JUDGE PARTIALLY OVERTURNS EX-GOOGLE ENGINEER'S CONVICTION
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A federal judge has overturned part of the conviction of former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, who was earlier found guilty of stealing AI trade secrets for two Chinese companies.
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