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Rob Holmes is a private investigator. He works with major luxury-watch brands to track down fakes and stop them from getting to market.

Holmes speaks with Business Insider about how counterfeits are made in factories overseas. He gives details about how fake luxury goods are trafficked into the United States and distributed to consumers, tells us how the counterfeit industry has evolved with the



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Sometimes, this is me. | Screenshot: Apple

Credit where it’s due: the commercial for the new iPad Pro is impeccable. In the commercial, a hydraulic press, like the kind that crushes Skittles all day on TikTok, slowly descends onto a whole amalgamation of artistic endeavors. As the large metal plate drops like Tesla’s stock in 2024, it crushes musical instruments and



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Microsoft has created a generative AI model for top-secret work within US intelligence agencies.

This model is supported in an "air-gapped" environment, Microsoft's CTO of Strategic Missions and Technology William Chappell told Bloomberg. In other words, it's entirely unconnected, distinct from cloud-based AI models that are susceptible to hacks and data leaks.

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Is the Google Pixel 8a waterproof? We'll provide easy-to-understand answers so you know how much water your phone can resist.



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Microsoft launched a fiery Xbox controller on the same day it announced gaming layoffs. | Image: Microsoft

Just hours after learning that Microsoft was shutting down a number of game studios this week, Dinga Bakaba, head of Microsoft-owned Arkane Lyon, decided to let the company know how he felt about the decision — right in public. “Don’t throw us into gold fever gambits



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A constant feeling of strange tingling and numbness along a person’s legs might be much more common than assumed in some parts of the U.S., new research out Wednesday suggests. Researchers have found evidence that a substantial majority of older adults in Flint, Michigan are experiencing neuropathy, an uncomfortable…

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  • A brewing US-China cold war could drag global economic growth down as much as 7%, an IMF official said this week. 
  • The emergence of "connector" countries is why the effect of ongoing tensions hasn't been bigger. 
  • Trade fragmentation carries a higher price tag compared to the US-Soviet cold war, the official said. 

A more intense cold war between the US and China would have a


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The LG C3 is still one of the best gaming OLEDs you can buy in 2024. | Image: LG

With eBay’s spring sale going on right now and running through May 12th, you can save an extra 15 percent on purchases when you use code SPRING15OFF. There’s no minimum purchase amount required, but you can only save up to $500 on each of the two maximum purchases you’re allowed to make.

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