A federal jury in California convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets tied to AI technology.
Ding faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for each count of theft of trade secrets and up to 15 years for each count of economic espionage.
Over the last few days, UpScrolled went from a relatively unknown app to the top of the App Store, as users flocked away from TikTok. Here are the details.
UpScrolled blows past 1 million users
A few days ago, the years-long saga involving the future of TikTok in the US finally reached a conclusion, as a U.S.-based joint venture now runs the app.
This transition, however, hasn’t been smooth, with users experiencing a wave of technical glitchesand service disruptions over the last week.
This, alongside concerns regarding TikTok’s new owners’ close relationship with the current U.S. administration, prompted users to look for alternative apps to fulfill their scrolling needs, with many landing on UpScrolled.
Spingsteen released the track on Wednesday following the the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Amid backlash in response to their respective deaths, Tom Morello announced a benefit concert would be held Friday, with 100 percent of proceeds going to “the families of those murdered by ICE.”
In a massive international operation a week before the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, Italian authorities have announced the dismantling of a global IPTV network. Dubbed ”Operation Switch Off,” the action targeted key infrastructure and a hierarchy of resellers that allegedly served millions of users worldwide.
Nick Frost “manifested” playing the role of Hagrid in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series, the actor has said.
Frost told The Guardian that he watched all eight Harry Potter movies on TV and wrote the name ‘Hagrid’ 7,000 times by hand.
“I’ve seen all the films,” he told the newspaper. “We go through them all as a family during Christmas every year. We start on December 20 and finish a week and a half later.
