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A woman checks her phone while riding on the back of a motorbike.

This app is disrupting motorbike taxis in Bangkok. Some are disrupting right back.

Technology
A man holds a sign reading "Uber=Illega" over a woman's head

Protesters in Argentina say Uber is ‘illegal’ — but a bigger problem is unemployment

Former hospital

How the new health care bill could affect your Uber ride

Culture
The Uber app displays cars available to make a pickup around Capitol Hill in May 2015

Pols deride Uber. They also ride Uber. A lot, documents show.

Culture
Members of the All India Mahila Congress, the women's wing of the Congress {arty, carry placards that read, "The country is covered in shame..." The women were protesting the rape of a female passenger by an Uber taxi driver in New Delhi.

An alleged rape by an Uber driver is one more sign of India’s gender violence problem

Justice

Uber bills itself as the “safest ride on the road” for its customers, but the company is now banned from operating in New Delhi after one of its drivers has been accused of raping a passenger. This case is the latest to draw attention to the dangers facing Indian women.

A man attends an Europe-wide protest of licensed taxi drivers against ride hailing apps, like Uber, they fear will allow unregulated, private drivers into the market, in front of the Olympic stadium in Berlin, June 11, 2014.

Taxi drivers across Europe create gridlock over Uber app

Business, Economics and Jobs

Commuters faced traffic chaos in London, Berlin, Paris and Madrid Wednesday as taxi drivers staged protests against controversial US ride-sharing app Uber.

A man attends an Europe-wide protest of licensed taxi drivers against ride hailing apps, like Uber, they fear will allow unregulated, private drivers into the market, in front of the Olympic stadium in Berlin, June 11, 2014.

Taxi drivers across Europe create gridlock over Uber app

Business, Economics and Jobs

Commuters faced traffic chaos in London, Berlin, Paris and Madrid Wednesday as taxi drivers staged protests against controversial US ride-sharing app Uber.

Taxi-hailing apps offer unexpected benefit to minority riders

Environment

A group of taxi-hailing apps have taken off in cities with notoriously poor taxi services, but not in New York. Despite the slow start, minorities in New York have found unexpected success hailing cabs that may have previously driven by them out of fear and discrimination.