Over the past year, it’s often seemed as if Microsoft and Netflix have done everything they could possibly do to prevent 4K streaming on PCs. While 4K started rolling out on Netflix several years ago, only a handful of smart TVs were supported. The situation has only improved slightly since …
Read More »Travis Kalanick apologizes for blowing up at Uber driver who complained about drop in pay
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has penned an open letter of apology for a heated exchange he had with his Uber Black driver back in January about the impact of competitive pricing. Kalanick was shown in a newly surfaced video arguing with driver Fawzi Kamel over Uber’s business model and what effect it …
Read More »Uber fined $20 million for lying about driver earnings, predatory financing
Uber, the San Francisco ride-sharing company, has been in the news of late over its game of chicken with the city of San Francisco over a $150 license fee for self-driving vehicles (which it lost) and for losing an estimated $3 billion dollars in 2016. Now the company has been …
Read More »Apple’s Bootcamp audio driver can permanently damage the speakers on the new MacBook Pro
For the past 11 years, Apple has offered formal support for installing Windows on a Macintosh running OS X via its Boot Camp Assistant software. If you need Windows on a Macintosh and don’t want to use virtualization software to run it, Boot Camp will resize your hard drive partition …
Read More »Melbourne driver refuels during chase with police
A driver, thought to be a teenager with a passenger, led police on a high-speed car chase near Melbourne, Australia – even stopping to refuel on the way.
Read More »Driver rights
Media captionTwo Uber drivers take opposing views on how the company should treat them An employment tribunal in London has ruled that Uber drivers can be classed as workers – and are not self-employed. Two Uber drivers claimed the company was acting unlawfully by not paying holiday or sick pay. …
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