Uber vs. Google self-driving tech suit revs up as exec takes the Fifth

Uber is putting the brakes on its driverless car pilot program after one of its self-driving cars got into a high speed crash in Arizona. Sean Dowling (@seandowlingtv) has more. A group of self driving Uber vehicles position themselves to take journalists on rides during a media preview at Uber's Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh. SAN FRANCISCO -- A potentially pivotal lawsuit between Uber and Alphabet's Waymo over allegedly stolen self-driving vehicle sensor technology just took another screeching turn. Anthony Levandowski, a former Google employee who founded the now Uber-owned self-driving truck company Otto, invoked his Fifth Amendment right to protect himself from self-incrimination Wednesday, according to a transcript of the private court hearing reviewed Thursday by USA TODAY.