Welcome to Silicon UK Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the week ending 17/11/2023.
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Government Tells Delivery Apps To Tighten Account Controls
Government calls delivery apps Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat to round table discussion over issue of illegal account sharing
Uber, Motional Launch Robotaxi Service In Las Vegas
People in Las Vegas will now be able to summon a Motional robotaxi on the Uber app, whilst visiting 'sin city'
Zomato Reduces Loss Amidst Investor Gloom Around Food Delivery
India's Zomato reduces quarterly loss and aims for profitability as Uber Technologies expected to show strain of petrol price hikes, cost of living crisis
Ex-Driver Sues Uber Eats Over ‘Racist’ Facial Recognition System
Former driver alleges Uber Eats app began asking him for multiple photos of himself per day and finally dismissed him for 'continued mismatches'
Uber Eats Offers Two Robo-Delivery Services In California
Uber Eats offers food delivery using Motional autonomous cars in Santa Monica and sidewalk robot deliveries from Serve Robotics in West Hollywood
California Approves Gig Economy ‘Contractor’ Vote
Blow for state legislators. Californians have voted to allow gig workers to remain as 'contractors', and not be classified as 'employees'
Uber Delivery Business Doubles As Ride-Hailing Slump Continues
Uber Eats revenues up 103 percent year-on-year, while Uber ride-hailing trips remain down 75 percent with gradual recovery driven by East Asia
Just Eat Takeaway Acquisition Of Grubhub Creates Global Player
Just Eat Takeaway's deal to buy Chicago-based Grubhub for £5.8bn does little to consolidate delivery market, but could fuel further expansion
Uber Italia Hit By Labour Exploitation Probe
Milan court accuses Uber of using recruitment services that paid migrants as little as 3 euros per delivery to work as Uber Eats delivery riders
Amazon’s Free London Restaurant Deliveries To Challenge Just Eat And Deliveroo
The new scheme takes direct aim at Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats