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Elizabeth Lopatto

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison

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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to establish adequate anti-money laundering protections. Zhao, once the head of the largest crypto exchange in the world, pleaded guilty in November 2023.

Judge Richard Jones says that Zhao prioritized “Binance’s growth and profits over compliance with US laws and regulations.” While Jones doesn’t think Zhao is likely to reoffend, the scale of...

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Emilia David

Amazon expands enterprise AI play with wider availability of its Q chatbot

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Amazon is doubling down on enterprise AI with the release of its AI chatbot Q, even as its competitors angle to offer more consumer-facing products.

Amazon announced Q in November and made it available only to a small number of users. In a post, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy writes that bringing Q to more people will help solve misalignment issues for developers.

The chatbot acts as an assistant for Amazon Web Services (AWS) users, learning from a...

The Verge

Andrew J. Hawkins

Tesla layoffs hit Supercharger team just as it’s poised to take over EV charging

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Tesla was on the cusp of taking over electric vehicle charging in the US — then, the layoffs came.

Today, multiple outlets reported that the company has laid off hundreds of employees, just weeks after cutting 10 percent (approximately 14,000 people) of its global workforce. Tesla’s Supercharger division was said to be particularly hard hit, with several soon-to-be-former employees saying that close to the entire team had...

Mashable

Score an Amazon Echo Pop for under $20 and fill your home with music

SAVE 50%: The Amazon Echo Pop smart speaker is just $19.99 at Amazon, down from the regular price of $39.99. That's a savings of $20.

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Grab deals from Amazon Gaming Week and level up your gaming setup

Gaming gear can be expensive. Save on everything you need to level up your setup during Amazon Gaming Week.

Best Amazon Gaming Week Deals Best Amazon Gaming Week deal ASUS Tuf Gaming A15 Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) ...

Mashable

Yelp launches new AI assistant for finding the right pros. Here's how to access it.

Yelp is packing its platform with more AI features, including an AI assistant and "AI-stitched videos."

On Tuesday, the OG crowd-sourced review site announced Yelp Assistant and TikTok-style videos that provide a breakdown of what people are saying about certain businesses like restaurants.

These tools add to Yelp's growing collection of generative AI features, such as AI-powered summaries for restaurants and attractions, which launched in January. Large language models (LLMs) are known for...

ESPN.com

Ohm Youngmisuk

Clippers rule Kawhi out for Game 5 vs. Mavericks

The Clippers ruled Kawhi Leonard out for Game 5 against the Mavericks as he continues to treat the inflammation in his right knee.

ESPN.com

Emily Kaplan and Greg Wyshynski

Inside the tumultuous tenure of the Coyotes in Arizona and their stunning move to Utah

The franchise's relocation was somehow both lightning fast and painfully slow. Here's how it all fell apart in Arizona, and what lies ahead.

NYT > Home Page

Anna Betts

Here’s where campus protesters have been arrested over the past day.

Officers at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond used riot gear and pepper spray.

The Verge

Gaby Del Valle

CBP is interrogating TikTok employees

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Immigration officers have interrogated more than 30 TikTok employees who traveled to the US, Forbes reports. Some workers at TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, have been pulled aside by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and held for additional questioning, according to the report. Many of the workers who have been singled out are Chinese nationals.

Some of the people who have been interrogated...

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Allison Johnson

The Rabbit R1’s first software update addresses its dismal battery life

With a dead battery, this is just a nice-looking paperweight. | Image: David Pierce / The Verge

Just a week after its initial launch, the Rabbit R1’s first software update is here — and not a moment too soon. Right on top of the list of improvements in the OTA update is “up to 5x” improved idle battery performance, addressing a major pain point for early R1 adopters. It’s also great news for me, specifically, because my R1 is constantly out of power.

Today’s update...

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Matt Burgess

The Dangerous Rise of GPS Attacks

Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more.

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James Dator

Xavier Legette is so much more than his incredible accent

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

It’s impossible not to be a fan of Xavier Legette.

Xavier Legette was all over social media following the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. The final pick of the first round by the Carolina Panthers, football fans immediately fell in love with videos of his distinct, intensely regional South Carolina accent.

.@Panthers WR Xavier Legette is staying close to home. pic.twitter.com/s31mTi4Itm

— NFL (@NFL) April 27, 2024

Videos of Legette...

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Alan Feuer, Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich and William K. Rashbaum

Judge Merchan Holds Trump in Contempt for Violating Gag Order in Hush-Money Trial

The former president was fined $9,000 after he broke an order barring him from attacking witnesses and jurors in his criminal trial. The judge’s finding took aim at his suggestions that his online attacks are mere politics.

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Wes Davis

If your iPhone alarm has gone quiet, Apple says it’s working on a fix

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Apple says it’s working on a fix for an issue that’s causing some iPhone owners’ alarms to trigger silently. That’s according to the Today show’s segment this morning about the issue, which has been spreading on social media as users complain that their alarms aren’t waking them up. Vergecast producer Liam James told me he’s been having the same problem since Friday, with an alarm that he set “6 or 7 years ago” and hasn’t touched since.

It’s not...

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Ash Parrish

Assassin’s Creed Mirage trust falls onto the iPhone this June

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Assassin’s Creed Mirage will be coming soon to an Apple device near you. Ubisoft has announced that the latest entry in the Assassin’s Creed series will arrive on select Apple products on June 6th. Said devices include the “iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPad Air and iPad Pro with M1 chip or later,” and you can preorder the game on the App Store here.

Apple has been slowly rolling out higher-end gaming experiences on its mobile devices and macOS. Last...

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Wes Davis

Kobo and iFixit partner for OEM parts and repair guides

Here’s what the inside of your Kobo looks like. | Image: iFixit

E-readers might be relatively cheap when compared to your typical smartphone, but it’s still a bummer when they break, given how hard it is to find parts for them. Now, iFixit has announced that it’s offering OEM replacement parts for certain Kobo e-readers, along with detailed guides on how to install them, starting today. The first e-readers being supported are Kobo’s latest: Kobo Clara Colour, the Clara BW, and...

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