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