WASHINGTON: Alphabet Inc’s Google unit, Ford Motor Co, the ride-sharing service Uber and two other companies said on Tuesday they are forming a coalition to push for federal action to help speed self-driving cars to market. Sweden-based Volvo Cars, which is owned by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co, and Uber rival Lyft also are…

Punjab Information Technology Board initiated a new travel facility for the citizens of Lahore. Now they install an Uber app in their mobile to order the taxi service across the city. Ziaur Rehman reports.

ISLAMABAD: Uber is teaching its drivers in Pakistan how not to sexually harass women, a spokeswoman said Friday, after the popular transport app launched in the conservative country where women are often hassled on public transport. In Pakistan, “there is lack of knowledge on what constitutes sexual harassment”, said Shaden Abdellatif, a spokeswoman for ride-hailing…

MICHIGAN: A man arrested early Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead six people in the northern US state of Michigan was an Uber driver who may have been picking up fares just before the killing spree began. Uber confirmed that the suspect, 45-year-old Jason Brian Dalton, was a driver for the ride-sharing company, adding he…

SAO PAULO: Hundreds of angry taxi drivers protested by blocking roads in Sao Paulo on Tuesday, saying the city hall’s plans to regulate the online ride-sharing service Uber will ruin them. About 300 taxis blocked the road in front of the city hall in the huge Brazilian city for more than three hours as their…

NEW YORK: Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is testing a service that will allow users of its Messenger app to hail Uber rides directly from the app, without leaving a conversation or downloading the ride-hailing app. Uber is the first partner for the Transportation on Messenger service, which will be available to select users…

Former Pakistan off-spinner Arshad Khan is driving taxi in Sydney, Australia. A social media user, while sharing details of a chance encounter with Khan said that when he saw face of the taxi driver he was shocked to found that it was former Pakistan cricketer…

SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp has said it will hand over its display advertising business to AOL Inc and sell some map-generating technology to ride-hailing app company Uber, as it slims down its money-losing online operations. The moves mean Microsoft will focus on its growing search advertising business based on its Bing search engine, and displaying maps…