After Serena Williams complained about the frequency of anti-doping tests, comments have flooded social media with some internet users even suggesting that doping officers are trying to steal the prominent US tennis player’s DNA. On Tuesday, the 23-time Grand Slam winner published an emotional post on Twitter criticising the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for subjecting […]
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Ex-Apple Employee Accused of Stealing Self-Driving Car Tech
Xiaolang Zhang allegedly left Apple in April to go to work for China’s Xpeng Motors, taking more than 40GB of Apple intellectual property with him. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b45290cc1920f0b658fa454/master/pass/applesecret.jpg
Exec accused of stealing Waymo’s trade secrets starts new self-driving company
Enlarge / Anthony Levandowski, then VP of engineering at Uber, speaking to reporters at the Uber Advanced Technologies Center on September 13, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (credit: ANGELO MERENDINO/AFP/Getty Images) Anthony Levandowski, one of the most controversial figures in the self-driving car business, is connected to a new driverless truck startup, TechCrunch has reported. Called […]
South Korea’s president could join the US-North Korea summit, but he might end up stealing Trump’s thunder
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images South Korean President Moon Jae-in could join the US-North Korea summit in Singapore, if invited. A South Korean official reportedly said that, if Moon attends, he would be there to take part in discussions about declaring a formal end to the Korean War, which has technically been ongoing since 1953. But Moon’s […]
“Like stealing candy from a baby,” arrested teen says of his phishing efforts
The Concord Police Department, with their police dog “Dug,” arrested a teenage suspect believed to be involved in a phishing campaign at a local high school. (credit: Concord Police Department) Last week, police in Concord, California, arrested a high school student for successfully deploying a series of phishing emails targeting teachers at his school in […]
Youth duo stealing the show at mixed doubles curling nationals
A 23-year-old and an 18-year-old are stealing the show at the mixed doubles national championship in Leduc, Alta. Colton Lott, 23, and partner Kadriana Sahaidak, 18, are still the only undefeated team at the event and have punched their tickets into the semifinals. They defeated Kalynn Park and Charley Thomas on Saturday night. “This is […]
The fierce and creepy chants of the North Korea cheer squad are stealing the show at the Winter Olympics (and they’ll go to prison if they do anything wrong)
REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool North Korea’s official cheer squad is making its presence felt at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They watched Switzerland’s ice hockey team demolish a unified all-Korea team 8-0, but that didn’t get in the way of their fierce, highly choreographed singing and waving. These are not like cheerleaders in any other kind […]
Principal goes to prison after stealing and uploading students’ nude photos
Enlarge (credit: Aurich / Getty) A former high school principal in Kentucky was sentenced yesterday to nine years in federal prison on child pornography charges after taking nude photos from phones confiscated from students and sharing the photos online. The former principal, Stephen Kyle Goodlett, pleaded guilty to charges of transporting child pornography and knowingly […]
Principal goes to prison after stealing and uploading students’ nude photos
Enlarge (credit: Aurich / Getty) A former high school principal in Kentucky was sentenced yesterday to nine years in federal prison on child pornography charges after taking nude photos from phones confiscated from students and sharing the photos online. The former principal, Stephen Kyle Goodlett, pleaded guilty to charges of transporting child pornography and knowingly […]
Scammers Are Stealing Bitcoin on Twitter With a Classic Scheme
A new twist on the classic Nigerian Prince scheme has jumped from gaming communities to Twitter. And now it’s spreading. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a7b2b22411fe115353a5364/master/pass/bitcoinscam.jpg
