Apr 27, 2017 - Technology

Uber self-driving chief steps aside amid Waymo lawsuit

Anthony Levandowski, the Uber self-driving car chief at the center of an ongoing legal battle with Waymo over trade secrets, will no longer oversee relevant technology and product development, according to an email obtained by Business Insider. Uber confirmed the move to Axios.

While Levandowski will remain in Uber's Advanced Technologies Group and will still work on operations and security, Eric Meyhofer will now head the division.

Why it matters: Waymo has repeatedly made an issue of Levandowski's continued involvement with Uber's self-driving car efforts. Waymo has also pointed to his involvement as a reason why the court should grant its request for a preliminary injunction of Uber's autonomous driving program.

Go deeper

Axios
Updated 1 hour ago - Politics & Policy

Coronavirus dashboard

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

  1. Global: Total confirmed cases as of 5 p.m. ET: 12,382,748 — Total deaths: 557,241 — Total recoveries — 6,796,045 — Map.
  2. U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 5 p.m. ET: 3,163,505 — Total deaths: 133,847 — Total recoveries: 969,111 — Total tested: 38,032,966 — Map.
  3. Public health: The reality of the coronavirus bites.
  4. Trade: Trump says he's no longer considering phase-two trade deal with China because the pandemic damaged the two countries' relationship.
  5. 🎧 Podcast: Rural America has its own coronavirus problem.
Go deeper (<1 min. read)Arrow
Axios
1 hour ago - Health

Reality of the coronavirus bites

National Airport in D.C. Photo: Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images

It feels like mid-March in America again. The coronavirus is surging, deaths are climbing and the country is dreading a wave of disruptions, less than four months since the first round started.

The big picture: Lingering under all the happy talk of future plans is the reality of this virus — which thrives in potential super-spreader conditions like mass gatherings.

Go deeper (1 min. read)Arrow
Axios
2 hours ago - Podcasts

Rural America has its own coronavirus problem

It's often easier to socially distance in rural America, but it can simultaneously be more challenging to get medical care.

Axios Re:Cap digs into the pandemic's urban-rural divide with microbiologist Amber Schmidtke, who has found that coronavirus-related morbidity is higher in many of Georgia's rural counties than in Atlanta.