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Podcast: Uber + Expedia? Ballmer on 60 Minutes; 1980s Silicon Valley revisited; What’s next for AI

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we imagine the possibility of Uber buying Expedia Group, based on a report by… Read More

Convoy hires former Expedia CEO as president and COO as digital freight startup tops 1k employees

Mark Okerstrom is shifting from travel and tourism to trucking, looking to apply his digital commerce expertise to a new… Read More

Uber sees 60-70% decline in Seattle rides, prepares for at least two months of ‘absolute lockdown’

Uber has seen a 60% to 70% decline in bookings in Seattle in the past few days and is preparing… Read More

Expedia CEO and CFO resign in surprise shakeup, as Barry Diller asserts control over travel giant

Expedia Group CEO Mark Okerstrom and CFO Alan Pickerill have resigned abruptly from the Seattle-based online travel giant, and chairman… Read More

Uber legal chief: Why the ride-hailing giant deserves a second chance

Tony West had a rough first day at Uber. Instead of setting up his office, getting familiar with the computer… Read More

Expedia CTO Tony Donohoe is leaving in another big executive departure from travel giant

Tony Donohoe, Expedia Inc.’s chief technology officer, is leaving the Bellevue, Wash.-based online travel giant after seven years as one… Read More

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi talks about flying taxis and why his kids won’t own cars

Riding in the back of an Uber is sometimes the best way to hear an opinion on just about anything,… Read More

Why Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had to work to improve his rider rating

What’s your Uber rider rating? That was one of the questions that Uber’s board asked Dara Khosrowshahi during the interview process,… Read More

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi touts flying cars and ride-hailing company’s turnaround

Uber executives are providing an update on their plans to put flying cars in the air by 2020, with commercial… Read More

TLDR: Uber CEO still believes in self-driving cars, ESPN’s new streaming service, RED iPhones

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: self-driving cars today are ‘student drivers,’ will ultimately be safer than humans

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he is personally overseeing a “top-to-bottom” audit of the company’s safety procedures for self-driving cars,… Read More

5 key takeaways from The New Yorker’s revealing profile of new Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi

Dara Khosrowshahi has become one of the world’s most influential technology executives by spending more than a decade thinking about… Read More

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi takes up Elon Musk’s challenge on flying cars vs. tunnels

Pop up some more popcorn: Billionaire Elon Musk has gotten himself into another CEO vs. CEO challenge, this time with… Read More

Uber settles self-driving trade secret suit with Waymo for $245M in equity

The legal battle that threatened to upend Uber’s self-driving vehicle program is coming to an end. RELATED: Inside Uber’s self-driving… Read More

Uber CEO expects self-driving cars to start picking up passengers in 18 months. Flying cars? 5-7 years

The last generation of kids who will need to learn to drive has already been born, as far as Uber… Read More

Tech Moves: Uber taps former Orbitz CEO as COO; Longtime AWS leader goes to Zendesk

Former Orbitz CEO and longtime Seattle technology leader Barney Harford has been named the COO of Uber, marking yet another… Read More

Rather than disclose a data breach it was required to report, Uber paid hackers $100,000 to keep quiet

Insisting that it is “changing the way we do business,” Uber announced Tuesday that it fired its chief security officer… Read More

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi unveils new ‘cultural norms’ to help company evolve with integrity

In his new role as Uber CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi admits that, among other things, he’s spent the first couple months… Read More

Benchmark Capital partner on suing Uber’s former CEO and replacing him with Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi

After Travis Kalanick resigned from Uber amid a series of sexual harassment and other scandals, investor Benchmark Capital filed an… Read More

Dara Khosrowshahi takes flight: Uber CEO heads for London to deal with company’s latest crisis

Dara Khosrowshahi is headed overseas on a big trip in his relatively new role as Uber CEO. A paparazzi-style photograph… Read More

Jeff Bezos muscles way to top of Vanity Fair’s ‘New Establishment’ list again above other tech big shots

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has retained his top ranking on Vanity Fair magazine’s annual “New Establishment” list which weighs the… Read More

Uber boosts driver payouts for carpool service in latest reform initiative

Uber is changing how drivers are paid under its UberPool carpooling service, another indication of the ride-hailing giant’s efforts to… Read More

Facing first big test as new Uber CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi apologizes for ‘mistakes we’ve made’

It didn’t take long for Dara Khosrowshahi to face his first big leadership test as Uber’s new CEO. Less than… Read More

Here’s how much Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom will make in his new job

New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom will make a $1 million annual base salary for his role as the company’s top… Read More

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi resigns from New York Times board to focus on new responsibilities

Dara Khosrowshahi is going to be a little busy trying to fix the things that need fixing at Uber. So… Read More

Hilarious texts reveal how incoming Uber CEO’s daughter found out about her dad’s new gig

Word to the wise: If you’re taking over as chief executive of one of the most talked-about companies in the… Read More

New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom on the online travel giant’s tech and business strategy

Expedia’s new CEO, Mark Okerstrom, doesn’t see tech and business as two disparate departments within the online travel giant. That… Read More

Expedia CFO Mark Okerstrom takes CEO reins as Dara Khosrowshahi departs for Uber

Updated 2:20 p.m.: Mark Okerstrom confirmed in an email to employees that he is taking over as CEO and president of… Read More

New Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on leadership, fostering innovation and navigating crisis

During his 12-year tenure as the public face of Expedia, Dara Khosrowshahi has been vocal about what makes for great leadership,… Read More

What Uber’s new CEO learned from Pete Carroll and one of the worst sports disasters ever

Outgoing Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi called leaving the online travel company to take over as Uber CEO one of the… Read More