This photo taken on July 12, 2022, shows staff members working at a store with logos of phone manufacturers including Apple, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Samsung, in the Huaqiangbei electronics market in Shenzhen. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP) (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)
  • A former Apple Inc. engineer pleaded guilty to criminal charges that he stole proprietary information on autonomous driving technology for a Chinese startup that makes electric cars.
  • Another Apple engineer was charged in 2019 with stealing proprietary information from the company’s self-driving car project while applying to work for a Chinese rival. 
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