Uber trailed in self-driving car development, admits ex-CEO Travis Kalanick

Nicholas Fearn
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Uber's co-founder and ex-CEO hired a star engineer from Waymo in a bid to catch up

Uber co-founder and ousted CEO Travis Kalanick has admitted that the company hired a leading engineer from Waymo because its own autonomous vehicle efforts were getting left behind.  The admissi...

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