A former Apple engineer was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets. Apple accused him of planning to sell trade secrets from when he worked on a car project from 2015 to 2018. AdvertisementFormer Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to all charges of stealing trade secrets in August 2022. Apple's "Project Titan" autonomous car effort is years in the making and has faced numerous delays and pivots. An Apple car was initially rumored to come out in 2021, with speculation surrounding secret labs in Berlin and California.

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