Uber has fired the engineer involved in the dispute with Google

Uber released an internal email to employees today, informing them that the company fired Anthony Levandowski, a VP of technology and a lead engineer in the company's self-driving car. Levandowski's termination, which is effective immediately, is a result of his involvement in the lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, Google's self-driving car division. Waymo accused Uber and Levandowski, a former Google employee, of using Google secrets to develop Uber's self-driving cars. Uber has denied the claims but Levandowski plead his Fifth Amendment rights to avoid testifying out of fear of inciting criminal charges. Uber was unable to convince him to testify. “Over the last few months Uber has provided significant evidence to the court to demonstrate that our self-driving technology has been built independently,” Over that same period, Uber has urged Anthony to fully cooperate in helping the court get to the facts and ultimately helping to prove our case.”