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Uber Index Shows NYC Forgetful, Launches In-App Reporting

6/4/2026

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Uber Highlights Lost

Uber’s 2025 Lost & Found Index highlighted oddities such as two-tooth dentures, breast milk, and a package of live butterflies.
Uber released its 10th annual Lost & Found Index, detailing U.S. lost items and launching a new in-app reporting feature.
Reporting tool is live in California, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Georgia, Minnesota and Massachusetts.
July 17 recorded the highest losses in the most forgetful city, New York City.

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Uber Ranks Lost

Uber’s 2026 Lost & Found Index ranks the 50 strangest rideshare items left behind nationwide.
The index, released by Uber, details U.S. rideshare lost items and includes over one million phone reports.
Drivers remind riders of hefty items—mini-fridge, marbles, a Donny Osmond photo, and two small trees.
The index lists breast milk as the fifth most frequent unusual item, indicating infant trips.

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Blindspot

Center coverage emphasized the launch of an in-app lost-and-found reporting feature and its rollout in several states, a detail absent from Right coverage.
Center coverage highlighted New York City as the most forgetful city and July 17 as the peak day for lost items, which Right coverage did not mention.

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Uber Highlights Lost

Uber’s 2025 Lost & Found Index highlighted oddities such as two-tooth dentures, breast milk, and a package of live butterflies.
Uber released its 10th annual Lost & Found Index, detailing U.S. lost items and launching a new in-app reporting feature.
Reporting tool is live in California, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Georgia, Minnesota and Massachusetts.
July 17 recorded the highest losses in the most forgetful city, New York City.

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