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On Tuesday, Lyft announced a new feature that will connect women and nonbinary riders with other female and nonbinary drivers to create a more secure and confident experience. The feature, called Women+ Connect, will allow riders to choose to match with similar drivers which Lyft says was a “highly requested feature.”

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says his time moonlighting as a delivery worker and driver showed him the company "didn't take pride in the driver product."
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Uber said it allow under-25s who are currently signed up to continuing driving for the company, however.
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Uber introduced a new age requirement for its California drivers on Thursday in response to rising commercial and auto insurance rates. The company said that moving forward, it will only allow people 25 years and older to transport passengers, but the rules won’t apply to Uber Eats delivery drivers.

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It’s official: a band of British teenagers managed to hack some of the biggest companies on the planet last year, and they did it all using fairly basic hacking techniques.

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Business Insider analyzed salary data for workers at top tech companies.
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X (the social media site formerly known as Twitter) is in the process of launching a new identity verification feature that could prove controversial.

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Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi speaks as Uber announces new sustainability features during an event at BAFTA in Piccadilly, London.Picture date: Thursday June 8, 2023.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that he got lost when he was moonlighting as a delivery driver for his company.
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Jim Carrey in a scene from the film 'The Cable Guy', 1996.
Jim Carrey in a scene from the film 'The Cable Guy', 1996.