Uber accused of 'calculated theft' of Google's self-driving car technology
by Julia Carrie Wong and Olivia Solon in San Francisc from Technology | The Guardian on (#2DR7D)
Alphabet-owned company Waymo says former employee Anthony Levandowski stole secrets before founding Otto, Uber's self-driving truck brand
Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by Google's parent Alphabet, filed a suit against Uber on Thursday alleging that the ride-share company engaged in the "calculated theft" of its self-driving technology.
The suit is the latest setback for Uber, which is still reeling from the viral #DeleteUber campaign and which this week launched an "urgent investigation" into claims of sexual harassment.
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