Apple just sued OpenAI, and the wildest part is how they got caught: one candidate screenshotted confidential Apple files on his Apple work laptop hours before his OpenAI interview. Apple reads its own server logs. The recruiting pipeline generated its own evidence trail.
The complaint says OpenAI's hardware chief Tang Tan, a 24-year Apple veteran, directed candidates still employed at Apple to bring "actual parts" (batteries, logic boards) to interviews for show and tell sessions. One candidate was surprised, saying he didn't even know you could take those out of the office.
Apple also alleges Tan circulated an internal Apple offboarding document to coach new hires on dodging exit security checks, and that a departing engineer kept his Apple laptop, found a bug that still gave him access to Apple's cloud storage, and downloaded dozens of confidential hardware files after joining OpenAI.
Then the supplier: OpenAI allegedly got one of Apple's manufacturing partners to demonstrate a proprietary metal finishing technique by letting the partner believe Apple had approved it.
Over 400 former Apple employees now work at OpenAI. Apple says it flagged all of this to OpenAI in February and never got a response. Five months later, it filed.
The ask reveals the strategy. Apple wants an injunction barring OpenAI from using the secrets, the return of every file, and full discovery into io, right as OpenAI preps its first device launch and an IPO. If a judge grants it, OpenAI may have to prove the device was built clean, component by component, before it ships.
The device was supposed to run on the world's best hardware talent. Now its bill of materials is evidence.
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have you noticed something strange during this world cup? called the hydration break. if you watch closely, around the 22nd and 77th mins, the referee usually blows the whistle and all the players stop to drink water and cool off but there is more to this hydration break than meets the eye.
i will tell you the secret;
on paper, it sounds excellent. it looks like fifa really cares about player welfare. they say the weather can be hot, so the players need water but if you look closely, something doesn't quite add up.
it's like when a politician tells you he wants to build a road but his real target is the contract money. what i'm trying to say is that fifa is making a lot of money from this simple 3 mins hydration break,
now, let me show you how;
you see, football has always been unique. it is the only sport where you enjoy 45 mins of uninterrupted action. no timeouts, no endless commercial breaks, just pure and continuous football but infantino found a clever loophole. he made this three-minute water break mandatory for every single match.
if you are following the world cup closely, you will notice that whenever the referee blows the whistle for a hydration break, the tv stations immediately switch to commercials. big brands line up one after another. do you know how much these companies pay for a 30-second advert during that break? in the early stages of the world cup, it costs btwn $200k and $300k by the time the tournament reached the knockout stages, a single 30-second advert costs up to $750k.
when you calculate this across 104 matches, television networks are making hundreds of millions of dollars. globally, this small water break is generating over $1b in advertising revenue for fifa.
now, you might ask, what's wrong with making money? isn't it for the players' safety?
let's look at what is actually happening on the pitch. if this break is truly about health, temp and heat, why does it happen even when it is raining? we have seen matches in this tournament where rain was pouring down on the players, like the ghana-panama game. the weather was completely cool and the players were barely sweating. yet, in the 22nd min, the referee still stopped the game for a water break.
even more surprising, look at the ultra-modern stadiums in cities like dallas and atlanta. these stadiums are completely enclosed and heavily air-conditioned. the temperature inside is as comfortable as a living room. the players are not overheated at all, yet the game must still stop. why? cos the tv networks must show those adverts.
you see, this is destroying the natural rhythm of football. a team will be attacking, building pressure and getting ready to score.
suddenly, the whistle blows and the momentum disappears. the players are left standing on the pitch, fully hydrated, simply waiting for the television countdown to end so the game can restart. football used to be a beautiful game, driven by passion and intensity but today, infantino is turning it into a televised show, divided into segments simply to sell products. they call it player welfare but the truth is clear. it is a highly profitable business strategy.
so let me ask you, are you comfortable with this new direction of football? or do you believe fifa has finally sacrificed the spirit of the game for corporate billions?
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Paul Onwuanibe of Landmark Africa Group, reveals how he flew all his staff to Dubai so they could understand his vision for the company.
There were more than 100 staff who made the trip. They spent over a week there.
When they returned to Nigeria, the company grew rapidly.
President Donald Trump on his way to Turkey in his new Airforce 1 plane.
Please when will President Bola Ahmed Tinubu be travelling like this too?
I want to see the Nigeria Military formation in the sky!
Omoh!!!!!! See formation in the sky! Heavy Security even in the sky.
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a 20% annual return: 72 รท 20 โ 3.6 years
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