Business Insider reports that former Uber and Lyft drivers are now working at Waymo's robotaxi depots, handling tasks like cleaning, charging, and inspecting the self-driving vehicles. At Waymo's Lyft-run Nashville depot, workers such as Chauncy Thompson and Jonathan Baines say they prefer the steady hours and hands-on maintenance work to gig driving. Lyft plans to open another Nashville depot in October, staffing half its roles with former rideshare drivers.
OSHA disclosures reviewed by TechCrunch show test drivers for Waymo and Zoox suffered sprains, strains and whiplash when autonomous software braked hard or swerved suddenly, with 16 injuries linked to Waymo depots via contractor Transdev and up to eight tied to Zoox. Some workers were out for weeks or months, and current and former Zoox contractors say abrupt braking incidents are still occurring.
Uber is expanding its teen account feature to let parents watch live video from the driver's selfie camera during a trip. The feature rolls out nationwide over the next few weeks after testing in select markets, building on existing tools like PIN verification and GPS tracking. Drivers who accept teen riders must opt in to share brief camera access, and both teen and driver are notified when a parent is watching.
Multiple Android Auto users report that Spotify is displaying a 'Spotify isn't responding' error message, blocking access to music and podcasts through the car interface. The screen only offers options to exit or wait, with no clear explanation from Google or Spotify yet on what triggered the bug.
A Reddit user with an Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 found that running the laptop in Asus' Eco mode, which disables the discrete GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU to save battery, caused Windows to eventually uninstall the Nvidia drivers entirely. Investigation of Windows logs revealed that pnpclean.dll, a routine that purges drivers for hardware absent past a timeout period, treated the disabled GPU as permanently disconnected after 15 days and wiped its drivers.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined Uber roughly $966 million after finding that between 2018 and 2022 the company suspended European drivers using automated systems without meaningful human review, violating GDPR's Article 22 protections against purely automated decisions with significant consequences. The case stemmed from a 2020 complaint filed with France's CNIL by La Ligue des droits de l'Homme on behalf of over 170 drivers, and was handled by Dutch authorities since Uber's main EU base is in Amsterdam. Uber plans to appeal, arguing that fraud suspensions were brief, permanent deactivations always involved human review, and drivers had appeal options.
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