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Learn more about the design process behind the new Pixel 9 phones, Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2.Learn more about the design process behind the new Pixel 9 phones, Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2.

Google Essentials is a new app that makes it easier for you to discover and install Google services when setting up a new PC.Google Essentials is a new app that makes it easier for you to discover and install Google services when setting up a new PC.

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A Kentucky man has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison after hacking into state registries to fake his own death, in hopes of avoiding about $116,000 in child support payments.

In a press release, the US Attorney's Office wrote that Jesse Kipf, 39, was sentenced for charges including computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. On top of hacking state death registries in Arizona, Hawaii, and Vermont, Kipf also "hacked into private businesses and attempted to sell access to networks on the dark web" and stole identities of real people to open two credit accounts.

Now, Kipf has agreed to pay $195,758.65 in damages, including the child support owed to his ex-wife and nearly $80,000 to repair damage to the state death registries.

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Enlarge / A Cruise robotaxi seen in San Francisco in 2023. Later that year, Cruise paused operations, resuming them in May 2024. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Following a successful recall, federal safety investigators have concluded an investigation that was sparked after a number of Cruise robotaxis crashed after braking inappropriately when being followed by other cars. It's a spot of good news for the autonomous driving startup, which has been under heavy scrutiny by federal and state regulators lately.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigation opened a preliminary evaluation in December 2022 after reports emerged that Cruise's robotaxis could engage in "inappropriately hard braking" or become immobilized while driving, thus becoming obstacles and potentially causing a crash.

At the time, NHTSA had three reports of Cruise robotaxis braking hard in response to another vehicle or cyclist approaching quickly from behind, resulting in the robotaxi being rear-ended.

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The Ultimate Ears Everboom is a good speaker in an odd spot.

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Booming demand for artificial intelligence is encouraging big tech companies and their suppliers to explore converting old power stations and industrial sites into data centers.

Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are pouring billions of dollars into building data centers to power cloud computing and AI services, but it has become increasingly challenging to find suitable locations with sufficient power for the energy-hungry facilities.

Many data center markets are “heavily constrained when it comes to land availability and power,” which in turn fueled interest in smaller markets and “more complicated sites” such as old power stations, said Adam Cookson, head of land transactions for real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield’s Emea data center advisory group.

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Kamala Harris has launched a new Twitch channel as part of the Democratic campaign’s broader strategy for engaging young voters online.

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The number of poisonings connected to Diamond Shruumz-brand microdosing candies has reached 145 cases across 29 states. Since the illnesses first came to light in early June, 59 of those sickened have required hospitalization, and health officials have reported people having seizures, needing intubation, and being admitted to intensive care units. Two deaths are under investigation. Yet, despite tireless efforts to analyze the candies' components, the cause of the poisonings remains a mystery.

Diamond Shruumz suggestively markets the chocolates—as well as its gummies and candy cones—as containing psychedelic drugs but doesn't say what's in them exactly. They're only said to contain a "primo proprietary blend of nootropic and functional mushrooms," and the company has identified non-hallucinogenic mushrooms, including Lion's mane, Reishi, and Chaga.

In its latest investigation update Monday, the Food and Drug Administration laid out the testing results of 22 chocolate bars from Diamond Shruumz—and the list of illicit and troubling drugs found keeps growing. Stunningly, none of the drugs found so far can alone explain the severe illnesses.

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We plonked our butts on these electric and nonelectric toilet seats to see which cleaned best.

This week, we talk about the slow rollout of public electric vehicle chargers in the United States and the wildly disparate prices drivers are paying to top up.

The DNC influencer after-party featured “abortion access Skee-Ball,” a wall display of Democratic “hotties,” and a couch for JD Vance.

EV drivers in the US need to get out of that gas station car mindset.

EV drivers in the US need to get out of that gas station car mindset.

BattlegroundAI promises to make life easier for overstretched and underfunded progressive campaigns.

BattlegroundAI promises to make life easier for overstretched and underfunded progressive campaigns.

With the possible exception of gold, no other metal has caused as much destruction as copper. In the coming years, we’ll need more of it than ever.

The serial software entrepreneur's passing comes only weeks after he was cleared of fraud by a jury in the US.

The serial software entrepreneur's passing comes only weeks after he was cleared of fraud by a jury in the US.

Google earns Gold in the Defence Employer Recognition SchemeGoogle earns Gold in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme

The autonomous-driving startup Tier IV aims to put Japanese-made electric robotaxis into service on Tokyo roads later this year, with its own open-source software controlling the EVs.