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Wes Davis

Razzlekhan, crypto’s most embarrassing rapper, is going to prison

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A federal judge has sentenced Heather Morgan to 18 months in prison for her role in helping husband Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein launder stolen Bitcoin, CoinDesk reports. Lichtenstein has admitted to hacking the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 and stealing 120,000 Bitcoin, worth $71 million at the time (and almost $11 billion as of this writing).

Before she was arrested, Morgan was a Forbes and Inc. blogger. When the Department of Justice announced her...

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Lauren Feiner

Amazon and SpaceX attack US labor watchdog in court

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Amazon and SpaceX are seeking to hamstring the National Labor Relations Board, asking a court to declare its processes for upholding labor law unconstitutional. But judges on a three-person panel appeared skeptical when the companies presented their arguments Monday.

In two separate cases before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the two companies argued that the NLRB is unlawfully forcing them to participate in administrative law...

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Wes Davis

US lawyers will reportedly try to force Google to sell Chrome and unbundle Android

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The Department of Justice is planning to ask for Google’s antitrust trial judge to force the company to sell off its Chrome browser after the judge ruled the company has maintained an illegal search monopoly, reports Bloomberg.

Chrome is the world’s most widely used browser, and the government’s lawyers have argued that its use in cross-promoting Google’s products is one of the things limiting available channels and incentives for...

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Adi Robertson

Dozens of states ask Congress to un-doom the Kids Online Safety Act

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A group of state attorneys general are pushing Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which has stalled in the House of Representatives thanks to concerns over online censorship. An open letter published today is signed by 32 attorneys general, including those of 31 states and the District of Columbia. It urges leaders of both parties in the House and Senate to vote on the bill before the current congressional session ends early next...

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"These Lookalike Competitions Are Just Beauty Pageants For Men": People Are Seriously OBSESSED With The Celebrity Lookalike Contests

Timothée Chalamet, Harry Styles, Dev Patel, Paul Mescal...who is next?

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Jamison Hensley

Ravens 'haven't lost any confidence' in Tucker

On Monday, following Baltimore's 18-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers the day before, Ravens coach John Harbaugh said there are no plans to bring in competition for veteran kicker Justin Tucker, who missed from 47 and 50 yards in the divisional defeat.

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Kylie Robison

Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI

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Emails in Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI expose the startup’s rocky origins.

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Justine Calma

Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary says ‘there is no climate crisis’

The US Department of Energy headquarters building on February 9th, 2024, in Washington, DC. | Photo by J. David Ake / Getty Images

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy is fossil fuel executive Chris Wright — who has misleadingly claimed on LinkedIn that “there is no climate crisis, and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either.”

Hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, and other disasters exacerbated by climate change are already hitting...

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Umar Shakir

Toyota shows off its latest big idea for cold hydrogen vehicles

The liquid hydrogen-powered GR Corolla H2 Concept. | Image: Toyota

Toyota is pushing hydrogen-powered vehicle technology forward with a liquid hydrogen system design that includes a self-pressurizer to save escaping gas and reuse it as fuel to increase engine efficiency.

Toyota introduced a liquid system in the GR Corolla H2 Concept in 2023, which keeps hydrogen at -253 degrees Celsius during filling and storing in the tank. Hydrogen exists as a gas at room temperature, so the pumps...

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Jay Peters

HarperCollins is asking authors to license their books for AI training

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HarperCollins has agreed with an unnamed AI tech company to let the company use some nonfiction titles to train its models, 404 Media reports, but only if authors opt-in to having their books be used for training. Some authors are currently suing companies like OpenAI, accusing them of copyright infringement for training AI models on their works without permission.

According to a statement HarperCollins gave to 404 Media, the agreement protects...

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Andrew Liszewski

Corsair now has a gaming keyboard and mouse for the Mac

Corsair has upgraded its K65 Plus wireless keyboard and M75 wireless mouse so they’re Mac compatible with new colorways. | Image: Corsair

Corsair has announced an updated version of the K65 Plus wireless keyboard it debuted earlier this year that’s now compatible with the Mac. It’s joined by a new version of Corsair’s M75 wireless mouse, and both peripherals are available in Mac-exclusive colors including glacier blue and a white version the company calls frost.

The frost...

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Charlie Savage and Michael Gold

Trump Confirms Plans to Use the Military to Assist in Mass Deportations

Mr. Trump’s top immigration policy adviser has discussed using military assets to build detention centers and support civilian immigration agents.

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Steven Lee Myers, Jim Rutenberg and Julian E. Barnes

How Tulsi Gabbard Became a Favorite of Russia’s State Media

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to be the director of national intelligence has raised alarms among national security officials.

Fast Company

Kristin Toussaint

Trump’s pick for energy secretary loves fracking so much, he drank its liquid

Chris Wright is an oil and gas executive who doesn’t believe in climate change. Trump wants him to lead the Department of Energy.

Over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump announced Chris Wright, an oil and gas executive, to lead the Department of Energy (DOE).

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The Conversation

What to know about the Taurid meteor shower

The Taurids cross Earth’s orbit twice a year—in autumn and also in June.

With the Taurid meteor shower now hitting the night skies worldwide, look for what could be a celestial treat. You might see shooting stars, and maybe even fireballs, the biggest and brightest meteors.

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Lance Lambert

Housing market shift: Where power is quickly turning in favor of homebuyers

Homebuyers have gained some leverage in most housing markets over the past year, with some markets even becoming buyers’ markets.

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter.

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Shannon Cudd

‘Behind the Lines’ documentary reveals a decades-long effort to preserve wartime letters before they disappear forever

Andrew Carroll, founding director of Chapman University’s Center for American War Letters, began the project in 1998. Now it’s coming to the big screen.

No matter your political party, one thing everyone can agree on is that we owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the men and women in the armed services. These brave souls put their lives on the line to fight for their country, often experiencing horrific trauma along the way. Historic events are seen through their eyes and are often...

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Julian Chokkattu

Nomad Black Friday Sale 2024: Deals on Chargers, iPhone Cases

You can snag discounted MagSafe wireless chargers, USB-C cables, and iPhone 16 cases from now through December 3.

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19 Internet Fails From Last Week That Will Make You Laugh So Hard You Can Legally Call It Excercise

What's the copay for a therapy session with a cat?

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Jessica Bursztynsky

San Francisco’s mayor-elect picks Sam Altman to co-chair transition team

Daniel Lurie wants to rebuild the city’s relationships with tech and business leaders. Altman can certainly help on that front.

San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie has picked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to help run his transition team as he prepares to take office in January, Lurie said.

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