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This was a planned shot. Luckily the clouds parted long enough for the moon to appear above the Festival Theatre.
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De VS willen de sancties tegen Iran opschroeven. Maar om dat effectief te doen, zal ook de grootste afnemer van Iraanse olie aangepakt moeten worden: China.

Na de doorbraak van zijn AI-bedrijf DeepSeek werd topman Liang Wenfeng plots het boegbeeld van ‘Team China’ in de techoorlog met de VS. Het is een rol waaraan hij niet ontkomt: zijn achtergrond als homegrown techneut past perfect bij China’s nationale strategie.

More Fucked Today than Yesterday. “I keep wanting to write a post showing off my latest graphics along with the latest data and forecasts, because the picture they paint is one of a truly fucked planet.”

Bij een ongeluk op de N480 in Streefkerk is dinsdagmiddag een 84-jarige vrouw om het leven gekomen. Het slachtoffer uit Streefkerk zat op de fiets en werd geschept door een bestelbus. Het is nog niet bekend hoe het ongeluk kon gebeuren.

Bij een ongeluk op de N480 in Streefkerk is dinsdagmiddag een dode gevallen. Het slachtoffer zat op de fiets en werd geschept door een bestelbus. Het is nog niet bekend hoe het ongeluk kon gebeuren.

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 Philips’s trade secrets and using them to develop X-ray tubes for a Kunshan GuoLi subsidiary, also based in Aurora, IL. Court documents list nine different types of trade secrets that were pertinent to the case, including seasoning protocols, component specifications, manufacturing and assembly processes, tolerance measurements, annealing specifications, and code. Jen, who had worked at Philips’ Aurora facility developing X-ray tubes for its Dunlee brand since 2006, was accused of stealing four of these secrets by accessing company databases “and other locations." The engineer joined the Chinese Aurora subsidiary, referred to only as Company A in legal filings, in January 2018 – soon after he left Philips a month earlier. He went on to develop X-ray tubes for Company A using stolen Philips trade secrets. Company A was sold to Kunshan Yiyuan in May 2018, which sold Company A’s X-ray tubes in China. Prosecutors stated that Philips requires all employees to sign an Ethics and Intellectual Property Agreement, which prohibited them from using, publishing, or otherwise disclosing any secret, confidential, or proprietary information during or after their employment. They also said that the staff who departed Philips after it closed the Aurora facility signed a Settlement and General Release Agreement which, in short, prevented signatories from using Philips technical information to benefit rivals. Philips filed its civil lawsuit on April 19, 2019, although it’s alleged that Jen continued to possess and conceal trade secret information well into July 2022. “The theft of proprietary information is a serious economic crime that harms American jobs and stifles critically important research and development driving the future of our nation,” said Andrew S. Boutros, US attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. “When individuals, corporate entities, or nation states steal proprietary information, they are threatening our country’s technological edge. The Chicago US Attorney’s Office will continue to prosecute trade secret theft to protect innovation, ensure fair competition, and safeguard national economic security.” The lawsuit further alleged that Jen helped recruit fellow Philips engineers to steal trade secrets on behalf of Du and Kunshan GuoLi. Named in the court documents are Fince Tendian, 57, of Aurora, Illinois, and Vladimir Nevtonenko, 77, of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Both pleaded guilty to their charges before trial, whereas Jen was found guilty after one week in front of a jury. According to the indictment, both Tendian and Nevtonenko had worked on Philips’ X-ray tubes since 1998, before the Aurora facility was even opened in 2001. Nevtonenko is scheduled for sentencing on December 1, 2026. Tendian’s sentencing will follow a week later on December 8, while Jen will wait until January 5, 2027. ®

Philip Jerome, 49, repeatedly tried to contact actor in hope they would begin a relationship, court hears

A fan obsessed with Billie Piper has been jailed for 12 months after breaching a stalking prevention order.

Philip Jerome, 49, from Winchester, had a sexual interest in the singer and actor, and repeatedly tried to get in touch with her in the hope they would end up in a relationship, a court in Hampshire was told.

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Comedian returns in new film, adding a retired US general to a list of pranked celebrities that include Buzz Aldrin and Donald Trump

The first full trailer for Ali G: Who Iz I? has been released online, revealing some of the escapades and pranks – and their victims – that will appear in the second feature-length comedy starring the academically challenged west Staines rudeboy character created and played by Sacha Baron Cohen.

Sporting new dreadlocks but still wearing the clothing that was favoured by young white Britons copying US hip-hop and Black streetwear fashions in the 00s, Ali is back to contend with the issues of the day – as well as the pregnancy of his long-term girlfriend, Julie. In the 20 years since the character has been away, he says that “the world went to crap: there was Covid, wars and Ed Sheeran”.

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Wonder why they’re posting flirty photos and wearing tight T-shirts? It’s a thirst trap strategy in motion

Despite being a card-carrying member of the International Order of Confirmed Homosexuals, I have spent quite a lot of time lately thinking about Abdul El-Sayed’s biceps. I mean, have you seen them? The progressive Michigan senate nominee is jacked and he knows it. He almost always wears a tight black T-shirt to show off his muscles and incorporates a lot of fitness content in his campaign.

I’m not the only one who has noticed El-Sayed’s prominent muscles. They have had a lot of coverage, and are seen as part of a wider attempt to rebrand the Democratic party. Which, I don’t need to tell you, has a serious image problem; a poll in March found that the party is looked on even less favourably than the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. So, to make it look less like a party that is full of out-of-touch technocrats who sound as if they are reading from a 500-page PowerPoint presentation every time they try to explain anything, Democrats seem to be trying to up the sex appeal.

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A wildfire near Yalta has continued to grow after it broke out last week following a Ukrainian drone attack on the peninsula.

The reports come after a U.S. military transport plane landed in the Russian capital, which the Kremlin claimed it knew nothing about.

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The Dutch Grand Prix saw some fantastic action at the front, but there were also impressive performances further back, including a spectacular drive from Fernando Alonso to P9 and two precious points for Aston Martin.