Category: Theft

Apple autonomous car FBI self-driving car Theft

Former Apple employee arrested for allegedly stealing self-driving car secrets

sudshr47 July 11, 2018

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While Apple has never officially announced its secret self-driving car project, you can certainly consider this to be a confirmation.

On July 7, a former Apple employee was arrested by federal authorities at the Mineta San Jose International Airport while attempting to board a last minute flight to China. Federal prosecutors have charged Xiaolang Zhang, who had worked as a hardware engineer on Apple’s self-driving car project before abruptly leaving the company, with stealing trade secrets.

Zhang had started working at Apple designing hardware and software for its autonomous car project in May 2015. According to the criminal complaint, Zhang “designed and tested circuit boards to analyze sensor data.” Read more…

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Iron Man Lapd Marvel Marvel Cinematic Universe Theft

Police hunt for missing ‘Iron Man’ suit

sudshr47 May 10, 2018

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Someone check on the Vulture, there’s an Iron Man suit missing.

Los Angeles police have confirmed they’re investigating a missing Iron Man suit, which disappeared from a prop warehouse in LA’s Pacoima neighborhood, reports the LA Times.

The suit, worn by Robert Downey Jr. in Marvel’s original 2008 film Iron Man, was reported missing on Tuesday, according to the Times, by unnamed employees who “just happened to check” on it. LAPD’s Foothill Division is investigating.

Finally a story that can be served by my immense nerdery – the LAPD is investigating the theft of the Iron Man suit from the Avengers movies. No, I am not making this up. Yes, this is kind of the plot of Spiderman: Homecoming.

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Culture New Zealand Theft Web Culture

Apparently impressed by their appetite for mornings, company offers thieves a ‘job’

sudshr47 February 28, 2018

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Theft is never fun, but thankfully some people see some humour in it.

A New Zealand business called Smith Crane & Construction put up a Facebook post on Tuesday to find the people who stole their tools on Saturday morning — so they can offer them a job.

“We thought you might like to come and work for us? Maybe make an honest living instead of thieving off us?” reads the post.

It appears the owners are more impressed at the thieves’ ability to get out of bed on time, have a working knowledge of power tools, and have a truck to drive around, than annoyed by the theft. Read more…

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Puppy thieves return dog to little girl, after seemingly feeling bad about the whole thing

sudshr47 November 10, 2017

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An eight-week-old puppy that was stolen from a house in Melbourne, Australia, has been returned to a “devastated” family after local police launched a public appeal.

A number of items including a laptop, an iPad and jewellery were also stolen from the home on Monday. 

Yet it was the missing labrador, Sasha, that distressed the family most — especially the daughter of the dog’s owner, four-year-old Maia.

“We’ve only had her a week, but she’s part of the family. She was my daughter’s best friend, and those two spent each night falling asleep together in the dog bed,” Sasha’s owner, Ryan Hood, told Today. Read more…

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