In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

News that Uber is acquiring a mapping service has heightened speculation the cab firm is developing its own driverless cars, including the components and software inside. Uber is set to close the deal for San Jose-based firm deCarta 'later this week,' and it would lessen Uber's reliance on Google Maps. The cab service said the acquisition is designed to ‘fine tune’ Uber’s services that rely on maps - but it could also help with the development of an autonomous vehicle. Uber is set to close the deal for San Jose-based firm deCarta 'later this week,' and it would lessen Uber's reliance on Google Maps. The cab service said the acquisition is designed to ‘fine tune’ Uber’s services that rely on maps - but it could also help with the development of an autonomous vehicleUber told MailOnline it expects to close the deCarta deal 'later this week'Mapping service will be used to boost the cab service's current offeringsMay give it independence from Google, on whose maps it service reliesDeal bolsters rumours Uber is serious about building an autonomous carCalifornian firm is said to have built a research centre in Pittsburgh with the intention of creating a self-driving car 
 Question:While it may not be as well-known as _, its technology is extensively used by consumers.
Google Maps

A couple from Indiana barely escaped with their lives after being trapped in their bedroom for more than half an hour as flames and smoke tore through their home last Saturday morning. In a panicked phone call to 911, Pam Price and her husband, Tom, from Muncie near Indianapolis called the emergency services saying: 'The fire people just got to our house and we're stuck on the second floor. We can't get out.' The inferno which began started in the couple's garage and Tom went downstairs to check it out. By the time he got back upstairs to fetch his wife, it was too late for the Ball State University professor to get back downstairs and out the front door.Tom and Pam Price were trapped in an upstairs bedroom of their homeFirefighters attempted a rescue but it was too dangerous and had to leaveAs floor collapsed, Mrs Price made two 911 calls, hanging up each timeA final third call convinced firefighters to make another resuceThe couple were pulled out alive, virtually unharmed without a single burnNeighbors are in disbelief and a calling it 'a miracle' 
 Question:Please help us,' _ panted in response, as choking, thick black smoke began to fill the air.
Pam Price

New York (CNN) After 30 years in the spotlight, Hillary Clinton finally found the balance on gender that has bedeviled her throughout her career during the debate at Hofstra Monday night. Demonstrate power, command of the issues and the ability to shred your opponent -- all while seeming (just) likeable enough. Monday night's faceoff with Donald Trump could have been heralded as another historic first for women. But Clinton made no mention of a glass ceiling. There was no self-congratulatory nod to the fact that she was the first female nominee of a major party to take that stage before as many as 100 million people.Clinton has had troubles energizing female voters, especially Republican-leaning womenShe lured Trump into ill-advised digressions about the source of his wealth and whether he pays federal taxes 
 Question:The worst, the absolute worst," _ said, later adding, "She was the winner and you know, she gained a massive amount of weight and it was a real problem."

Donald Trump