Uber may have lost its London taxi license with no small amount of drama, but it’s already willing to make concessions. The ridesharing outfit’s city manager Tom Elvidge tells the Sunday Times that he would “like to know what [Uber] can do” to “get this right.” He’s willing to make tradeoffs to get business back, […]
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Scrapping Uber’s license will put ‘law-abiding’ people out of work, driver tells RT
Published time: 22 Sep, 2017 13:32 As 40,000 Uber drivers face an uncertain future in the British capital, driver Steve Mercer told RT that Transport for London’s (TfL) decision to revoke the firm’s license is “short-sighted” and could put “hard working, law-abiding” people out of work. Read more On Friday, Uber’s application for a new […]
Uber Loses Its License to Operate in London
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Uber just lost its London taxi license
In a surprise announcement today, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that it will not reissue Uber’s private hire licence within the city. In a statement, the regulator said that the company’s operations were not “fit and proper” and that has just a week (until September 30th) until its licence runs out. Uber will appeal […]
Death count hits 10 at Florida nursing home, as state suspends license
Ten elderly people have now died at Florida nursing home that lost power during Hurricane Irma. The state suspended its license after finding “gross medical and criminal recklessness” in the care of its patients. The Hollywood Police Department announced the death of nursing home resident Martha Murray, 94 on Thursday. The state Agency for Health […]
Driver’s license facial recognition tech leads to 4,000 New York arrests
Enlarge (credit: zmeel/Getty Images) The state of New York says its driver’s license facial recognition technology has led to the arrest of 4,000 people in connection to identify theft or fraud crimes. This number is likely to skyrocket in the wake of the state doubling the number of measurement points for photographs. Gov. Andrew Cuomo […]
’80s Teen Comedy ‘License to Drive’ Getting a Female-Driven Reboot
Two female leads will be getting their License to Drive. The ’80s teen comedy originally starring the Two Coreys, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, is getting a gender-bent reboot courtesy of producer John Davis, recently behind big-screen reboots like The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Victor Frankenstein. No word yet on whether the movie will bring back Heather Graham, […]
Should There Be a License to Have Children?
OZY’s next TV show, Third Rail With OZY, is launching on PBS this fall! To kick things off, we’re shelving anything PC and launching debates. Nothing is off-limits, and we’ll go where most fear to tread. Each Wednesday, we’ll post a provocative question, with a focus on topics that might make it onto the show. […]
Helios and Matheson Analytics and RedZone Acquire License to Facial Recognition Technology from Israeli Biometrics Technology Company, IsItYou™
PRESS RELEASE: RedZone MapTM to Integrate Facial Recognition Technology with Its Proprietary Artificial Intelligence Solution to Enhance Situational Awareness MIAMI & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 23, 2017– Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. (NASDAQ:HMNY) and RedZone, creator of the RedZone Map™ navigation app, a tool for situational awareness and enhancement of personal safety, announced today that Helios […]
California cop union opposes new bill that would thwart license plate readers
Enlarge (credit: Visions of America / Getty Images News) If the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a San Diego-based Republican state senator have their way, it will soon become legal for Californians to cover their license plates while parked as a way to thwart automated license plate readers. Those devices, now commonly in use by law […]