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FILE - In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Anthony Levandowski, then-head of Uber's self-driving program, speaks about their driverless car in San Francisco. A Google-bred pioneer in self-driving cars will collide with Uber's beleaguered ride-hailing service in a courtroom showdown Monday, Feb. 4, 2018, revolving around allegations of deceit, betrayal, espionage and a high-tech heist that tore apart one-time allies. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Google spinoff, Uber whale on each other as trial opens

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

5 California Things to Know for Today

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FILE - In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Anthony Levandowski, then-head of Uber's self-driving program, speaks about their driverless car in San Francisco. A Google-bred pioneer in self-driving cars will collide with Uber's beleaguered ride-hailing service in a courtroom showdown Monday, Feb. 4, 2018, revolving around allegations of deceit, betrayal, espionage and a high-tech heist that tore apart one-time allies. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

A raucous Google-Uber fight is finally heading to trial

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Self-driving ride hailing service to launch in Phoenix area

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This March 1, 2017, file photo shows an exterior view of the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco. A former Uber security specialist fired earlier this year made the explosive allegations in a 37-page letter seeking a big payoff for being forced out. The letter was unsealed Friday, Dec. 15, by a federal judge. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Uber accused of illegally spying on competing ride-hailing companies by former security official

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Anthony Levandowski, then-head of Uber's self-driving program, speaks about their driverless car in San Francisco. A recent letter from the U.S. Attorney's office confirms the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation connected to allegations that Levandowski, a former Uber executive, stole self-driving car technology from a Google spin-off to help the ride-hailing service build robotic vehicles. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Justice Department confirms criminal probe in Uber case

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, the Waymo driverless car is displayed during a Google event in San Francisco. A federal criminal investigation into alleged espionage at Uber has indefinitely delayed a trial over whether the beleaguered ride-hailing service stole self-driving car technology from Waymo, a spinoff from Google. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

The Latest: Uber accused of using ex-CIA agents as spies

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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a news conference announcing a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the ride-hailing company Uber Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, in Seattle. Ferguson says Uber broke state law when it failed to notify more than 10,000 drivers in the state that their personal information was accessed as part of a major data breach. Uber acknowledged last week that for more than a year it covered up a hacking attack that stole personal information from about more than 57 million of the ride-hailing service's customers and drivers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington state sues Uber over data breach cover-up

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, file photo, a self-driving Uber sits ready to take journalists for a ride during a media preview in Pittsburgh. A federal criminal investigation into alleged espionage at Uber has indefinitely delayed a trial over whether the beleaguered ride-hailing service stole self-driving car technology from Waymo, a spinoff from Google. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Uber facing federal probe on allegations of espionage

By Michael Liedtke - Associated Press

5 California Things to Know for Today

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, photo provided by Waymo shows a Chrysler Pacifica minivan that are equipped with Waymo's self-driving car technology, being tested at Waymo's facility in Atwater, Calif. Waymo, hatched from a Google project started eight years ago, showed off its progress Monday during a rare peek at a closely guarded testing facility located 120 miles southeast of San Francisco where its robots complete their equivalent to driver's education. (Julia Wang/Waymo via AP)

Google-bred Waymo aims to shift robotic cars into next gear

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - This Monday, May 16, 2016, file photo shows a smartphone displaying the Lyft app, in Detroit. Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., is throwing its financial support behind ride-hailing service Lyft, deepening its rift with market leader Uber. Google was an early investor in Uber, but now a self-driving car company that it created is suing Uber for alleged theft of trade secrets. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Google parent leads $1B Lyft investment, deepening Uber rift

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, file photo, then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, left, and Anthony Levandowski, co-founder of Otto, pose for a photo in the lobby of Uber headquarters, in San Francisco. In a court filing on Thursday, June 22, 2017, Uber said it hired Levandowski, a former Google engineer now accused of stealing trade secrets, even though the company knew at the time that he had information that didn't belong to him. Uber hired Levandowski in August 2016 to head Uber's project on self-driving cars, something he worked on at Google. Uber is asserting that Kalanick told Levandowski not to bring the material with him and that Levandowski assured the company that he had destroyed the five discs containing Google information. Uber recently fired Levandowski. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)

Uber knew fired exec had info at center of Google theft case

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick arrives at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, in this July 10, 2012, file photo. Kalanick said in a statement to The New York Times on Tuesday that he has accepted a request from investors to step aside. Kalanick says the move will allow the ride-sharing company to go back to building itself rather than become distracted by another fight. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Travis Kalanick, Uber CEO, resigns under investor pressure

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 15, 2017, file photo, an Uber car drives through LaGuardia Airport in New York. Uber is enabling passengers to tip its U.S. drivers with a tap on its ride-hailing app for the first time, part of a push to recast itself as a company with a conscience and a heart. Besides the built-in tipping option announced Tuesday, June 20, 2017, Uber is giving drivers an opportunity to make more money when passengers keep them waiting or don’t cancel rides within two minutes. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Uber allows riders to tip drivers via app, matching Lyft

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, file photo, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Uber must get rid of leaders who tolerate bad behavior and hire people who don’t, including up to the chief executive, experts say, as the ride-hailing company gets ready to announce significant changes to its culture and management. Uber’s board has adopted the recommendations of former Attorney General Eric Holder, who investigated its toxic culture of harassment and bullying. Those will be revealed to employees and made public on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Experts: Uber must make changes at top to fix culture woes

By TOM KRISHER and BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's self-driving program, speaks about their driverless car in San Francisco. Uber has followed through on threats to fire Levandowski, a star autonomous car researcher whose hiring touched off a bitter legal fight with Waymo, the former self-driving car arm of Google. Waymo has alleged that Levandowski downloaded 14,000 documents containing trade secrets before he founded a startup that was purchased by Uber. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Uber fires autonomous car researcher involved in lawsuit

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE- In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's self-driving program, speaks about their driverless car in San Francisco. In an order filed Monday, May 15, 2017, a federal judge ordered Uber to stop using technology that Levandowski downloaded before he left Waymo, the Alphabet Inc. autonomous car arm that was spun off from Google. The order filed Monday in a trade secrets theft lawsuit also forces Uber to return all downloaded materials. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Judge tells Uber to return Waymo files taken by engineer

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE - This Tuesday, May 6, 2014, file photo shows a sign outside Fiat Chrysler Automobiles world headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. Fiat Chrysler and Google said Tuesday, April 25, 2017, for the first time will offer rides to the public in the self-driving automobiles they are building under an expanding partnership. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

FCA, Google begin offering rides in self-driving cars

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

Uber fires back at Google spinoff in self-driving car case

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press