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Inside Google Ventures' first 15 years — and its plans for the next 300

As the tech industry undergoes another major shift with the advent of generative AI, GV is celebrating its 15th anniversary—and looking for unconventional, long-term answers.

Fortune

Landmark moment as Uber unveils first annual profit as limited company

US taxi app firm turns $1.8bn loss into $1.1bn profit after years of spending billions of investors’ cash to expand

The Guardian - UK

Mark Cuban rejected an offer to make a $250,000 investment in Uber that’d now be worth $2.3 billion

Cuban balked at Uber’s cofounder valuing the startup at $10 million.

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Billionaire Mark Cuban Reveals Regret Over Passing On Uber Investment

Mark Cuban and Kevin Hart reflect on missed opportunity to invest in Uber

Zenger

Mark Cuban Explains How a Missed Investment Cost Him Billions

Kevin Hart also missed out on the same company.

The Street

Uber suspends diversity chief over ‘Don’t Call Me Karen’ events

Bo Young Lee faced criticism for Zoom sessions that focused on white women’s experience of ‘Karen’ stereotype of entitlement

The Guardian - US

Uber puts its DEI head on leave after employees voice fury at events titled ‘Don’t Call Me Karen'

Staffers said they felt lectured and "scolded" during two events which looked at the experience of white women at Uber.

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Early Twitter investor warns Musk is surrounded by yes men

Chris Sacca says Musk has surrounded himself with “sycophantic and opportunistic” people who won’t challenge his ideas.

Fortune

Former Uber security chief convicted in hack cover-up: reports

San Francisco (AFP) - A jury on Wednesday found Uber's former security chief guilty of federal crimes for covering up a massive hack that compromised personal information of users and drivers, according to US media reports.

AFP

‘Embrace the chaos’: a history of Uber’s rapid expansion and fall from favour

The firm was one of the pioneers of the gig economy model but its operations soon caused a global furore

The Guardian - UK

Unicorn in the room: What the Uber-Times Internet story tells us about the business of media

On December 5, 2014, a female passenger was raped in an Uber cab by its driver. This incident happened in New Delhi.

Newslaundry

Uber Faces New and Serious Allegations

Embattled ride-sharing company is sued by hundreds of women who allege they were sexually assaulted by drivers.

The Street

How the Times Group covered Uber after their ‘strategic partnership’

Uber’s ties with the Times Group are raising eyebrows. On July 12, the Indian Express shed light on the media group’s “strategic partnership” with the cab firm.

Newslaundry

TechScape: Uber’s easy ride is over

Why the tech giant’s aggressive approach to growth may only encourage future startups. Plus: the latest in Elon’s Twitterverse

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The Conversation

The Uber files: leaked documents reveal a strategy of chaos – has anything changed?

Uber has had a controversial history since its founding in 2009, from violent conflicts among drivers to a secret software allegedly used to evade law enforcement. Now, a leak of over 124,000 documents dubbed the Uber files shows the extent to which the firm under co-founder and former CEO Travis…

The Guardian - UK

Uber used Greyball fake app to evade police across Europe, leak reveals

Firm’s bosses knew it was fooling authorities with tool showing phantom cars, documents show

ABC News

A 'kill switch', Emmanuel Macron under pressure, and whistleblower revealed: A quick look at the Uber Files

As the whistleblower was revealed and the fallout hits France's President, here's a quick look at the so-called Uber Files.

AFP

Lobbyist Mark MacGann comes out as Uber Files whistleblower

London (AFP) - Lobbyist Mark MacGann on Monday came out as the whistleblower who leaked thousands of compromising documents on US ride-hailing firm Uber to British newspaper The Guardian.

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The Street

Three Words at the Heart of Uber Scandal

Ride sharing giant's growth tied to lobbying, influence pedaling, secret meetings and capitalizing on threats against its drivers to evoke sympathy.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Uber files: a tech immorality tale

Editorial: Devastating leaked documents underline the pressing need for proper regulation of the digital economy

Input

Uber used dangerous and illegal tactics in rise to power, leak reveals

A massive leak of 124,000 internal Uber documents illustrate the extents to which Uber was willing to go in building its empire.

The Guardian - UK

Uber offered shares to media barons for political help, leak reveals

Tech firm wooed owners of publications in Europe and India as it sought favourable treatment from governments, documents show

The Guardian - UK

The Uber whistleblower: I’m exposing a system that sold people a lie

Exclusive: Mark MacGann says he has decided to speak out about firm to ‘right some fundamental wrongs’

The New Daily

Secret texts, illegal actions: What we’ve learned from ‘the Uber Files’ so far

The Uber Files reveal secret meetings and texts with world leaders, drivers endangered for sympathy points, and admissions of illegal activity.

The Guardian - UK

The Moscow moves: how Mandelson’s firm helped Uber reach Russian elite

Leak shows how the former Labour minister used his access to pro-Kremlin oligarchs, including some now under sanctions

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