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An aerial view of Apple Park is seen in Cupertino, California, United States on October 28, 2021.Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesXiaolang Zhang, a former Apple employee who was accused of stealing computer files with trade secrets about Apple's secretive car division, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose on Monday.Zhang's plea agreement with the U.S. government is under seal, according to court filings on Monday. Zhang faces as much as 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to a…

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. reported flat quarterly revenue growth for the first time in its history, showing how China's COVID lockdowns have hit its business. The slowdown adds to challenges facing China's e-commerce giant, which has enjoyed double-digit revenue growth almost every quarter since it went public in 2014, as it navigates Beijing's crackdown on tech companies as well as its scrutiny of founder Jack Ma. Still, Alibaba's performance was better than expected, and its shares were 4.3 percent higher in early US…

China's smartphone sales hit a fresh low in the April-June quarter (down 14.2 per cent) to reach less than half of the sales of the historical peak in the fourth quarter of 2016, a new report has shown.The last time sales were lower than this point was nearly a decade ago in Q4 2012, when the iPhone 5 was introduced.According to Counterpoint Research, with a 19.8 percent share, Vivo retained its first place in Q2, followed by Honor (18.3 percent) and OPPO (17.9 percent).The quarter's volumes were 12.6 percent lower than…

Continuity of probability measure, Radon-Nikodym derivative, and Girsanov theoremImage from UnsplashThe Girsanov theorem and Radon-Nikodym theorem are frequently used in financial mathematics for the pricing of financial derivatives. And they are deeply related. The usage of those theorems can also be found in machine learning (very theoretical though). An example is given in , where Girsanov’s theory is applied in a new policy gradient algorithm for reinforcement learning.However, those theorems are far from intuitive…

The founder of Geely, China's private automaker and Volvo's parent company, Li Shufu, has acquired the Chinese smartphone brand Meizu.Xingji Technology, a smartphone company launched by Geely's founder and chairman last September, acquired a controlling stake of 79.09 per cent from it.The two parties will work together to provide users with core products that integrate multi-terminal, full-scene, and immersive integration experiences, the company said in a statement.Founded in 2003 by Jack Wong, Meizu began as a…

Today marks the official launch of the Standard Comics Script (SCS), which was built by cartoonist, editor, and educator Steenz and writer, artist, and Z2 Comics Senior Editor Camilla Zhang.  The SCS template aims to demystify the mechanics of the comics industry, provide a foundation that can be customized for the needs of each individual creative team, and help facilitate the establishment of an industry standard for scripting that will eradicate miscommunication. Best of all, it’s available for everyone to use at no…