Uber Acquires Alcohol Delivery App Drizly for $1.1 Billion USD

On February 2, CNBC reports that Uber has announced it will be acquiring the popular alcohol delivery service app Drizly for $1.1 billion USD in stock and cash.

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JAY-Z Becomes First Billionaire Rapper

JAY-Z has amassed a fortune that amounts to $1 billion, but how did he get there?

More Than Half of America’s Billion-Dollar Startups Have Immigrant Founders

If it weren’t for immigrant entrepreneurs, many of America’s most valuable startups–names like Uber, WeWork, and SpaceX–would not exist.

Warren Buffett reportedly tried to invest $3 billion in Uber

The legendary investor Warren Buffett tried to buy a $3 billion stake in Uber earlier this year through his company, Berkshire Hathaway, Bloomberg News’ Eric Newcomer and Olivia Zaleski reported Wednesday.

Sprint CEO to join Uber’s board of directors

SoftBank has more than just a large stake in Uber — it’ll soon have some direct control as well. Recode sources understand that Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is taking one of SoftBank’s two slots on Uber’s board of directors in the “next few weeks.” The other slot is reportedly slated to go to Rajeev Misra, the leader of the SoftBank Vision Fund that took charge of the Uber deal. Neither Uber nor SoftBank has commented on the apparent scoop.

Uber Employees May Use Secret Tools To Target Drivers And Undercut Competition

Three years ago, ride-hailing giant Uber came under investigation for a tool called “God View” that allowed employees to track drivers and customers in real-time. Uber has since scaled that ability back, but Jalopnik has learned the company still deploys a revamped version of it, along with other secret internal tools, to target its drivers who also work for competitors.

HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING WAY FOR SELF-DRIVING CARS

Driverless cars are moving fast. Google and Lyft flash us their self-driving-car schemes, and Uber has already put robo-cabs to work in Pittsburgh. But if autonomous cars are going to chauffeur us, we need to regulate them.

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