Uber and Wayve have launched 15 supervised robotaxis in London. Learn how the rides work, why safety drivers remain and what comes next for riders and Uber.
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Uber and Wayve have launched 15 supervised robotaxis in London. Learn how the rides work, why safety drivers remain and what comes next for riders and Uber.
The post Uber and Wayve Launch UKβs First Supervised Robotaxi Rides appeared first on TechRepublic.
Uber is laying off 93 Washington state-based employees as part of a sweeping global restructuring that will eliminate roughly 10% of the companyβs workforce.
The cuts heavily impact the transportation giantβs Seattle hub, targeting those assigned to the downtown engineering center as well as regional remote workers.
The job losses are detailed in a new Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice filed by the company with the stateβs Employment Security Department, which lists impacted positions ranging from software engineers to senior managers.
Affected staff were notified Wednesday and will receive full pay and benefits through a 60-day notice period ending Nov. 2. The cuts hit technical roles particularly hard, with position titles including software engineers, product managers, data scientists, and a Seattle-based director of engineering.
Nationally, the cuts eliminate about 3,300 corporate jobs β roughly 10% of Uberβs global workforce β in the companyβs largest round of layoffs since 2020. In a memo to staff, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi framed the restructuring as a move to eliminate middle-management bureaucracy, flattening reporting structures by reducing management layers and cutting βmicro-teamsβ by nearly half.
As part of the overhaul, Uber is also clamping down on remote work, capping fully remote positions at less than 1% of its total workforce and requiring most employees to move near core office hubs like San Francisco and New York. Khosrowshahi noted that savings from the cuts will help free up capital to invest in core operations, including autonomous vehicle partnerships.
Uber first established its engineering outpost in Seattle in March 2015 to tap into the regionβs pool of tech talent. The company expanded significantly in 2018 when it signed a 10-year lease for 115,000 square feet at downtownβs Second & Seneca building at 1191 Second Ave.
Dutch Data Protection Authority said it is imposing a fine of 825 million euros because Uber violated the EUβs General Data Protection Regulation.
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Waymo has sharply increased its lobbying spending as it seeks to persuade US regulators to clear a path for fully autonomous taxi services, intensifying its battle with rival Uber over the future of robotaxis.
The Alphabet-owned company spent more than $1 million between April and June on lobbying the federal government, more than double its outlay a year earlier, according to filings. That put Waymoβs spending close to Uberβs and well ahead of rivals including Amazonβs Zoox and Tesla.
The rise in lobbying comes as Waymo and Uber push competing visions for the future of ride-hailing. Waymo wants a faster route to fully driverless commercial services, while Uber is advocating a staggered rollout in which robotaxis operate alongside human drivers.
Β© Alex Kent, Bloomberg
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