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• The earth is flat: Digital tipping points from Melbourne to Moscow

  Real disruption is alive and thriving … in the vaults of the Kremlin.

• Uber drivers gang up to force ‘surge’ pricing

  Uber drivers are tricking the algorithms that the ridesharing company uses to track and evaluate driver performance and avoid UberPOOL, where drivers have to take multiple passengers who are heading in the same direction.

• Uber CEO resigns, leaving company in search of a new strategy

  Uber is now a driverless vehicle, after CEO Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday.

• Uber offers taxi service, not software as a service, says EU court official

  Uber operates a transport service, not a software service, and so can be subject to taxi licensing regulations, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has advised.

• Uber drivers in the UK are employees, court rules

  Uber should treat its drivers in the U.K. as employees, paying them at least minimum wage from the moment they are available to work until they log off, and providing them with paid time off, a London employment tribunal has ruled.

• As self-driving cars hit Pittsburgh's roads, Boston wants to be next

  Uber today announced that some customers in Pittsburgh will find themselves in its first self-driving vehicles; meanwhile, Boston's mayor said he wants his city wants to welcome the testing of autonomous vehicles.

• ​The Uber CIO

  In the age of digital transformation, the selection of a CIO is based upon the change agenda that is confronting the CEO and executive board. The CIO has a critical role to drive and support business transformation.

• Uber to test self-driving cars in Pittsburgh

  Uber will begin real-world tests of self-driving car technology in the coming weeks, putting a custom Ford Fusion onto the streets of Pittsburgh.

• ​It’s a WeChat life

  Why CIOs must watch and learn from China

• Uber faces more lawsuits for classifying drivers as contractors

  Uber Technologies faces more class-action lawsuits from drivers seeking reclassification as employees, even as its settlement in two other suits with drivers in California and Massachusetts has been submitted to a judge for approval.

• Steve Wozniak: AI will eliminate car ownership

  ​Apple co-founder and PC revolutionary, Steve “the Woz” Wozniak thinks there may be no need to own a car in future, thanks to developments in self-driving vehicles and Uber.

• ​ACCC gives green light to taxi booking app

  The ACCC given the green light to smartphone taxi booking app, ihail, almost six months after blocking the app over concerns it would reduce competition.
  

• ​The future of work: The death of the job

  The Uberisation of the workforce is changing the very nature of holding down a job. So what does this mean for the CIO role?
  

• ​What you can learn from startups

  Digital guru, Steve Sammartino, on why big companies must learn from startups and the new players disrupting them.

• Uber to expand to 100 additional cities in China

  Uber is speeding up its expansion plans for China. Over the next year, the company will enter 100 additional cities in the country.