However, there is a more interesting element to this story, something that those who are gnashing their teeth over Uber drivers evading capture seem to have missed. Greyball is a perfect example of ...

I guess I'm one of them. It's obviously impossible to overlook the moral and legal issues raised, but this sounds like a classic big data problem with a classic big data solution: pull lots of ...

In this July 15, 2015, file photo, Uber driver Karim Amrani sits in his car parked near the San Francisco International Airport parking area in San Francisco. Uber Technologies will end the practice ...

Since 2014, Uber has used a secret software called Greyball to label and track city regulators and officials who might hamper Uber’s business in a given location. (Think a city like Boston, where the ...

Uber finally addressed its latest controversy -- but don't expect it to offer any apologies. The New York Times last week reported Uber's use of Greyball, an internal tool meant to determine if the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The City of Portland is launching an investigation into Uber amid recent reports the company used a program called “Greyball” to deceive authorities in cities where it operated ...

The ride-hailing company for years tagged police officers and fed them a different version of its app so they would not catch drivers using the service, according to a report from the New York Times.

Uber is dismantling a secret weapon it used against local regulators who have been trying to curtail or shut down its ride-hailing service in some cities around the world. The about-face announced ...

Uber has announced that it will end the use of a controversial “Greyball” tool the company has used to identify and evade regulators in markets in which the car sharing service has been prohibited for ...

Uber Technologies is reportedly under a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in the U.S. over its use of secret software, which helped the company avoid officials seeking rides to investigate ...