Someone Copied The Wrong Person On An Email, And It Just Might Destroy Uber

Forget the law-evading software, the #DeleteUber protestsand even the video of CEO Travis Kalanickchewing out an employee― er, that is, an independent contractor. Ultimately, Uber might be undone by the inbox. On Dec. 13, an employee at Waymo, a self-driving startup founded by Google, was accidentally copied on an email from one of its vendors. Where was the email supposed to go? Why, to Uber ― or, more specifically, to Uber’s newly acquired startup Otto. Included in the email were schemat...