB National Data plus unlimited talk and text
  10. News
    https://www.recode.net/2018/12/12/18134882/lyft-uber-ride-car-market-share Uber controls the majority of U.S. ride-hailing but Lyft is growing twice as fast. And both plan to go public in early 2019. Last Thursday, it looked as though Lyft would be the first ride-hailing unicorn to go public...
  11. Portland
    Made public by court order. 91k rides daily combined in Seattle...
  12. Australia
    Better than the momentum deal, for a few more days only, 12 month SIM only plan. Optus - 20% off + 1 Month Free $45/ $55/ $65 SIM Only Plans - $33/30GB Data, $40/50GB Data, $57/80GB Data - 12 Month Contract Massive 30Gb data for $33 a month, new customers only, easy to switch from...
  13. Advice
    Good morning! I've been kicking around an idea to add value for Uber/Lyft drivers by providing incite into advanced analytics and statistics of their driving habits and marketplace. The quick version of this back story; my thesis for my grad program in statistics/economics was based in analysis...
  14. Advice
    There's another "surge" out there you should probably be concerned about, except this one might save your wallet and your a$$ if you don't go chasing it. In our line of work, you obviously need to know your home turf like the back of your hand, including where the dangerous neighborhoods are...
  15. Advice
    I've identified 14 unique pieces of information I can glean from a Ping. 10 after ride begins - some of which I can make educated guesses about based on above. Did I miss anything? Google Sheets Link...
  16. Autonomous
    https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-faces-new-claims-of-stealing-trade-secrets/ A former nanny's lawsuit against ex-Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski raises new questions about his business conduct. MICHELLE LE THE ENGINEER AT the heart of the upcoming Waymo vs Uber trial is facing...
  17. News
    http://fortune.com/2017/11/30/europe-privacy-regulators-uber-data-breach/ Europe's national privacy regulators have joined forces to tackle Uber over the way it handled its monumental data breach last year. Each EU country has its own data protection authority (except for Germany, where each...
  18. News
    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/21/uber-data-hack-cyber-attack Uber concealed massive hack that exposed data of 57m users and drivers Firm paid hackers $100,000 to delete data and keep breach quiet Chief security officer Joe Sullivan fired for concealing breach Uber concealed...
  19. Technology
    How mush data are people using on their Uber/Lyft apps per month for GPS and communication? We're averaging around 20GB.
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