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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. In 2011, core members of Googles self-driving car project threatened to leave and launch their own startup. To get them to stay and to motivate them, Google designed a compensation package that gave them regular salaries, and tied their bonuses to how much value they created. That setup made most of th...

Driven: Google, Uber, and the Battle to Build an Autonomous Car Brett Berk © Provided by Car and Driver Author Alex Davies talks about his new book, Driven, and the the prospects of a truly autonomous vehicle. Anthony Levandowski stood at the center of the race between Google and Uber to build self-driving cars. He was there at the beginning of Googles program in 2009. By the time it became Waymo in 2016, hed left, founded a self-driving truck company called Otto, and sold th...

2020 is almost over (finally).  But before we close the book on this difficult and eventful year, its worth reviewing some of the big developments in tech that defined 2020 and will shape the months and years to come. Readers of the Insider Tech newsletter have followed all the industrys twists and turns in this weekly report (subscribe here to get Insider Tech in your inbox every Wednesday). Highlighted below, in this special edition of this newsletter, are some of the top stories reported by...

The 10 stories that defined tech in 2020 - and reveal what to expect in 2021 and beyond The 10 stories that defined tech in 2020 - and reveal what to expect in 2021 and beyond Alexei OreskovicJan 1, 2021, 02:47 IST Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity; Olivia Reaney/Business Insider 2020 is almost over (finally). But before we close the book on this difficult and eventful year, its worth reviewing some of the big developments in tech that defined 2020 and will shape the months and years to co...

Jane Ammeson Times correspondent "Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car" begins not with descriptions of scientific findings or schemata of future cars. Instead, author Alex Davies opens with a prologue that would be worthy of any legal thriller. It’s 2017 and Anthony Levandowski is just beginning what will be a very long day, surrounded by lawyers firing questions at him in the case of Waymo v. Uber, a complicated lawsuit between two heavy hitters. (Waymo is a company ...

Boston’s Motional teams up with Lyft to put robotaxis on the road By Hiawatha Bray Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 1:36 p.m. Email to a Friend Karl Iagnemma, cofounder of nuTonomy and CEO of Motional, poses for a portrait with a self-driving car in Boston in 2016. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe)Craig F. Walker Motional, a Boston-based developer of self-driving car technology, has struck a deal with ridesharing company Lyft to deploy driverless “robotaxis” in major US c...

Parole. >> his behavior at the scene, prior drug history, and other information leads us to believe methamphetamine may be a factor, may be. we need to condition firm that. certainly a strong suspicion. >> a third child is in critical condition. police say they expect to pursue murder charges. >> terrible story. federal prosecutors charging a former lead engineer for a googles self-driving unit, car unit, with a stealing trade secrets from his former employer. google says anthony levandowski d...

All we he. macron instst an an of cour, s wifesan now the brazilian president saying he wont take aid from france unless macron apologizes. we turn now to the former google executive accused of stealing company secrets. anthony levandowski facing charges tonight for allegedly hand-delivering googles self-driving car technology their rival, uber. prosecutors say he downloaded about 14,000 files before leaving the company to join uber in 2016. he insists tonight he never stole secret documents. ...