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Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee is going back to jail for bribery Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee has been sentenced to 2.5 years of prison over bribery charges, wrapping up a court battle that started four years ago, Bloomberg has reported. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/samsung-heir-jay-y-lee-back-to-jail-for-bribery-071444401.html

A California man has pled guilty to hacking Nintendo’s servers to steal confidential files, including taking information about the Nintendo Switch months before it was announced, the US Department of Justice revealed today According to the DOJ, Ryan Hernandez, 21, and an associate phished a Ninten from https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21117596/nintendo-switch-surprise-pled-guilty-hacking-department-justice-ryan-hernandez https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66230463/jbareham_1492_170228_0173.0.0.jpg

Politicians are still determined to investigate 8chan's role in fueling extremism even though the site is effectively out of commission. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/06/house-committee-asks-8chan-owner-to-testify/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D3973%252C2498%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1006%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2019-08%252Fc7feb5a0-b894-11e9-8afb-59e3b397e4b9%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D7129999f9710630d21e0fb45f42309536154955c&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=0533be9371fd88d4c50ba6679e5a42b0138427ba