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(NewsNation) — A swatting call that sent armed police to the home of the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s fraud trial is the latest in a series of similar incidents, which can be a challenge to investigate. The U.S. Capitol Police told NewsNation last month they were working to investigate a growing trend of … Read more
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The biggest names in laptops showed up to CES this week with new designs, new chips, and usually some way to sneak in the term “AI.” But most of them also quietly arrived with one of the most important upgrades of all for competitive gamers on the go: better Wi-Fi, with support for Wi-Fi 7. It’s … Read more
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google launched several new tools for retailers using generative AI to improve online shopping experiences and other retail operations, its cloud business announced in a release Thursday. The suite of new products includes a generative AI-powered chatbot that retailers can use on websites and mobile apps. The virtual … Read more
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eBay has agreed to pay $3 million in connection with a 2019 harassment campaign directed at a Massachusetts couple that had been critical of the e-commerce site. The US Department of Justice announced the maximum criminal penalty on Thursday and said the company committed six felony offenses. Specifically, the DOJ charged eBay with two counts … Read more
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin miners fell Thursday, giving back earlier gains, as the price of the cryptocurrency retreated in volatile trading following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of the first U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds. The two biggest mining stocks, Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms, each lost more than 15%. Wall Street favorites Iris … Read more
CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Chicago Public Schools lost tens of thousands of school-issued technology during the 2021-22 school year, according to the district’s inspector general’s annual report. The report revealed that 77,505 devices were reported lost or stolen during the school year, which included $23 million worth of laptops, hotspots, and iPads. Between 2020-23, Chicago Public … Read more
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Hi @everyone, I want to follow up on what we just covered at our all-company meeting and share some context. Today we are making the unfortunate and difficult decision to reduce the size of Discord’s workforce by 17%. This means we are saying goodbye to 170 of our talented colleagues. This is a decision we did … Read more
Google is laying off hundreds of workers across its virtual assistant, augmented reality and central engineering teams, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Thursday. The layoffs will impact a few hundred employees working on Google Assistant, as well as a few hundred workers from other parts of the company’s knowledge and information product teams, … Read more
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian speaks at the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco on April 9, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google’s latest effort to win cloud deals over larger rivals Amazon and Microsoft involves making it cheaper for clients to leave. In a blog post Thursday, Google took aim … Read more
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Hertz went from scaling back its electric vehicle ambitions to selling off its actual EVs in the span of three months. The rental car agency said in a regulatory filing today that it will sell 20,000 vehicles, or roughly one-third of its global EV fleet, and use that money to buy gas guzzlers. The decision … Read more
