The saddest part about riding with a great Uber driver is knowing you’re unlikely to be paired with them again. It seems that Uber may be exploring a solution for that problem. On Wednesday, app researcher Jane Manchun Wong shared the potential new feature. In a tweet , Wong uploaded a screenshot of an Uber screen. Beneath the usual option to give drivers a compliment, there’s now an “Add as favorite” button. Uber is testing (?) an option to add drivers as your favorite so you can ride with them in the future pic.twitter.com/2BYm9RChCU — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) May 29, 2019 The potential feature seems to have received mixed reactions on Twitter. Some users expressed concerns about the privacy issues the feature could raise for riders and drivers alike. It’s unclear if Uber actually plans to roll out this feature. Sometimes, things get tested in apps and don’t move beyond that. However, Uber has been making a lot of changes lately. Earlier this month, Uber introduced a “Quiet...

Flex Club wants to be the middleman between Uber drivers and investors. The South Africa-based company just reached $1.2 million in funding and plans to expand its teams and products, according to TechCrunch. Flex Club also has a new partnership with Uber Mexico that lets investors buy cars rented out to Uber drivers. Drivers can “link their gig accounts” to Flex Club, which uses drivers’ Uber stats to determine payment option. “Our goal is to make this completely passive… where investors can invest in different kinds of assets on our platform, login to a dash, and see this is how my five cars in South Africa are doing, my vans in Mexico, my motorbikes in Indonesia — with a diversified portfolio around the world,” Flex Club Co-founder and CEO Tinashe Ruzane said to TechCrunch. Flex Club drivers can pay as little as $160 a week for their cars, while investors use the platform to track how their cars across the world are doing. There’s also no obligation for drivers to buy the...