Cybersecurity
Waymo Gains Edge Over Uber as Driverless-Car Case Heads to Trial
- Judge says Uber should have known engineer downloaded files
- Levandowski is cordoned off from technology until resolution
Alphabet's Waymo Teams Up With Lyft in Threat to Uber
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Waymo won a ruling that may strengthen its trade-secrets suit against Uber Technologies Inc. even as the Alphabet Inc. unit fell short of its goal to bring its rival’s driverless-car program to a standstill.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup approved of Uber’s move last month to demote the engineer leading its self-driving unit to keep him away from related laser technology and safeguard secrets that Waymo alleges were stolen. In the ruling -- issued under seal Thursday and made public Monday with some redactions -- Alsup said Anthony Levandowski must remain quarantined from Uber’s work on lidar, the laser component that helps an autonomous vehicle see its surroundings.