Uber is settles with Waymo on self-driving for improve driving

"Uber is settles with Waymo on self-driving for improve driving"
The deal comes after four days in a San Francisco federal court in which former Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick took the stand.

He was accused of orchestrating a plan to steal more than 14,000 confidential files from Waymo when the firm was still part of Google. It is now owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet.

The jury was shown internal emails referencing demands Mr Kalanick was said to have made. He wanted "pounds of flesh" from Google, it was claimed. Mr Kalanick said he used the phrase "from time to time".

A vistors' pass for Mr Levandowski - dated at a time he was still working at Google - was also produced as evidence
The jury was asked to consider whether Uber had used eight trade secrets - whittled down from an original list of 121 - in its self-driving technology. The details of the secrets were not made public - discussions about the content of the document happened in front of the jury in closed sessions.

Waymo had sought damages, which could have totalled more than $1bn, and/or an injunction - a move that could have halted Uber's work on autonomous driving.

"We are committed to working with Uber to make sure that each company develops its own technology," a Waymo spokesman said on Friday.

"This includes an agreement to ensure that any Waymo confidential information is not being incorporated in Uber Advanced Technologies Group hardware and software."