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Tesla Or Google? Who Will Steer The Future Of Self-Driving?
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 8:11am | 949In the autonomous vehicle battle, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Alphabet Inc‘s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google's Waymo are squaring off to dominate the roads, but each is taking a radically different path. Tesla's Elon Musk aims to revolutionize driving with the company’s Full Self-...
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Tech Prophet In Making? Ex-Google Engineer Pardoned By Trump Revives Church That Worships AI
Sunday, November 26, 2023 - 1:06pm | 396Anthony Levandowski, known for his pioneering work in self-driving car technology, recently declared the comeback of his AI-centric religious organization. What Happened: Speaking on Bloomberg's AI IRL podcast last Wednesday, Levandowski announced an AI-dedicated...
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Uber, Judge Skeptical Of Levandowski's Tactics To Protect Wealth From Creditors
Friday, February 19, 2021 - 10:38am | 1225Despite a last-minute pardon by former President Donald Trump in his criminal case, tech pioneer Anthony Levandowski's legal woes continue after he was forced to file for bankruptcy protection on the same day he was ordered to pay Google $179 million in a contract dispute last year. Uber...
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Former Google Self-Driving Engineer Levandowski Gets Trump Pardon In Last Night Clemency Spree
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 3:29am | 317Anthony Levandowski, a self-driving technology pioneer convicted of stealing trade secrets, received a full pardon from the outgoing President Donald Trump on his last day in office. What Happened: The White House in a statement described Levandowski as “an American entrepreneur who led...
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Former Google, Uber Self-Driving Engineer Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison, Seeks $4.1B In Earnouts
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 3:15am | 410A former engineer at Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Waymo, who pleaded guilty to stealing secrets related to self-driving technology from the search engine giant and passing them on to Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER), has been sentenced to 18 months in prison...
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Prosecutors Recommend Prison For Former Uber Exec Who Stole Trade Secrets
Friday, July 31, 2020 - 10:27am | 727Federal prosecutors have recommended a 27-month prison sentence for Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber's self-driving division, as well as three years of supervised release. Levandowski pleaded guilty in March to one count of stealing Google trade secrets after he was originally charged...
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Former Uber Exec Files For Bankruptcy After Losing $179M Dispute With Google
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 9:57am | 771Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber Technologies Inc's (NYSE: UBER) self-driving division, filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court on Wednesday, the same day he was ordered to pay Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) $179 million to settle an ongoing contract dispute. Levandowski filed for...
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Former Google, Uber Self-Driving Tech Engineer Levandowski Indicted On IP Theft Charges
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - 2:37pm | 383Pioneering autonomous vehicle engineer Anthony Levandowski has been arrested and charged with theft of trade secrets. Levandowski was indicted by federal prosecutors who allege he stole or tried to steal files from Waymo, the self-driving car subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc...
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Uber's New Hires Could Help End PR Nightmares
Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 9:09am | 1184It would be an understatement to say Uber has had a bad year. Besides posting a $708 million loss on $3.4 billion in revenue in the first quarter, the company has been hit by scandal after scandal. Uber's public relations nightmares may end soon though, thanks to the hire of Frances Frei, a...
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The Current Legal Minefield In Automated Autos
Sunday, March 5, 2017 - 2:20pm | 703The players in the self-driving vehicle space aren't exactly securely in the driver's seat, hands firmly on the steering wheel and controlling every move with foresighted precision. Rather, the self-driving space is left to contend with legal hurdles, in addition to the likes of technological and...
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Alphabet Exec Steps Down From Uber's Board, Cites Conflict Of Interest
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 11:57am | 336David Drummond, the chief legal officer for Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), also served as a member of Uber's board of directors — until this week, that is. In a somewhat complicated relationship between the two companies, Drummond was appointed to Uber's board after Alphabet's...