Waymo is setting its robotaxis loose around more of San Francisco
If you’ve been wanting to hop in a robotaxi in San Francisco, Waymo has good news. Today, the company took to X (formerly Twitter) to …
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Waymo is bringing its fifth-generation Jaguar I-PACE self-driving cars to Texas
If you’re in Texas, you could see a self-driving car from Waymo on the road soon. In a blog post, the company announced that will …
Google Maps just got another great feature, but only in one state
One of the great things about Google Maps is that Google’s popular navigation app works similarly across devices. Load the web version of Google Maps …
Arizonans are slashing tires, throwing rocks, and pointing guns at Waymo cars
The presence of Waymo self-driving cars in Arizona has certainly kicked up a hornet’s nest, it seems. People are bullying, harassing and even outright attacking …
Waymo’s self-driving taxi service is now a reality
We always expected Google to turn its self-driving car technology developed under Waymo into a self-driving taxi service of sorts, and Google finally delivered the …
Waymo CEO: About that accident last month – it was the human’s fault
Waymo CEO John Krafcik has posted something of an apology on Medium about an accident last month in Mountain View involving a passenger car and …
Report: Waymo’s driverless cars aren’t as smart as everyone thinks
Waymo, Google’s vaunted driverless car spinoff, is widely regarded to be at the forefront of driverless car development. While Uber was busy killing a pedestrian …
Completely driverless cars will soon be on California streets if Waymo has its way
Waymo, the self-driving car company that was spun off from Google, has applied for a permit to test completely driverless vehicles on public roads in …
Waymo’s self-driving cars just got classy
So far, Google’s self-driving car division Waymo has been testing its technology on Chrysler Pacifica minivans. It’s a painfully practical testbed, but not one that …
Uber has settled its Waymo lawsuit in the middle of the jury trial
Uber has settled its lawsuit with Waymo over driverless car secrets, Bloomberg News reports. The two companies were in the midst of a jury trial …
Uber throws former self-driving car guru Andrew Levandowski to the wolves
The courtroom trial between Uber and Waymo over stolen self-driving car secrets starts today, and no-one is more important than Andrew Levandowski. Once an engineer …
Uber had a unit ‘dedicated to stealing trade secrets,’ ex-employee tells court
A letter from former Uber employee Richard Jacobs was read in court Tuesday, detailing the existence of a unit inside Uber that was dedicated to …
There’s about to be a lot more unproven self-driving cars on American roads
A bill just breezed through the US House of Representatives that aims to give automakers an incredible amount of freedom in testing its self-driving cars …
Uber engineer at center of lawsuit wanted to ‘call out Elon on his s**t,’ court docs show
If you thought the incredible Silicon Valley drama between Google-owned Waymo and ride-hailing giant Uber couldn’t get any more juicy, you were wrong. Now, thanks …
Travis Kalanick allegedly knew about ex-Waymo engineer’s Google info
Travis Kalanick has had a rough couple of weeks. After an independent review and list of recommendations regarding Uber’s business and inner workings was adopted …
Waze Carpool, Google’s actual ridesharing service, expands to California
Google is slowly expanding the reach of its own Uber rival, and Uber should be worrying about that prospect, especially given that it just infuriated …
Uber just fired Anthony Levandowski, the employee accused of stealing Google’s self-driving tech
Earlier this year, Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car subsidiary, launched a surprise and somewhat sensational lawsuit against Uber. According to the suit, a former Waymo engineer …
Uber threatened to fire self-driving car star who ’engineered’ the Google lawsuit
Anthony Levandowski is a star of the self-driving car business. He worked on Google’s autonomous vehicle technology for years, being a key engineer for the …
Here’s how self-driving cars battle blinding bird poop
We see new advancements in self-driving car technology pop up on a regular basis, but despite the progress and billions invested, many things stand in the …
Judge issues injunction against Uber in Waymo file theft case
A legal case between Uber and Waymo over trade secrets theft has heated up, as a federal judge has issued a partial injunction against Uber. …
Lyft and Google’s Waymo team up to fight Uber, and it just might work
Even as Uber continues to trip over its own feet in just about every way possible, the company is one of the frontrunners in the race …
Uber might face a criminal investigation for allegedly stealing Google’s self-driving car tech
Uber’s patent fight with Google over critical self-driving car technology just got a lot worse for the ride-sharing company. Uber looked to score an early …
Uber is fighting to keep its self-driving program alive
Uber’s long list of scandals that have hit the company in the past few months includes one problem that will not go away as fast …
You can now test drive Google’s self-driving cars
The day some of you have been waiting for is finally here: you can now test drive Google’s self-driving cars. Before you get too excited though, …
Google’s lawsuit against Uber is a ‘misfire’ with ‘no evidence,’ Uber lawyer claims
In February, Google subsidiary Waymo filed a lawsuit against Uber, claiming that the ridesharing company had stolen Waymo’s intellectual property for its work on self-driving …
Tesla, Google, and Uber are all losing the self-driving car race
If you see a headline about self-driving car tech, chances are great that it’s a story about Tesla, Uber, or Google, but mindshare doesn’t always …
Uber exec invokes the Fifth Amendment in Google patent squabble
The Google vs. Uber legal battle is one of the most significant confrontations in tech right now, as it might decide the winner of the …
