A former Google engineer was convicted Thursday of economic espionage and trade secrets theft for taking hundreds of the company’s confidential documents on AI chip technology to build a startup in China. A 12-person jury in San Francisco federal court after three hours of deliberation unanimously found Linwei Ding guilty on all seven counts trade secrets theft and all seven counts of economic espionage for benefiting the Chinese government. The verdict caps off a two and a half week criminal tr...