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Uber’s newest D.C. lobbyist: A top fundraiser for President Donald Trump

by Tony Romm

It’s just the latest example of a tech company trying to forge new ties with the White House.

Click around the complex web of relationships as Detroit and Silicon Valley try to reinvent the car

by Rani Molla and Johana Bhuiyan

It’s early days, and it’s already complicated.

Alphabet says Uber is engaging in a cover-up

by Tess Townsend

Alphabet says Uber knew it was hiring an engineer who had stolen internal information from Alphabet.

How Avis helps Alphabet’s self-driving car efforts

by Tess Townsend

An ecosystem for self-driving cars is emerging.

Uber board directors saw key documents on an acquisition as part of Alphabet’s lawsuit

by Tess Townsend

Uber has said Alphabet trade secrets were never transferred to its servers.

Full transcript: Anki CEO and co-founder Boris Sofman on Recode Decode

by Recode Staff

Robots, robots, self-driving cars and robots.

Uber has been ordered to produce a key document in Alphabet’s lawsuit against the company

by Tess Townsend

But it’s still not clear whether Alphabet will get the full due diligence report.

Lyft is working with a third self-driving tech company

by Johana Bhuiyan

NuTonomy, based out of Boston and Singapore, will be plugging some of its self-driving cars into the Lyft network.

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Waze’s carpooling app might start showing ads

by Tess Townsend

And it’s expanding across California. More users = more screens for showing ads.

Marc Andreessen explains how self-driving cars could create a bunch of American jobs

by Dan Frommer

It’s all about what comes next.

The future of the modern car is actually digital

by Bob O'Donnell

The technological and business model for autos is slowly but surely moving toward a software-and-services-focused approach.

Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo is teaming up with Lyft

by Johana Bhuiyan and Tess Townsend

Well, this is an interesting development.

Alphabet’s lawsuit against Uber will go to trial

by Tess Townsend

The judge has also referred the case to the U.S. Attorney, which means Uber could face criminal charges.

Alphabet’s self-driving cars drove their last million miles in record time

by Johana Bhuiyan

Waymo’s test fleet now has three million miles of public-roads experience under its belt.

Uber hired noted AI researcher Raquel Urtasun to lead its self-driving expansion into Canada

by Johana Bhuiyan

Urtasun will continue to teach at the University of Toronto part-time and will be joined by eight of her students.

Elon Musk says he doesn’t know what Apple is doing with cars

by Johana Bhuiyan

“I don’t know what they're doing on the car front, it’s not clear.”

Uber’s self-driving head is moving away from his role during its legal battle with Alphabet

by Johana Bhuiyan

Anthony Levandowski, who pleaded the Fifth in the Uber-Alphabet suit, is being replaced by Eric Meyhofer “for the remainder of the Waymo litigation.”

Alphabet is signing up the first test riders for its self driving cars

by Johana Bhuiyan

As part of the limited test, Phoenix residents are encouraged to use the cars as frequently as possible.

Autonomous driving is here, and it’s going to change everything

by Nabeel Hyatt

Welcome to the hands-free world.

Tesla has settled its lawsuit against self-driving startup Aurora

by April Glaser

Aurora was founded by Chris Urmson, the former CTO of Google’s self-driving car project, and Sterling Anderson, Tesla’s former director of Autopilot.

Apple’s self-driving car project now has a permit in California

by Dan Frommer

The Apple Car is alive — whatever it is.

Uber says it doesn’t have the files that Google parent company Alphabet says were stolen

by Johana Bhuiyan and Tess Townsend

The company further says that an injunction isn’t necessary because all the cars on the road are using Velodyne lidar.

Alphabet’s lawsuit against Uber, explained

by Johana Bhuiyan

A little less than two months in and yes, it’s already a saga.

Quora’s director of engineering just joined a self-driving startup

by Johana Bhuiyan

Kah Seng Tay will be heading up engineering at autonomous tech startup Drive.ai.

Alphabet’s Waymo says Uber violated a court order to produce documents an executive allegedly stole

by Johana Bhuiyan

Uber says it doesn’t believe it has those files in its possession.

Self-driving talent is fleeing Google and Uber to catch the autonomous-driving gold rush

by Johana Bhuiyan and Rani Molla

With every defection, Uber and Google are feeding the fire of their own competition.

Uber has resumed tests of its self-driving cars after an Arizona crash

by Johana Bhuiyan

The company suspended its testing of all autonomous vehicles on Saturday after one of its cars got into a collision with a human-driven car.

Uber has grounded its self-driving cars in Arizona after one was involved in an accident

by Johana Bhuiyan

There are few details about the incident so far, but Uber says the car was in autonomous mode and no one involved was seriously hurt.

Alphabet nabbed a new VP as it gears up for government battles over self-driving car regulation

by Tony Romm

Its self-driving car unit, Waymo, poached a government affairs guru from eBay.

Uber’s autonomous cars drove 20,354 miles and had to be taken over at every mile, according to documents

by Johana Bhuiyan

A first look at Uber’s progress.

The exec at the center of Alphabet’s Uber lawsuit worked for Uber earlier than we thought

by Johana Bhuiyan

Anthony Levandowski, who launched self-driving company Otto publicly in May, was consulting Uber’s self-driving arm weeks before that.

The future of advanced-edge computing is actually in autonomous cars

by Bob O'Donnell

Companies like Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm see connected cars as essentially “the” computing device of the next decade or so.

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