Farhad: I know it’s hard to love Uber, and also it’s quite possible
that Uber stole Google’s self-driving tech (we’ll find out as the big lawsuit proceeds).
Farhad: It’s an interesting question — and as someone who’s usually hooked to both politics news and tech news, I’ve been feeling this tug.
Earlier this week in transportation drama, I wrote a piece on how Waymo
and Lyft — two of Uber’s largest competitors — are collaborating in some sort of future self-driving car initiative.
They basically do a gigantic news dump where they announce the latest in software updates, the status of Android,
and the evolution of some of their latest initiatives like Google Home and Google Assistant.
Who knows if they actually produce anything from the partnership — which is still light on detail —
but at the very least it’s a big ding to Uber at a time the company is vulnerable to attack.
Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Caring About Tech News -
Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at , review the week’s news, offering analysis
and maybe a joke or two about the most important developments in the tech industry.
