Apple drops lawsuit against former exec who accused company of spying

After more than three years of litigation, Apple has quietly dropped its lawsuit against Gerard Williams III, the former chip executive the company accused of poaching employees. Williams spent nearly a decade working for Apple, leading development on some of its most important chips - including the A7 , the first 64-bit processor for mobile devices. In 2019, Williams left Apple to co-found Nuvia, a chip design firm later acquired by Qualcomm in 2021 . When the tech giant first sued Williams, it...