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Uber settles class-action labor lawsuits in Massachusetts, California

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Late Thursday, the lawyer representing a class-action of Uber drivers e-mailed members of the press to say that two pivotal labor cases have been settled.

"We are very pleased to announce that Uber has agreed to a historic settlement of the claims we have brought in California and Massachusetts for misclassifying its...

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Testing Uber pickups at the Seattle airport
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Taxis pass the new Uber/Lyft pick-up area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

You can now legally take an Uber or Lyft ride home after arriving at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport — if you can find the pick-up area, that is.

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Uber is recruiting engineers with games on its app

Uber is using in-app games to recruit engineers while they take a ride.

Business Insider first reported about the company’s new game, “Code on the Road,” after Microsoft engineer Joshua Debner tweeted a couple screenshots he noticed on the Uber app last week.

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Uber tests out using smartphones to monitor driver behavior

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Uber announced today that it will monitor some of its drivers' behavior for things like excessive speeding or distracted driving. Starting with a trial in Houston, the program will use Uber drivers' own smartphones to provide data to the company.

The company will use a phone's gyroscopes, accelerometers, and GPS to record whether drivers break speed...

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