Uber threatens to fire former Google engineer over self-driving car spat with Waymo

Former head of Uber's self-driving car project Anthony Levandowski was warned that his employment would be terminated if he did not comply with case

Uber has threatened to fire Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer at the centre of Uber's court case with Alphabet's Waymo, accused of stealing self-driving car trade secrets.

Waymo sued Uber alleging that Levandowski, one of the former engineers key to the development of Google's self-driving cars, downloaded more than 14,000 confidential documents before leaving Waymo to start self-driving truck firm Otto, which was subsequently bought by Uber.