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Uber

6 stories about Uber
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Uber’s path to profit: A victory of politics over innovation

16.02.25|Viki Auslender
After years of losses as a tech company, Uber is profitable—but not because of efficiency or competition.
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Cyber attacks expose flaws in cashless ambitions

01.12.24|Viki Auslender
Norway, Sweden, and now Israel confront the risks of over-reliance on digital systems.
מערום קורקינטים בתל אביב

The gig is up: Customers paying the price for the sharing economy

14.01.24|Viki Auslender
From Uber, to Airbnb, to Wolt. The "disruptive technology" companies promised an easy and shiny new life using cheap money. However, once interest rates rose, services that were once efficient, cheap and aesthetic have become complicated, expensive and unattractive
ציור איור יונתן פופר

One star rating: Is this the end of the road for Uber and the like?

18.05.23|Viki Auslender
After 15 years of grandiose promises, huge investments and IPOs, Uber, Lyft and DoorDash still aren't making a profit
איור הייטק טוב ורע

The fast & the spurious: Failures of Tesla, Amazon and Google testify to the motives behind the scenes

21.02.23|Viki Auslender
Tesla's autonomous driving is causing accidents, Amazon is killing small merchants, and Google's chatbot is wrong. The hasty launches and uncontrolled expansion indicate that it is not "innovation" that drives these companies, but short-term profits
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Uber competitor Bolt enters Israeli market

20.12.22|Meir Orbach, Yuval Sade
The company, which provides transportation services similar to Uber, food deliveries, and electric scooters for rent, published a job advertisement for private car drivers, who are not necessarily taxi drivers, but according to current Israeli law only taxi drivers are allowed to drive for a fee