Ride-Sharing Uber and Self-Driving Car Firm Waymo Settle Legal Battle

Ride-sharing giant Uber and the self-driving car company Waymo have agreed to settle their legal battle over allegedly stolen trade secrets. The surprise agreement Friday came as lawyers for the companies prepared to wrap up the first week of the case’s jury trial in San Francisco, California. As part of the agreement, Uber will pay $245 million worth of its own shares to Waymo. Waymo sued Uber last year, saying that one of its former engineers who later became the head of Uber’s...

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