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Man Allegedly Steals 9 Cars From Dealership, Burns It Down, Gets Caught Anyway

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Man Allegedly Steals 9 Cars From Dealership, Burns It Down, Gets Caught Anyway A South Carolina man allegedly stole nine cars from a dealership before burning it down last week, in a move that could only be inspired by Hans Gruber’s plans to blow up the Nakatomi building to escape scrutiny a la the documentary “Die Hard.” Unfortunately for the real-life alleged thief, however, his plan wasn’t… Read more…

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Democrats want DOJ to prosecute tax prep companies that allegedly shared user data with Meta and Google

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Democrats want DOJ to prosecute tax prep companies that allegedly shared user data with Meta and Google Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesA group of Democratic lawmakers are urging the Justice Department to prosecute tax prep companies accused of improperly sharing user information with Meta and Google through their advertising pixels. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), are…

The Verge 898 2024-10-22

Tesla Roadster Engineering ‘Mostly Complete’ Says Musk, Production To Allegedly Start Next Year

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Tesla Roadster Engineering ‘Mostly Complete’ Says Musk, Production To Allegedly Start Next Year Oh, the second-gen Tesla Roadster. It was first announced so long ago that images on the original post have been nuked. It’s allegedly going to have rockets and possibly be able to fly and also break the laws of physics, and if we’re being honest, nobody knows whether it will look anything like the concept or not. And… Read more…

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Hotel Booking Scam Allegedly Supported by Booking.com — How You Could Lose Your Reservation and Get No Help

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Hotel Booking Scam Allegedly Supported by Booking.com — How You Could Lose Your Reservation and Get No Help As immigrants from Belarus living in the USA for five years, we’ve encountered a surprising issue here: booked hotel rooms can be canceled without any help from the booking site. This happened with our reservation at Chase Apartments At Light Street in Baltimore, which we made six months ago for a music festival. You can imagine our shock when, …

Reddit Travel 898 2024-06-27

Acura Dealership Allegedly Damages An Integra Type S And Then Treats The Owner Like Crap When Called Out

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Acura Dealership Allegedly Damages An Integra Type S And Then Treats The Owner Like Crap When Called Out Dealers are almost universally shitty. From car buying to service, only a dealership could suck on multiple fronts. Often dealers won’t take any responsibility for their horrible service and behavior, either. Take what one Acura Integra Type S owner is going through with his local dealership, for example. Read more…

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watchOS 11 Allegedly Drops Support for Apple Watch Series 4, Series 5, and Original SE

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watchOS 11 Allegedly Drops Support for Apple Watch Series 4, Series 5, and Original SE While rumors suggest that iOS 18, macOS 15, and tvOS 18 will largely be compatible with the same iPhone, Mac, and Apple TV models as the current versions of each platform are, it could be a much different story for watchOS 11. In a post on social media platform X today, a proven leaker claimed that watchOS 11 will drop support for the Apple Wat…

Mac Rumors 412 2024-06-11

Vatican detains ex-employee who allegedly tried to sell back manuscript of Bernini’s basilica canopy

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Vatican detains ex-employee who allegedly tried to sell back manuscript of Bernini’s basilica canopy ROME (AP) — Vatican police have detained a former employee on charges of attempted extortion after he allegedly tried to sell a 17th-century gilded manuscript describing Bernini’s designs for the altar canopy of St. Peter’s Basilica back to the Holy See. The post Vatican detains ex-employee who allegedly tried to sell back manuscript of Bernini’…

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Kia Dealer Allegedly Discovers You Can Only Pretend To Sell Cars For So Long Before You Get Caught

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Kia Dealer Allegedly Discovers You Can Only Pretend To Sell Cars For So Long Before You Get Caught Selling cars is often a soul-crushing grind. So it’s understandable that dealership employees might feel pressure to cut corners. As one New England dealership recently found out, though, if you get caught straight-up scamming, there can be some pretty nasty consequences. Read more…

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US arrests man allegedly behind enormous botnet that enabled cyberattacks and fraud

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US arrests man allegedly behind enormous botnet that enabled cyberattacks and fraud Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty ImagesIt’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 aroun…

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Apple Orders Capacitive Button Components Allegedly for iPhone 16

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Apple Orders Capacitive Button Components Allegedly for iPhone 16 Apple has ordered a large number of capacitative button components from a Taiwan supplier that are allegedly for use in the upcoming iPhone 16 series, claims a new report out of Asia. Image credit: Unbox Therapy According to the Economic Daily News, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering won the order, which is said to include system-in-a-package (…

Mac Rumors 641 2024-05-20

Japanese man arrested for allegedly hacking Pokémon game to sell custom monsters

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Japanese man arrested for allegedly hacking Pokémon game to sell custom monsters The Pokémon CompanyJapanese police arrested a man after finding evidence that he illegally tampered with save data for the Nintendo Switch games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which he used to create custom characters that he sold on an online gaming marketplace. According to machine translations of stories at NHK and the Asahi Shimbun, the Kochi …

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