Sorry, Sundance Goers: No Private Choppers, Cushy Uber Lounge on Main Street
Hollywood is going to have to rough it at this year’s Sundance Film Festival as two major conveniences it previously provided — private helicopters and a tricked-out lounge to wait for Uber rides on...
View Article#BoycottUber: Why Uber Is Twitter’s Boycott of the Day
The political climate has become so charged that it feels like there’s a new call for a boycott on Twitter every day. Their boycott hashtag du jour is #BoycottUber, which is calling on those who oppose...
View ArticleStars Support Lyft After Rideshare App Pledges to Donate $1 Million to ACLU
After Donald Trump signed an executive order to ban citizens from seven mostly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. for 90 days, Lyft pledged to donate $1 million to the ACLU over the next four...
View ArticleLyft App Downloads Outnumber Uber for 1st Time Thanks to Trump Opposition
Lyft’s decision to publicly oppose a controversial travel ban against citizens from seven majority-Muslim nations has paid off bigly. On Sunday, for the first time ever, downloads of the rideshare app...
View ArticleUber CEO Steps Down From Trump’s Economic Advisory Council
Uber CEO Tavis Kalanick announced he would step down from Donald Trump’s economic advisory council in an email sent to employees on Thursday, a representative for Uber told to TheWrap. “Earlier today I...
View ArticleApple, Facebook, Google File Opposition to Trump’s Travel Ban
Top tech companies including Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft filed an amicus brief on Sunday opposing Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. The document, signed by 97...
View Article‘Silicon Valley’ Season 4 First Look: Richard Is Quitting (Video)
The trailer for the fourth season of HBO’s “Silicon Valley has been released, and it guarantees the show will start off with a bang when it returns in April. “I’m quitting,” says Thomas Middleditch’s...
View ArticleUber Launches ‘Urgent Investigation’ Into Sexual Harassment Claims Made by...
Uber is conducting an “urgent investigation” into claims by a former employee who says she was sexually harassed while with company — and that Uber did nothing about it. “What’s described here is...
View ArticleUber Hires Former Attorney General Eric Holder to Head Sexual Harassment Probe
Former Attorney General Eric Holder will lead an investigation at Uber regarding sexual harassment claims, the company announced in an internal email that was obtained by TheWrap. Earlier this week, a...
View ArticleWatch Billionaire Uber CEO Lecture a Broke Driver on ‘Responsibility’ (Video)
(Update: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has issued an apology, which you can read in its entirety here.) As if the ride-share company doesn’t have enough public relations problems, video emerged Tuesday of...
View ArticleHere Is Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s Apology for Berating a Driver
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has issued a statement to Uber employees apologizing for a video in which he insulted a driver, saying he needs to “grow up” and get “leadership help.” The video, obtained by...
View ArticleSXSW Film Fest Kicks Off Big With VR Everywhere and Uber MIA
Hollywood has taken over Austin for the SXSW Film Festival, where VR is everywhere, Uber is banned — and the humidity doesn’t make the many lines feel any shorter. Everything’s biggest in Texas —...
View ArticleChristian Bale, Benicio del Toro, Haley Bennett All Cut From Terrence...
Terrence Malick’s long-awaited love poem “Song to Song” is not hurting for famous faces — the cast includes Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman and other Oscar-winning actors — but several equally-famous...
View Article‘Beauty and the Beast’ Boys Join James Corden for ‘Crosswalk the Musical’...
We already knew that Josh Gad, Dan Stevens and Luke Evans could perform “Beauty and the Beast” for the big-screen, but can they hack it on a random Los Angeles crosswalk? James Corden intended to find...
View ArticleNew Sony Pictures Chief Tony Vinciquerra Brings New Media Skills and a Steady...
For most moguls, six years outside of Hollywood’s executive suite could mean the end of an entertainment industry career. But new Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra spent his time on the outside...
View ArticleUber Exec Fired After Checking Rape Victim’s Medical Records (Report)
Eric Alexander, Uber’s former President of Business in Asia Pacific, has been fired for violating the privacy of a female passenger who was raped in India in 2014, according to a report from Recode....
View ArticleAnother Uber Exec Bites the Dust
Emil Michael — Chief Business Officer of Uber, the ubiquitous ride-hailing app — stepped down from his role on Monday amid an investigation into widespread sexual harassment at the company. An Uber...
View ArticleApple Driverless Car Tech Is in the Works, Says CEO Tim Cook
Move over, Elon Musk. There’s another Silicon Valley heavy-hitter — actually, the Silicon Valley heavy-hitter — jumping into the self-driving car race. For the first time, CEO Tim Cook confirmed Apple...
View ArticleUber CEO Travis Kalanick to Take Indefinite Leave of Absence
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, who built the ride-sharing app into a multi-billion dollar company but has also overseen a series of ethical lapses, is taking an unspecified leave of absence from the company...
View ArticleUber Board Member Makes Sexist Joke During Culture Change Presentation
Uber’s Tuesday all-hands meeting to begin the process of changing its culture showed how far the company still has to go. Leaked audio of the proceedings captured board member and TPG Capital Founding...
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