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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...
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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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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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, 2024Videos of Legette...
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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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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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...
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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SAVE $215: A bundle package of NFL Sunday Ticket with YouTube TV will save viewers a total of $215. The year-long NFL Sunday Ticket price is coming in at a discounted $179 per year in combination with YouTube TV on sale for $57.99 per month for the first three months.
Opens in a new window ...SAVE $70: As of April 30, you can grab the USB-C AirPods Pro from Amazon and Best Buy for $179.99, but if you want the absolute best price, you can find them at Walmart for $179. This marks the lowest price we've ever seen them hit and saves you 28% on these $249 earbuds.
Opens in a new window ...At the near center mark of Luca Guadagnino’s scintillating tennis film Challengers, leading college athlete phenom Tashi (Zendaya) and recent Junior U.S. Open champion Patrick (Josh O’Connor) are doing what cinema-goers have been begging for: making the f*ck out.
It’s hard to take your eyes away from them. They’re young. They’re on fire. O’Connor is literally ripping Zendaya’s billowy “I Told Ya” t-shirt off with his teeth.
But if the astute millennial cinema lover can rip...
TL;DR: Stream Rafael Nadal vs. Jiri Lehecka in the 2024 Madrid Open for free on RTVE. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.
Nadal is one of the best tennis players to ever play the game, so when there are whispers of a comeback, the eyes of the world will be watching. It's probably too early to say that Nadal is officially back, but the legitimate legend has looked good on his way to a matchup with Jiri Lehecka. The Madrid Open has been a fairytale...
Amazon deals of the day at a glance: OUR TOP PICK MacBook Air (M2, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $849.99 at Amazon (save $149.01 with on-page coupon) ...
SAVE 30%: A Samsung Galaxy SmartTag2 Bluetooth tracker is just $20.99 at Amazon, marked down from the normal price of $29.99. That's a savings of $9.
Opens in a new window ...There are so many viral AI chatbots that you can't even trust that one of them is real anymore.
In December, a group of Danish researchers unveiled life2vec, an AI chatbot that could theoretically predict when a person will die. The group's findings were published in a paper and the models have been thoroughly explained in a FAQ on the life2vec website.
Crucially, the life2vec chatbot is not available to the public, leading to a surge of fake entities claiming to use it.
SEE ALSO: ...Protesters had occupied an administration building for over a week, leading the university to shut down the campus.
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The Google Pixel 8A might not be getting that rumored price hike after all. Details shared with Smartprix by reliable leaker OnLeaks suggest that the base 128GB model will have the same $499 price as its predecessor.
However, Google could bump the price of the Pixel 8A to $559 for a new 256GB storage option, according to Smartprix. The leak also suggests that the Pixel 8A will come with a larger 4,500mAh battery instead of the 4,385mAh option that came...