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Travis Kalanick apologized Tuesday for his actions in a video posted this week, in which Kalanick had a heated argument with an Uber driver after the driver raised complaints about pay.

Researchers compared data from fall 2010 — before the companies made inroads in the city — and fall 2016. They found that the companies are to blame for more than half of a big increase in traffic.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Uber's new vice president of leadership and strategy about what she plans to bring to the ride-hailing company after more than a dozen executives left this year.

MIT researchers initially said Uber and Lyft drivers were earning a median profit of $3.37 an hour. After Uber criticized the methodology, a co-author says it could actually be $8.55 to $10 an hour.

The outbreak is creating uncertainty for Uber drivers and other gig workers, who face difficult choices about whether to work or stay home and lose their livelihoods.

With inflation running high, more people are driving for Uber and Lyft. Uber's CEO said that lots of new drivers signing on, but over 70% of them say that cost of living is the main reason.

The new law, which went into effect Wednesday, affects Uber and Lyft drivers as well as journalism freelancers and others. Companies are trying to figure out how to comply or how work around the law.

At issue is whether Uber stole intellectual property when it hired Waymo's star engineer, Anthony Levandowski. Waymo alleges he downloaded files related to autonomous vehicle design before leaving.

The city's transportation regulator says Uber's systems "allowed unauthorized drivers to upload their photos to other Uber driver accounts" and take on customers as if they were the Uber driver.

The woman was walking a bicycle across the road when she was fatally struck by the SUV. The car had a human operator behind the wheel but was in computer control mode at the time of the crash.