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Matthew Haag and Michael Rothfeld

In Trump Trial, Stormy Daniels’s Lawyer Says Hush-Money Deals Swayed the 2016 Vote

“What have we done?” Keith Davidson texted to a tabloid editor on election night, testifying on Thursday that it had been gallows humor.

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Steven Lee Myers and Tiffany Hsu

Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide

America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.

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Emma Roth

Apple gives small developers more ways around its alternative app store tax

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Apple is exempting more developers from the Core Technology Fee (CTF) it introduced in the European Union. In an update on Thursday, Apple announced that developers of free apps without monetization won’t have to pay the new fee.

To qualify, Apple says free apps must not have “revenue of any kind,” including money made from physical or digital goods, as well as advertising. “This condition is intended to give students, hobbyists, and other non-commercial...

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Gaby Del Valle

Warrantless FBI searches of American communications drop 50 percent

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The FBI cut its warrantless searches of American data in half in 2023, according to a government report released on Tuesday. According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s annual transparency report, the FBI conducted 57,094 searches of “US person” data under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act last year — a 52 percent decrease from 2022.

In a press briefing, a senior FBI official...

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Wes Davis

The highest observatory in the world just opened in Chile

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The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) officially opened on Tuesday after 26 years of planning and construction. Sitting 18,500 feet high on Mount Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the 6.5-meter optical-infrared TAO telescope is now the highest in the world.

TAO replaces a smaller version of itself called MiniTAO, which held the highest telescope distinction before it. It beats the Chacaltaya Observatory, owned by the University of...

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Justine Calma

Microsoft made the biggest renewable energy agreement ever to fuel its AI ambitions

Satya Nadella, the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation speaks during the “Microsoft Build: AI Day” event. | Photo by Peerapon Boonyakiat / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images

Microsoft just agreed to support the development of 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity around the world, a massive amount of electricity to fuel its AI ambitions and climate goals.

For comparison, 10.5 GW of renewable energy amounts to nearly half the amount of solar and...

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David Pierce

The last thing the iPad needs is a spec bump

The iPad is kind of a computer... but kind of not. | Image: Dan Seifert / The Verge

When Apple CEO Tim Cook and a bunch of his deputies take the virtual stage next week to announce new iPads, they’re going to spend a lot of time talking about specs. If the rumors are true, we’re going to get new iPad Pros with OLED screens and thinner bodies, new Airs with faster chips and a correctly placed front camera, and a couple of new accessories. Before they even launch, I feel confident...

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Jeff Borzello

Claude, Big East's Most Improved, to join USC

Xavier transfer Desmond Claude, winner of the Big East's Most Improved Player award, has committed to USC.

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Kristen Shilton

Facing elimination, Leafs rule out Matthews for G6

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews has been ruled out for Game 6 of the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Bruins on Thursday.

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MLB Power Rankings: Is your team soaring -- or falling -- in our first May edition?

The Orioles are dominating and the Twins are rolling, while an AL East team continues to tumble.

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Leah Feiger, Tess Owen

How Far-Right, Extremist Militias Organize On Facebook

In the aftermath of the Capitol riot, far-right militia groups are using Facebook to organize—and they're not worried about getting banned by Meta.

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Will Knight

Nick Bostrom Made the World Fear AI. Now He Asks: What if It Fixes Everything?

Philosopher Nick Bostrom popularized the idea superintelligent AI could erase humanity. His new book imagines a world in which algorithms have solved every problem.

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Mark Schofield

Nico Hülkenberg addresses his move to Sauber

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Speaking with the media ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, Nico Hülkenberg discussed his future move to Sauber

MIAMI — The 2024 Formula 1 season is just a few races in, and the Miami Grand Prix is yet to get underway.

But one of the major storylines in Miami this week continues to be the upcoming driver transfer market, which will set the grid for 2025 and beyond.

The latest big move? The announcement from Nico Hülkenberg that at the end of...

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Will Zalatoris back injury flares up, joins fellow Byron Nelson favorite to withdraw

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Zalatoris and another heavy hitter withdrew from the CJ CUP Byron Nelson event, which left an very few top rated golfers.

Two of the betting favorites for the CJ CUP Byron Nelson have withdrawn. Will Zalatoris and Sungjae Im will both miss the tournament.

The field for this week’s tournament already lacked star power, but with these two pulled out, it becomes even weaker. Zalatoris came in with the third-best odds to win at 22-1 following...

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Emma Roth

Spotify’s shortform videos could spread to more parts of the app

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Spotify could soon bring shortform video clips to more areas of the app. A test spotted by Music Ally shows clips surfacing on playlist pages, allowing you to swipe through a vertical feed with videos less than 30 seconds long.

Spotify first introduced clips last year as a way for artists to communicate with fans and promote their music, but the platform only showed clips on artist profiles, album pages, and album countdown pages. However, that...

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David Pierce

Rabbit R1 review: nothing to see here

Artificial intelligence might someday make technology easier to use and even do things on your behalf. All the Rabbit R1 does right now is make me tear my hair out.

Continue reading…

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Mia Sato

Google is getting even worse for independent sites

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An article in HouseFresh, a site dedicated to air quality, hit a nerve in February: it outlined how independent publishers have been gradually bumped out of Google search results, with big media companies taking their place. Months later, the situation has only gotten more dire, according to a follow-up published by HouseFresh.

In February, HouseFresh managing editor Gisele Navarro called out publishers like BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone as some of the culprits...

Mashable

Spotify starts hiding song lyrics behind paywall

Spotify's free tier has just gotten a little worse.

The company recently put yet another popular feature behind its Spotify Premium paywall: song lyrics. As noticed by numerous users on Reddit (via Android Authority), to see song lyrics you now need to have a Spotify Premium subscription, which starts at $10.99 ($5.99 for students).

Some users are reporting that song lyrics aren't completely unavailable on the free tier; instead, there's a monthly limit on lyrics for non-Premium subscribers....

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The Shark FlexStyle is $60 off — don't blow off this deal

SAVE $60: The build-your-own Shark FlexStyle system is available for $219.99. That's a savings of 21% on your sleekest at-home hair styling.

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