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It’s a scheme that “reads like it’s ripped from a screenplay,” according to one Commerce Department official. Thirty-five-year-old Chinese national YunHe Wang allegedly helped run an international botnet that deployed VPN programs to infect more than 19 million IP addresses around the world.

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There are a bunch of fun Fitbit Ace LTE bands available right now. If you want your child to have several options to wear, here's what you can choose from.



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Zotac is getting into portable PC gaming. The company has started to tease the Zotac Zone, a gaming handheld with a seven-inch, high-refresh-rate, touch-enabled screen and two-stage adjustable triggers. Its display will also come with one spec many of its rivals lack: OLED.

Right now, the Steam Deck and the Nintendo Switch are the only two gaming handhelds



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Former President Donald Trump invoked Mother Teresa as he defended himself from charges that he tried to cover up a hush-money payment to a porn star.
  • Donald Trump invoked Mother Teresa as jurors began deliberations in his Manhattan criminal trial.
  • "Mother Teresa could not beat these charges," the former president said.
  • Trump is accused of helping falsify business records to hide a hush

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  • Dick's Sporting Goods has something unusual for a retailer: an app to manage youth team sports.
  • The service now boasts 5 million users who spend a half hour per day on the platform.
  • Dick's says the business will bring in $100 million this year, in addition to driving retail sales.

Dick's Sporting Goods has long offered youth athletes



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Two more media companies have signed licensing agreements with OpenAI, allowing their content to be used to train its AI models and be shared inside of ChatGPT. The Atlantic and Vox MediaThe Verge’s parent company — both announced deals with OpenAI on Wednesday.

OpenAI has been quickly signing partnerships across the media world as it seeks to license



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  • North Korea floated hundreds of balloons filled with garbage and feces across its southern border.
  • It had vowed retaliation after South Korean activists sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border.
  • The North's balloons contained fertilizer, NBC reported, but not human excrement.

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A Tesla owner went to the emergency room after slicing his wrist during a Cybertruck delivery.
  • Another Tesla owner reported an injury from the Cybertruck's sharp edges.
  • The owner said he ended up in the hospital after accidentally slicing his wrist during delivery.
  • Previous Cybertruck injuries involved the sharp frunk and door edges. 

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In the last few months, news organizations have leapt into bed with OpenAI, hatching Faustian bargains where the cash-strapped media industry exchanges a monetary pittance for OpenAI's right to scrape and integrate their content into things like ChatGPT. Those that have signed in blood include News Corp (publisher of the Wall Street Journal), the Financial Times, People magazine publisher Dotdash