On his final night in office, former President Trump pardoned a former executive of Google and Uber, Anthony Levandowski. Levandowski pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from Google’s self-driving division to benefit himself and Uber as part of a plea agreement. Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison but had not begun to serve his time because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On his last night as president, Donald Trump issued 73 pardons and commuted the sentences of 70… Source link
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President Donald Trump has pardoned a former Google engineer who plead guilty to stealing trade secrets before joining Uber’s effort to build robotic vehicles for its ride-hailing service By The Associated Press January 20, 2021, 1:35 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article NEW YORK — President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer who was sentenced to prison last year for stealing trade secrets from the tech giant related to robotic vehicles. Anthony… Source link
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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer who was sentenced to prison last year for stealing trade secrets from the tech giant related to robotic vehicles. Anthony Levandowski left Google in early 2016 where he worked in the autonomous vehicle division to start his own company called Otto. That company was acquired by Uber for $680 million as the ride-hailing venture pursued its own autonomous vehicle division. Before leaving, Levandowski downloaded a trove… Source link
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NEW YORK – President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer who was sentenced to prison last year for stealing trade secrets from the tech giant related to robotic vehicles. Anthony Levandowski left Google in early 2016 where he worked in the autonomous vehicle division to start his own company called Otto. That company was acquired by Uber for $680 million as the ride-hailing venture pursued its own autonomous vehicle division. Before leaving, Levandowski downloaded a trove of… Source link
Read More »Pardon for former Google engineer who stole trade secrets
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer who was sentenced to prison last year for stealing trade secrets from the tech giant related to robotic vehicles. Anthony Levandowski left Google in early 2016 where he worked in the autonomous vehicle division to start his own company called Otto. That company was acquired by Uber for $680 million as the ride-hailing venture pursued its own autonomous vehicle division. Before leaving, Levandowski downloaded a trove of… Source link
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Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro was vulnerable to silent attack from up to 100 meters away, or more, according … [+] to a Google researcher. (Photo by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Apple’s iPhones can boast some of the highest-grade smartphone security that can foil even the best-equipped spies. But that doesn’t make them infallible to attack. A Google researcher, working on his “lockdown… Source link
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