Google's self-driving car company has accused one of its former star engineers of stealing crucial technology by downloading a cache of data to his laptop before quitting and ultimately bringing it to rival Uber.
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The Uber exec accused of downloading crucial tech files before quitting Google has a simple explanation (GOOG, GOOGL)
According to Bloomberg, Uber's Anthony Levandowski said he didn't steal documents from Waymo, but downloaded them so he could work from home.
profile of the case in Bloomberg
Waymo's lawsuit says Levandowski downloaded the files in December of 2015, a few weeks before he left the company in January 2016. He also copied the files to an external storage device, Waymo's lawsuit says.
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