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Lyft joins Uber in 'significantly' slowing hiring and cutting budgets, but promises no layoffs: WSJ
Both ride-sharing apps are finding it hard to lure drivers back to their platforms as economies reo…
Weilun Soon
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How Lyft's cofounders, Logan Green and John Zimmer, went from organizing carpools on college campuses to running a ride-hailing company worth $29 billion
Lyft's IPO won't make the pair overnight billionaires, but it will almost certainly contribute to a…
Katie Warren
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How Lyft's John Zimmer went from sleeping on a couch and eating frozen Trader Joe's meals to running a $7.5 billion company
We got it to thousands of users and had 150 universities and companies paying us for a closed carpo…
Anna Mazarakis,Alyson Shontell
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Composer Hans Zimmer Speaks Out Against 'Interstellar' Sound Critics
"Of course, now, suddenly there is a story that some people couldn't understand the words [of 'Inte…
Kirsten Acuna
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Ad insiders are buzzing about industry power broker Michael Kassan's messy split with UTA and what it means for the future of MediaLink
News of a legal battle between Kassan and talent giant UTA has the ad world speculating about wheth…
Lara O'Reilly,Lucia Moses
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Read part of the memo Lyft's cofounders sent to employees as the company begins laying off nearly 700 staffers
"Despite efforts to avoid this day, we've made the difficult decision to lay off 13% of the team," …
Nidhi Pandurangi
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Sorority rush season is over, but sorority influencers are here to stay
Rushing a sorority has become a social media phenomenon. For some creators, it can also be parlayed…
Aimee Pearcy
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Lyft President joins Amazon in supporting a higher corporate tax rate to pay for Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan
Lyft cofounder John Zimmer told CNN that the increased corporate taxes are a "smart investment," be…
Katie Canales
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Massachusetts court quashes Uber, Lyft, and other ride-hailing companies' $17.8 million attempt to call gig workers contractors
The court's justices said the proposal did not meet Massachusetts' constitutional requirements to l…
Weilun Soon
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Lyft said it expects some drivers to shift from food-delivery apps to ride-hailing ones after the pandemic
Lyft cofounder John Zimmer said ride-hail work generally has better pay than food-delivery jobs and…
Grace Dean
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Lyft says that its drivers are making 'record earnings' amid a driver shortage
Lyft cofounder John Zimmer said that ride demand outstripped driver supply in the first quarter - w…
Grace Dean
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Henry Cavill is back as Superman, but 2 clues in 'Black Adam' hint WB may go in a different direction with the character
Henry Cavill is officially back as Superman, but "Black Adam" teases that fans may not get the same…
Kirsten Acuna
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Uber and Lyft fares surge by up to 40% as the ride-hailing apps struggle to find enough drivers
People want to travel, but Uber and Lyft are struggling to find enough drivers. High prices mean so…
Grace Dean
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Lyft's president threatened to shut down its California operations over a court ruling requiring it to reclassify drivers as employees
Lyft and Uber, which made a similar claim Wednesday, have a long history of threatening to pull out…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Uber CEO says ride prices will be close to normal by September
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told The New York Times that Uber prices will return "to nearly the good…
Hannah Towey
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Lyft announces major push into food delivery, taking the opposite approach to rival Uber
The ride-hailing giant is working with the online-ordering platform Olo to power last-mile delivery…
Nancy Luna
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The dream of the truly driverless car is officially dead
Human oversight on autonomous technology like driverless cars causes bloated costs, which is the op…
Ashley Nunes
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Lyft is taking aim at Uber's booming food-delivery business with a delivery service of its own
The service, announced during Lyft's third-quarter earnings call Tuesday, aims to undercut the high…
Tim Levin
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'Black Adam' has 1 must-see end-credits scene. Here's what it may mean for the future of DC movies.
"Black Adam" has one extra scene during its credits that you won't want to miss. If you left theate…