Enlarge / Uber signs are seen August 20, 2020 at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. – Rideshare service rivals Uber and Lyft were given a temporary reprieve on August 20 from having to reclassify drivers as employees in their…
If you use Lyft to get around town and sometimes ride with friends or family, messing around afterward as you split the fare can sometimes be a pain.With that in mind, the San Francisco-based ridesharing company is about to launch a way to smooth out t…
In a bid to get the vote out on Tuesday, November 3, both Lyft and Uber are offering discounted rides to polling locations on the big day.
For this year’s presidential election, Lyft is offering 50% off one ride up to $10 to any polling location (or …
On this episode of Digital Trends Live, host Greg Nibler discusses the top tech stories of the day, including a reprieve for Uber and Lyft, news publishers joins the app store fight, iPhone 12 rumors, Blue Origin’s lunar lander, A.I. versus an F-16,…
Uber and Lyft won’t be shutting down their apps in California for now after a judge granted them a temporary reprieve.
The ridesharing companies appealed to extend the stay to a preliminary injunction from last week that requires both companies to cl…
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A California judge has granted Uber and Lyft an emergency reprieve from an order requiring them to treat their drivers as employees. The companies were facing a Thursday deadline to comply with the order. Ea…
Lyft will shut down its operations in California on Thursday night in response to a state law that forces it to reclassify its drivers as employees.
“This is not something we wanted to do, as we know millions of Californians depend on Lyft for …
Less than 24 hours after Uber threatened it would shut down its California operations over a new law that requires the company to classify drivers as employees, Lyft followed suit, saying that it would be forced to “suspend operations” in the state i…
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A federal judge has ordered the state of New York to quickly pay unemployment benefits to four Uber and Lyft drivers who have been waiting for the payments since March or April. The New York Taxi Workers Allia…
Lyft drivers are slamming the ridesharing company for selling personal protective equipment (PPE) to its drivers through an online store — saying masks and other safety supplies should be provided to them for free.
“It’s such an unreasonable an…