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posted by on Thursday May 04 2017, @01:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the drivers-wanted dept.

Uber has been accused of stealing trade secrets from Google's self-driving car division Waymo. Now, Uber may face an injunction forcing it to immediately halt its testing of driverless cars in Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Arizona:

Two giants in self-driving car technology will face each other in court on Wednesday. Ride-sharing firm Uber is accused of stealing trade secrets from Waymo - the company spun out from Google's self-driving division.

[...] Both sides will make their case to a judge in San Francisco on Wednesday morning in a bitter dispute that has become the talking point of Silicon Valley. A judge will consider granting a preliminary injunction that would force Uber to immediately suspend use of the technology while legal proceedings were continuing. In an increasingly angry battle, Waymo has accused Uber of being engaged in a "cover-up".

Look for a ruling soon:

Alsup is not expected to rule immediately on Wednesday, but he may intimate which way he is leaning. At a hearing last month, Alsup warned Uber that it may face an injunction, saying of the evidence amassed by Waymo: "I've never seen a record this strong in 42 years."

Update: The judge in the case has said that he has not seen a "smoking gun" indicating that Uber knew that Anthony Levandowski possessed Waymo trade secrets.


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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Thursday May 04 2017, @09:08PM (2 children)

    OK, I was with you until the second paragraph, then you lost me. Not sure what Uber flouting the law has to do with feminism.

    Not every tech story is about keeping women out of programming,

    Kurenai's been traumatized by the Michigan RadFems, so everything leads her to the 'how "womyn-born-womyn" and the misogynerds are keeping her down.' narrative.

    That's not to say there aren't misogynerd jerks [inc.com] who harass women [wired.com], and those RadFems can be pretty out there [wordpress.com] too.

    But she's had a hard time. Which usually leads her to put just about everything into that context. I get it. So I generally let that stuff slide. What you do about it is, of course, up to you.

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  • (Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday May 04 2017, @11:16PM (1 child)

    by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Thursday May 04 2017, @11:16PM (#504580)

    I am mostly aware of the history. I was trying remind her that not everything is an evil radfem plot. There are other actors out there.

    • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday May 05 2017, @03:19AM

      I am mostly aware of the history. I was trying remind her that not everything is an evil radfem plot. There are other actors out there.

      Good luck with that, but don't hold your breath.

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      No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr