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The patient was in Maryland and had recently returned to the US from abroad, officials said. The parasite is potentially fatal and burrows through living flesh.

Apple has filed a lawsuit against former Apple Watch staffer Dr. Chen Shi, alleging that he "conspired to steal Apple's trade secrets relating to Apple Watch and to disclose them to his new employers (Oppo)." The company alleges he downloaded 63 sensitive documents, attended technical meetings, and coordinated with Oppo to transfer proprietary information, though Oppo denies wrongdoing. The Verge reports: Ahead of starting his new job at Oppo, the employee, Dr. Chen Shi, attended "dozens" of meetings with technical members on the Apple Watch team to learn about their work and downloaded 63 documents "from a protected Box folder" that he loaded onto a USB drive, according to the lawsuit. Shi allegedly sent a message to Oppo saying that he was working to "collect as much information as possible" before starting his job. And he searched the internet for terms like "how to wipe out macbook" and "Can somebody see if I've opened a file on a shared drive?" from his Apple-issued MacBook before leaving the company. Shi was formerly a sensor system architect at Apple, and the company says he had "a front row seat to Apple's development of its cutting-edge health sensor technology, including highly confidential roadmaps, design and development documents, and specifications for ECG sensor technology." He now heads up a team working on sensing technology at Oppo -- which Apple says it learned because of "messages he left on his Apple-issued work iPhone." In his resignation letter to Apple, Shi said he was leaving "due to personal and family reasons." Via that iPhone, Apple also says it found messages from Oppo demonstrating that it "encouraged, approved, and agreed to Dr. Shi's plan to collect Apple's proprietary information before leaving Apple."

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Have you been chased by a monster, lost all your teeth or turned up to an event naked only to wake in a panic and realise it was all a dream?

Comet AI browser fooled; Microsoft sets sail for quantum safety; Sailor sent down for espionage

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Justin Bieber seemed to be looking for some love or validation from his fans with his latest social media post. The singer, 31, shared a couple of shirtless photos Monday on social media.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - A three-year-old girl walked into a hospital in China with a fruit knife seemingly lodged deep in the side of her head.

A group of nine diners are said to have arrived at Tinel Seafood & Grill in Grantham, Lincolnshire before ordering some of the most expensive drinks and dishes on the menu.

Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas has defended his controversial decision to allow his daughter Scarlett to skip sitting her GCSEs.

A 'horrendous' infestation is underway following a period of hot summer weather and fast food waste that has created optimal conditions for vermin to thrive.

Nvidia has launched its Jetson AGX Thor robotics chip module, a $3,499 "robot brain" developer kit that starts shipping next month. CNBC reports: After a company uses the developer kit to prototype their robot, Nvidia will sell Thor T5000 modules that can be installed in production-ready robots. If a company needs more than 1,000 Thor chips, Nvidia will charge $2,999 per module. CEO Jensen Huang has said robotics is the company's largest growth opportunity outside of artificial intelligence, which has led to Nvidia's overall sales more than tripling in the past two years. "We do not build robots, we do not build cars, but we enable the whole industry with our infrastructure computers and the associated software," said Deepu Talla, Nvidia's vice president of robotics and edge AI, on a call with reporters Friday. The Jetson Thor chips are based on a Blackwell graphics processor, which is Nvidia's current generation of technology used in its AI chips, as well as its chips for computer games. Nvidia said that its Jetson Thor chips are 7.5 times faster than its previous generation. That allows them to run generative AI models, including large language models and visual models that can interpret the world around them, which is essential for humanoid robots, Nvidia said. The Jetson Thor chips are equipped with 128GB of memory, which is essential for big AI models. [...] The company said its Jetson Thor chips can be used for self-driving cars as well, especially from Chinese brands. Nvidia calls its car chips Drive AGX, and while they are similar to its robotics chips, they run an operating system called Drive OS that's been tuned for automotive purposes.

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Sophie Turner has spoken candidly about filming the controversial rape scene her character Sansa Stark endured in Game of Thrones.

The 16-year-old, who is the daughter of Coronation Street stars Ryan Thomas, 41, and Tina Thomas, 42, looks destined for a career in acting.

Former Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne has vowed to remove a non-binary option for users of his gyms and spas to declare their gender - after criticism from women's rights activists.

Jennifer Drew (right), 41, was with young Nicholas (left), twins Elizabeth and Eleanor, and her mother Carol Salter on Wednesday night when the horrifying blaze broke out.

Images on Monday showed women, children, and men in orange life jackets attempting to climb onto a small rubber boat in the water as French police blocked the action.

Google's artificial intelligence promoted a fake story that rapper Eminem performed at Jeff Bezos's mother's funeral - and that Tesla CEO Elon Musk attended, Daily Mail can reveal.

The 38-year-old opened up to columnist Bryony Gordon about her toxic relationship with a drug dealer that she says 'changed the course of her life.'

An anonymous reader quotes a report from PYMNTS: Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity has announced a new subscription program called Comet Plus that it said gives users access to premium content from trusted publishers and journalists, while providing publishers with a better compensation model. "Comet Plus transforms how publishers are compensated in the AI age," the company said in a Monday blog post. "As users demand a better internet in the age of AI, it's time for a business model to ensure that publishers and journalists benefit from their contributions to a better internet." Comet Plus is included in Perplexity's Pro and Max memberships and is available as a standalone subscription for $5 per month. Perplexity introduced its Comet AI-powered browser in July, saying the tool lets users answer questions and carry out tasks and research from a single interface. Bloomberg reported Monday that Perplexity has allocated $42.5 million for a revenue sharing program that compensates publishers when their content is used by its Comet browser or AI assistant. The program will use funds that come from Comet Plus and will deliver 80% of the revenue to publishers, with Perplexity getting the other 20%, the report said, citing an interview with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. "AI is helping to create a better internet, but publishers still need to get paid," Srinivas said in the report. "Sowe think this is actually the right solution, and we're happy to make adjustments along the way."

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A discovery has finally broken the cold case of a family's disappearance decades ago. The Martin family vanished in 1958, and only two bodies from the family of five were recovered.

Those arrested are said to include a detective chief inspector, a detective sergeant and two detective inspectors, one of whom is believed to work at the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards.