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US convicts ex-Philips engineer for exposing X-ray secrets to competitor

Dutch electronics giant saw right through ex-engineer’s plot, albeit over a year after it all unravelled

A 71-year-old Philips engineer has been found guilty of stealing the company’s medical imaging trade secrets and passing them on to a Chinese competitor.

Chih-Yee Jen worked at Philips’ Aurora, Illinois, facility where engineers researched, developed, and manufactured X-ray tubes for the company’s computed tomography (CT) medical imaging machines.

X-ray tubes contain multiple components that combine to transform electricity into X-ray images.

Jen left Philips on December 29, 2017. The company announced as early as June 2017 that it would close its Aurora facility by the end of the year, affecting around 200 jobs, transferring the responsibilities to Hamburg, Germany.

Talks between Jen and Xiaoqin Du, 64, a veep at vacuum electronic business Kunshan GuoLi Electronic Technology, began in August 2017.

According to court documents, Suzhou-based Du had sought Jen’s assistance in stealing...

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Tor VPN turns one, and anti-censorship and stability take center stage

* The Tor Project's Android VPN marked its first year * The provider confirms a pivot toward circumvention and reliability * Adoption has been strongest in heavily censored regions One year after the Tor Project quietly rolled out Tor VPN Beta, the team behind the anonymity network has shared what it

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Multiple hacking groups found using the same Chrome malware in the same week — so what does it mean?

* Proofpoint detailed BlueMoon, an exploit kit chaining two Chromium flaws and one Windows bug * Four groups, including China‑aligned TA412, used it loudly against NGOs, aerospace, and manufacturing targets * Exploits were “patch‑gap” zero‑days; all flaws now patched Four hacking groups, including some tied to the Chinese government, were

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The Boring Company raises $3B in round led by UAE

Elon Musk’s tunneling play, The Boring Company, has raised a $3 billion Series D funding round that pushes its valuation to $23 billion. The round was led by the United Arab Emirates. The Boring Company said Thursday that it now plans to dig more than 150 kilometers of tunnels

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NeoGeo AES+ Gets A Painful 10-Month Delay Over Frustrating Parts Shortage

Retro gaming enthusiasts eager to relive the golden age of arcade gaming will have to exercise serious patience, as Plaion Replai has officially pushed back the worldwide release of the NeoGeo AES+ to September 16, 2027 due to components shortage. Originally slated to arrive in November, the 2026 reimagining of

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Tor VPN turns one, and anti-censorship and stability take center stage

Multiple hacking groups found using the same Chrome malware in the same week &mdash; so what does it mean?

The Boring Company raises $3B in round led by UAE

NeoGeo AES+ Gets A Painful 10-Month Delay Over Frustrating Parts Shortage

Multiple hacking groups found using the same Chrome malware in the same week — so what does it mean?