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Uber's biggest competitor, Lyft, just scored a big partnership with Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) to explore self-driving cars. As part of the new relationship, Lyft will partner with Alphabet's Waymo unit to explore self-driving pilots as both companies are looking to accelerate...

Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO)’s post-earnings plunge sent shares of the cloud services stock to new all-time lows, but a couple of top company executives certainly aren’t worried. Twilio just filed insider trading disclosures revealing CEO Jeff Lawson and Twilio board member and executive...

Warren Buffett had to laugh when he was asked whether driverless vehicles would hurt or help his GEICO insurance company and his Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC railroad holdings. “I would say driverless trucks are a lot more of a threat than an opportunity to the Burlington Northern,...

Uber, the popular ride-sharing platform that's also heavily engaged in the race to building a self-driving car, is building a new R&D team in Toronto, Canada. According to a Bloomberg report, Uber's new unit will fall within its Advanced Technologies Group. The team will be led by...

Kimberly Trautmann says Uber Technologies, Inc. vs Lyft, Inc. is the most dynamic clash of competitors since the cola wars took root more than a century ago. “It is the best example of competitive dynamics since Coke [The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO)] and Pepsi [PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP)],”...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) revealed in its fiscal second-quarter report it is sitting on more than one-quarter of a trillion dollars in pure hard cash. To be specific, the company is holding $256.8 billion, up more than $10 billion from just the prior quarter. The problem is $239 billion is held...

Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO) shares are sinking like a stone after the company lowered its 2017 guidance on Tuesday. The biggest blow to Twilio investors was the revelation that one of the company’s biggest clients, Uber, is branching out and shifting some of its business to competitors. The news...

Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO) plummeted after the company's earnings report, which also contained a concerning headline relating to one of its biggest clients. As noted by CNBC, Uber uses Twilio's technologies to connect its drivers and passengers while simultaneously keeping everyone personal...

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Uber International C.V.’s PR woes took another turn for the worse when it was revealed that chief executive Travis Kalanick got a dressing down in 2015 over privacy issues from Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Citing user privacy concerns, Apple in 2012 stopped allowing apps in...

I was talking to my Uber driver, a Syrian refugee who arrived here two years ago, and we chatted about life and death and bombs until my eavesdropping Android made things weird. The phone — a Moto Z Play Droid — would not shut up. I pulled it out of my jacket pocket and realized our...

It's almost that time of year. The 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards is a competition to showcase the companies with the most impressive technology that are paving the future in financial services and capital markets. To get you prepared for this year's awards, Benzinga will profile each...

The Silicon Valley growth story may soon be coming to an abrupt end. According to Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry, the recent economic slump in San Jose and Oakland is a sign that the Silicon Valley bubble is bursting. What's Going On In Silicon? The Bay Area lost 4,400 jobs in...

Uber's announcement on Monday that President Jeff Jones is leaving the company after less than a year on the job is just one of the many issues affecting the company. Jones joined Uber after leaving his post as Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT)'s chief marketing officer late last year. His move from...