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Bird, once primed to be the Uber of electric scooters and valued at $2.5 billion, just filed for bankruptcy
Bird said on Wednesday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Florida after several years o…
Tom Carter
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China's naval commandos rode electric skateboards into a combat exercise with drones disguised as birds, then left in a pickup truck
Special forces for China's navy showcased a jet-powered surfboard, electric skateboards, and an exp…
Matthew Loh
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Electric scooter startup Bird is laying off almost a quarter of its workforce
Bird told TechCrunch that "macro economic trends" had forced it to focus on becoming profitable mor…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Scooter company Bird is emailing customers to tell them they still owe 62 cents, 93 cents, or 78 cents from rides taken years ago
Scooter company Bird, seeking additional funding amid financial struggles, is reaching out to some …
Lakshmi Varanasi
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New York City will finally get electric scooter rentals this Spring
As the popularity of e-scooters exploded around the world in recent years, New York City has been l…
Graham Rapier
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The pandemic means electric scooter rentals will be allowed on the UK's public roads from June
Silicon Valley firms may finally trial electric scooters on UK roads.
Shona Ghosh
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The UK is set to finally legalize electric scooter rentals from Saturday as it tries to avoid floods of people on public transport
While e-scooters have become common in many European cities, old laws have prevented them from laun…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Bird's COO once reportedly got drunk and pretended to fire random employees over Slack as a joke
The alleged joke was widely known and one of many troubling workplace incidents within the company,…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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A farmer saved the life of a giant crane, and now man and bird are forever friends: 'I know 100% he will not leave me.'
Arif Gurjar found the giant injured bird in his field in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, healed him,…
Bethany Dawson
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Ford will test remote-operated scooters to try and solve the scooter sharing's biggest challenges
The remote-controlled scooters could help Spin cut down on poorly parked scooters and boost operati…
Tim Levin
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Uber is reportedly holding talks to buy electric scooter firms Bird and Lime
The Information originally reported Uber's interest in the buzzy scooter firms, while sources famil…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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Electric scooter startup Bird reportedly raises $150 million, making it the first $1 billion scooter startup
These so-called dockless scooter services have exploded in popularity, with a number of companies -…
Rachel Sandler
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Scooter unicorn Bird is now in Brussels as it speeds up its international expansion
Anyone who wants to hire a Bird will need to download the app, add their payment details, then use …
Shona Ghosh
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The CEO of Voi, scooter rival to $2.5 billion Bird, goes public on why it furloughed and laid off staff to cope with COVID-19
As well as furloughs, Voi has laid off all staff still on probation, some senior management and a n…
Callum Burroughs,Callum Burro…
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Bird's European boss says Brexit is the 'elephant in the room' that's holding up the launch of electric scooters
BI: How do you think about pricing then? Public transport represents good value for most people, be…
Shona Ghosh
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Bird will give free scooter rentals to riders who prove they're wearing a helmet by taking 'helmet selfies'
Bird, along with other e-scooter rental companies like Lime, has long advised riders to wear helmet…
Bani Sapra
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Scooter startup Bird is reportedly raising $300 million with assistance from financial giant Fidelity
Throughout 2018, the scooter company expanded at breakneck speed across the United States and now o…
Graham Rapier
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A startling photo of abandoned Birds shows the electric scooter backlash has begun
Bird pulled out of Louisville, Kentucky a day after launching because it put scooters into the city…
Shona Ghosh
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A startup is taking inspiration from scooter companies Bird and Lime to rent blenders to space-strapped New York apartment dwellers
To be sure, some apartment buildings already offer chairs and tables for tenants when they have a p…
Alex Nicoll
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Electric scooter startup Bird has laid off 30% of the company in a scramble to preserve a 'cash runway' to last until the end of 2021
The three-year old company, based in Santa Monica, Calif., did not say how many employees were affe…