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Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Trump promised that mass deportations of undocumented immigrants will start immediately after he takes office. Musk then shot back at “contemptible fools”, saying he was referring to “those in the Republican Party who are hateful, unrepentant racists”. Ramaswamy’s perceived view of skilled worker visas was backed by Elon Musk, the X, Tesla and SpaceX boss selected to co-direct Trump’s proposed “Department of Government Efficiency”. Trump moved to restrict access to the H-1B programme during his first term.

Scammers are using AI-powered voice-cloning tools to prey on people. But experts say there’s a simple way to protect you and your family. FAA data shows that lithium battery fires on U.S. flights have risen 388% since 2015, now occurring nearly twice a week. Apple surreptitiously activated Siri to record user conversations through iPhones and other devices, court finds. If you haven’t already switched, we rounded up the best Mint alternatives to replace the app that shut down.

Android Authority spotted references in a recent Google Play Services beta that suggest Google is working to support hearing aids through its Fast Pair standard for quickly connecting things like wireless headphones.

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Microsoft said it’s investigating an issue impacting access to Microsoft 365 and its Teams app. The tech CEO has been seeking to change his company’s perception on the right following a rocky relationship with President-elect Donald Trump. Canada’s Competition Bureau says that an investigation found the company “unlawfully” tied together its ad tech tools to maintain its dominant market position. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a law that would ban the app in the U.S.

“Yes,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., confirmed to reporters Wednesday evening when he was asked whether the current bill is now dead. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, her lawyer says, apparently ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces techargue.com in Hollywood history. Bags of Lay’s Classic Potato Chips may contain an undeclared allergen, according to the snack company. A warming trend will continue into Monday, with highs reaching near 80 degrees. Expect somewhat chilly weather through most of the week before a warming trend begins.

Later in the day, the phrase “Kill Bill” was on X’s list of trending topics in the United States. The Hokies and Hurricanes face off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season. Virginia Tech averages 70.0 points per game, 4.3 fewer points than the 74.3 Miami (FL) allows. Miami (FL) has shot at a 47.8% rate from the field this season, 2.7 percentage points higher than the 45.1% shooting opponents of Virginia Tech have averaged. The Hurricanes and Hokies match up Sunday for the first time in conference play this season.

The statement put Musk out on a limb as one of the first political figures to come out against the bill, but 13 hours later Trump himself spoke out in agreement. What happened in between was a furious online campaign directed by Musk to try to kill the bill, which he said was “criminal” because of its 1,547-page length and how much money it would spend. Each week, StrictlyVC’s host and TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos, with Alex Gove, former journalist, VC and operating exec, review the top stories in StrictlyVC and interview a mover and shaker in the world of tech. Get the best of our coverage, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Startups are the core of TechCrunch, so get our best coverage delivered weekly. Every weekday and Sunday, you can get the best of TechCrunch’s coverage.

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And in a remarkable turn, the revolt appeared to succeed at least for a day, throwing budget negotiations into chaos and increasing the odds of a government shutdown this weekend. X doesn’t let you see content unless you’re logged in, and that means many people couldn’t view an Amber Alert notification sent by the California Highway Patrol, as reported by Wired. Some Marvel Rivals players who played the game using compatibility layers like Valve’s Proton reported getting flagged as cheaters and receiving bans. This morning, the development team issued a statement on Discord, which you can read below or via GamingOnLinux, saying it has lifted those bans.

The argument broke out after Ramaswamy, tapped by Trump along with Musk to slash government spending, blamed American culture for US firms deciding to hire skilled workers from other countries. Each week, we feature early-stage startup founders to hear first-hand accounts of the real stories behind startups. Elliston Berry’s life was turned upside down after a photo she posted on Instagram was digitally altered online to be pornographic. Alleged drone sightings have been multiplying exponentially, with more than 5,000 reported in the past few weeks.

“All you have to do is look at the border and see how many want what we have. We should be investing and prioritizing in Americans, not foreign workers.” “Thinking of America as a pro sports team that has been winning for a long time and wants to keep winning is the right mental construct,” he wrote. “If we are going to have a throwdown, let’s have it now,” prominent Trump supporter Steve Bannon said on his War Room podcast on Friday. He went on to call the Republican claims of support of the H-1B programme a “total scam”.

As a person who has tried too many times to copy links to highlighted text in PDFs only to be disappointed, I’m thrilled. A recent Chromium build suggests Chrome could get support for linking directly to highlighted text in PDFs just like you can on a normal webpage, writes code sleuth Leopeva64 in a post that Bleeping Computer spotted. Miami (FL) is ninth in the ACC scoring 77.8 points per game and is shooting 47.8%. Virginia Tech averages 77.0 points while outscoring opponents by 12.2 points per game.