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Apple (AAPL) sues ex-engineer for $10 million theft of secrets
Apple (AAPL) filed a lawsuit on July 10 against former engineer Chang Liu and OpenAI. The lawsuit alleges Liu exploited a security bug to access confidential hardware files after leaving Apple in January 2026 and coached a colleague on how to copy these materials. Apple claims he downloaded dozens of sensitive files, including over a thousand pages of technical documents. This legal action underscores potential vulnerabilities in company security and highlights the importance for investors to consider the implications of corporate espionage on Apple's operations and reputation.
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Microsoft (MSFT) Faces Challenges With GitHub Amid AI Demand
Microsoft (MSFT) has experienced setbacks with GitHub, which it acquired for $7.5 billion in 2018, facing outages and increased competition from tools like Cursor and Claude Code. Recent incidents include a security breach where 3,800 code libraries were compromised, leading some enterprises to seek alternatives. Despite GitHub hosting six times more developers than at the time of its purchase and being the most popular tool for collaboration per Stack Overflow’s survey, Microsoft’s stock price has dropped 13% this year. This decline reflects its difficulties in the AI space despite previous successes in cloud computing.
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