Uber and Google's Waymo reach surprise settlement in a lawsuit over self-driving technology

BREAKING: Uber and Google's Waymo reached a surprise settlement in a lawsuit over self-driving technology. Uber will give Waymo a small stake in the ride-sharing company in the settlement that was reached on the fifth day of a high-profile lawsuit between the two companies. Uber's CEO in a letter expressed regret for how the company acquired technology at the heart of the lawsuit. After their first day in court, there is, it would seem, only one thing both sides of the Waymo-Uber trial agree on: The company that controls the autonomous vehicle market controls the future of transportation. In history's eyes, coming in second is the same as losing.