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The life and career of Tony West, the Uber executive married to Kamala Harris' sister, and who may be in the running for a role in the Biden administration
As Uber's chief legal office, West, 55, has spent the last three years cleaning up messy legal snaf…
Avery Hartmans
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From Larry Fink to Meg Whitman, here are the business leaders who may be in line for key roles in the Biden administration
Meg Whitman.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
Avery Hartmans
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Uber's new top lawyer, Tony West talked Waymo down from a $500 million payment to $250 million
And it was West who worked with Waymo's general counsel to craft a counter offer the board would sw…
Julie Bort
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Harris' Uber executive brother-in-law says he won't join her cabinet. Other business leaders still have a shot.
Tony West, an Uber exec and Harris' brother-in-law, said he won't serve in her cabinet, but other b…
Alice Tecotzky
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How a Trump or Harris presidency could impact the future of AI
Harris would likely build on Biden's approach and Trump be more hands off, but both need to balance…
Alice Tecotzky
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Here's where Kamala Harris stands on tech issues including AI, Big Tech, and crypto
Vice President Kamala Harris is a former attorney-general of California and has a long history with…
Beatrice Nolan
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Kamala Harris has a golden opportunity to pull Silicon Valley away from Trump and Vance
Vice President Kamala Harris is gaining momentum in the 2024 election with endorsements from tech l…
Beatrice Nolan
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Uber negotiated a huge cut to a $59 million fine it received for refusing to share data about sexual assaults on its service
Uber's chief legal officer, Tony West, said the company wanted to "help set the standard for safety…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Uber's top lawyer reveals how the CEO convinced him to join the company he'd previously said he would avoid
"They needed help with regulators, I had been a regulator. They needed someone who understood the g…
Graham Rapier
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Uber and Lyft are now sharing data on drivers that have been banned for sexual or physical assault. Other delivery companies will join the program, they said.
Uber and Lyft said they would use the Industry Sharing Safety Program to pool data about drivers ba…
Kate Duffy
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Uber is vowing to fight the new California bill that threatens to turn its drivers into employees
State senators recently passed Assembly Bill 5, which threatens to reclassify hundreds of thousands…
Theron Mohamed
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The DC to Silicon Valley pipeline: Meet the former Washington power-players who joined the ranks at tech companies like Amazon and Airbnb
These days, major tech companies like Amazon, Airbnb, Stripe, and Apple are all home to former DC p…
Avery Hartmans
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Uber's latest hire is another sign the company is trying to grow up
Schools told the Wall Street Journal that Uber started courting him in February. "The op…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Uber is paying $4.4 million to settle federal charges that workers experienced a 'culture of sexual harassment and retaliation'
"We've worked hard to ensure that all employees can thrive at Uber by putting fairness and accounta…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Joe Biden said he wants to make gig-workers full-time employees — but one of his top advisers previously helped Uber and Lyft avoid such a change in California
Nominated national security advisor Jake Sullivan is one of many in the inner circle under fire by …
Graham Rapier
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An Uber driver who got COVID-19 couldn't get the company to cover his promised sick pay until he called out its CEO on Twitter
"We are always working to help keep everyone who uses Uber safe. We have a dedicated global team, g…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Uber's new sexual harassment report asks you to play a game in which you match a creepy story with its new categories of inappropriate behaviour
Fourteen women who claim to have been sexually assaulted by Uber drivers are currently suing the co…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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California legislators are set to vote on a bill that could devastate Uber and Lyft's business model
Both companies have maintained their commitment to higher-pay and more benefits for drivers, so lon…
Graham Rapier
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How Uber's internal safety team handles everything from car crashes to assaults
Today, an algorithm monitors incoming tickets from the app, website, safety hotline and elsewhere f…
Graham Rapier
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One of Uber's earliest backers told us why he's bullish on the company, even though 'they're still finding a few skeletons'
"We built America for cars. And we probably went way too far. There are 3.2 cars per household, and…