There’s lots going on with Uber lately.

The ride-sharing service is rolling out self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, has bought a self-driving truck startup, Otto, and will be partnering with Volvo to work on, you guessed it, self-driving cars. It doesn’t take a genius to see what these three things have in common, but we’ll break it down for you, anyway, since there are a few more pertinent details.

In IT Blogwatch, we hit the road.

Let’s start with Pittsburgh. What is going on there? The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Editorial Board gives us some background:

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