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Self-professed ‘Wolf of Airbnb’ pleads guilty Monday

A Florida man who dubbed himself the “Wolf of Airbnb” pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge Monday, admitting gaining about $2 million illegally by defrauding landlords and cheating a government pandemic program. Konrad Bicher, 31, of Hialeah, Florida, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court, agreeing not to appeal… Read More

The No. 1 pick in the NBA draft is…

Victor Wembanyama was the presumed No. 1 pick for months, the rare certainty in an NBA draft process that’s often a guessing game. Yet as the clock above the stage he was facing ticked all the way down to zero, butterflies set in. “Longest five minutes of my life,” Wembanyama… Read More

7.5 million bath toys recalled after they cut or stabbed children

About 7.5 million singing and swimming “Baby Shark” bath toys are being recalled after multiple lacerations and puncture wounds were reported in children playing with them. Zuru, an El Segundo, California-based toymaker, said it’s recalling both full-size and mini versions of its robotic baby shark toys that have hard plastic… Read More

Starbucks goes to war over Pride display

Workers at 150 Starbucks locations will strike in the coming week over what their union says is a clash over decor supporting LBGTQ+ causes, but the company denies it’s banned any such displays and accused the union of using misinformation as a tactic in labor talks. Starbucks Workers United said… Read More

Hunter Biden whistleblower’s bombshell transcripts stun critics

A bombshell transcript from an IRS whistleblower released Thursday could show President Joe Biden was directly involved with son Hunter Biden’s controversial foreign business dealings. “I am sitting here with my father,” Hunter reportedly wrote in a threatening text message through WhatsApp to Chinese-based business partner Henry Zhao in July… Read More

Twitter faces ‘stress test’ of Big Tech’s new international rules

A top European Union official is in Silicon Valley to check whether Twitter is ready to comply with the bloc’s tough new digital rulebook, a set of sweeping new standards that the world’s biggest online platforms all must obey in just two months. European Commissioner Thierry Breton, who oversees digital… Read More

Elon Musk, Mark Zucerkberg to fight in cage match

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have agreed to a fist fight. In a now-viral back-and-forth seen on Twitter and Instagram this week, the two tech billionaires agreed to a “cage match” face off. It all started when Musk, who owns Twitter, responded to a tweet about Meta reportedly preparing to… Read More

Hollywood writers’ strike reaches big milestone Wednesday

Fifty days into a strike with no end in sight, about 1,000 Hollywood writers and their supporters marched and rallied in Los Angeles for a new contract with studios that includes payment guarantees and job security. Speakers at the Writers Guild of America’s WGA Strong March and Rally for a… Read More

FTC sues Amazon for enrolling customers into Prime without consent

Amazon was sued Wednesday by Federal Trade Commission for what it called a yearslong effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions. In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, the… Read More