I drive for Uber and Lyft as a medical student. It's not the profitable side hustle I expected it to be.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Technology
Medical student Porshaye Watkins poses on a walking path with a forest in the background. She is wearing a white medical coat a dress with a blue pattern, and a stethoscope around her neck.
Porshaye Watkins drives for Uber and Lyft as a side hustle.

Porshaye Watkins

I drove for Uber for a decade after leaving my corporate job. Now, I'm looking for alternatives as my pay falls.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Travel
Anja Holthoff, an Uber driver in Atlanta, looks at the camera while wearing a black paperboy cap, black-rimmed glasses, and a black blouse with suspenders.
Anja Holthoff said she has been driving for Uber since 2016.

Anja Holthoff

I'm an Uber and Lyft driver who tried a robotaxi for the first time. I'm not impressed.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Environment
Man standing in front of a Waymo
Jason Munderloh, a part-time rideshare driver of 11 years, said he avoids taking robotaxis because he doesn't want to support companies taking jobs away from drivers.

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the real estate industry might hold the secret to making robotaxis work financially

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Dara Khosrowshahi, Chief Executive Officer of Uber Technologies, looks on as he attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Dara Khosrowshahi, Chief Executive Officer of Uber Technologies, attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos

Thomson Reuters

Uber's CEO says robotaxis could displace drivers in 10 to 15 years and create 'a big, big societal question'

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Waymo parked in the rain
A Waymo parks in the rain in Austin.

Ethan McKanna

Can you make it as an Uber driver? A new game simulates work in the gig economy

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
A screenshot from the Cherry Picker game shows Charles, the game's protagonist, sitting in a car holding a phone with a clocktower in the background
GigU's Cherry Picker game focuses on Charles, a fictional ride-hailing driver trying to make money.

GigU

Uber now allows you to pay with cash. Drivers worry that it will lead to awkward moments or make them theft targets.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
FILE PHOTO: An Uber sticker is seen on driver Margaret Bordelon's car in Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: An Uber sticker is seen on Margaret Bordelon's car in Lafayette, Louisiana

Reuters

Here's how canceling an Uber ride affects your rating

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Uber driver
Uber driver

Carlina Teteris

Revel is ditching its ride-hailing business and going all in on EV charging for Uber and Lyft

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
A man wearing a blue jacket and green pants opens the door to a Tesla car owned by Revel. The car is painted light blue and the writing on the door says that it's a
Revel's website said the company was ending its ride-hailing service on Monday.

Revel

The average Waymo robotaxi completes more trips per day than 99% of Uber drivers, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Dara Khosrowshahi
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

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