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Microsoft charges hundreds every year for Visual Studio Pro, but it’s only here

Microsoft charges hundreds every year for Visual Studio Pro, but it’s only $33 here

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TL;DR: Drop your Microsoft Visual Studio Pro monthly subscription and get it for life for $33. Sale ends June 7. $32.97 $499.99 Save $467.02   Visual Studio Professional subscriptions through Microsoft’s standard licensing run hundreds every year, and that bill sticks with forever without ever offering you more. If you want a smarter way to work, you can now get a lifetime license for Visual Studio Pro 2026, and it’s even on sale for $32.97 (reg. $499.99). Visual Studio Pro 2026 gives developers the tools to write code faster and catch problems earlier, with AI handling a lot of the work that used to slow things down. IntelliCode reads your codebase and completes entire lines or blocks based on patterns learned from your own code, not generic suggestions. AI-assisted refactoring cuts down on boilerplate and flags bugs before they compound. CodeLens surfaces recent changes, commit history, test results, and references directly in the editor, so you always know what’s happening in your codebase without jumping between windows. Mashable Deals By signing up, you agree to receive …

Chinese Archaeologist Liu Bin Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges

Chinese Archaeologist Liu Bin Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges

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Liu Bin, the Chinese archaeologist widely known for his work at the ancient city at Liangzhu, the so-called Venice of the Stone Age, pleaded guilty on May 20 to charges of taking bribes and embezzling research funds, Caixin Global reports. In the trial, which took place at Suichang County People’s Court in Zhejiang Province, Liu was accused of accepting more than 4.65 million yuan (about $690,000) in bribes and embezzling 300,000 yuan (about $45,000) from a research project related to the civilization at Liangzhu, reports Caixin, noting that he was detained by the authorities in December 2025 and arrested in February. Related Articles No penalty has been announced. After studying archaeology at Jilin University, Liu joined the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in 1985, later becoming deputy director and then director. He oversaw the excavation of Tomb No. 12 at Liangzhu in 1986 and then discovered the ruins of the city in 2007. China has argued, based on that find, that the lower Yangtze region was home to one of the earliest …

Non-English-Speaking Bus Driver Faces Manslaughter Charges After Horror Virginia Crash Kills Entire Family

Non-English-Speaking Bus Driver Faces Manslaughter Charges After Horror Virginia Crash Kills Entire Family

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A commercial bus driver, who federal officials say could not speak English, faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter, with additional charges likely, after his charter bus plowed into vehicles on a Virginia highway Friday morning, killing five people, including an entire Greenfield, Massachusetts, family of four. The New York Post reports that Virginia State Police revealed the 48-year-old bus driver, Jing S. Dong, was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and will likely face additional charges after killing five people, including an entire family of four from Massachusetts: Dmitri Doncev, 45; his wife, Ecterina, 44; their 13-year-old daughter, Emily; and their 7-year-old son, Mark. This is the car of an entire family that was ki11ed after a bus driver drove into the back of a stopped car. The driver, Jing S. Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York, is a Chinese born naturalized citizen who doesn’t read or speak English. He attained his commercial driver’s… pic.twitter.com/AaQ8ZiwuZr — Kentucky Girl (@Notwokenow) May 30, 2026 US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed on X that Dong, “a …

Australian woman held in custody on charges of traveling to Syria to join Islamic State group

Australian woman held in custody on charges of traveling to Syria to join Islamic State group

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian mother of four was held in custody after she appeared in a court on Thursday charged with traveling to Syria and joining the Islamic State group. Rayann El Houli, 34, was arrested at her Melbourne home eight months after she returned to Australia via Lebanon with her children and another woman, police and her lawyer said. The arrest came two days after seven women and 12 children linked to IS returned to Australia from a Syrian refugee camp against the wishes of the Australian government. Three weeks ago, four women and nine children in similar circumstances returned from the same Roj camp for displaced people, which is located near the area where the frontiers of Syria, Turkey and Iraq converge. Three of the four women were charged on arrival with slavery and terrorism offenses and remain in custody. All the women who returned from Syria this month remained under police investigation. Another woman, who accompanied El Houli to Australia from Lebanon, also was under investigation, Australia Federal Police Deputy …

NBA Player Terry Rozier Hit With New Bribery Charges in Sports Gambling Sting

NBA Player Terry Rozier Hit With New Bribery Charges in Sports Gambling Sting

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Federal prosecutors have indicted ex-Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier on additional charges in connection with a sports gambling sting, alleging he took a hefty bribe to exit a game early in March 2023. Rozier, 32, was charged Thursday in a superseding indictment in Brooklyn federal court with bribery in sporting contests and honest services wire fraud conspiracy. Superseding indictments are used when prosecutors want to change or add new charges to an existing criminal case. Rozier has denied participating in the gambling scheme, and has been fighting to have the case dismissed after pleading not guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy charges in December. His attorneys argue in part that the government’s theory of the case — that he prevented sportsbooks from making informed decisions about accepting certain bets — runs afoul of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the federal wire fraud statute. The new indictment “just confirms that our motion to dismiss was righteous — new charges, new theories, but all just an effort to make something stick,” …

This tiny cable charges nearly everything you own and opens your beer

This tiny $22 cable charges nearly everything you own and opens your beer

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TL;DR: The GoCable 8-in-1 EDC 100W Cable is on sale for $21.99 (reg. $49.99) and combines fast charging, multiple connectors, cable management, and everyday tools in one compact gadget. $21.99 $49.99 Save $28.00   Is your bag, desk drawer, or carry-on overflowing with charging cables, adapters, and random accessories? The GoCable 8-in-1 EDC Cable is here to turn all of that disarray into convenience, consolidating all that clutter into one clever, pocket-sized tool, and it’s on sale for $21.99 (reg. $49.99). We’ve seen multi-purpose charging accessories before, but GoCable stands out by packing an impressive range of features into something small enough to clip onto your keychain or backpack. Mashable Deals By signing up, you agree to receive recurring automated SMS marketing messages from Mashable Deals at the number provided. Msg and data rates may apply. Up to 2 messages/day. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help. Consent is not a condition of purchase. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. The GoCable supports up to 100W charging speeds when paired with a …

There’s a new low-cost e-bike that charges by USB-C

There’s a new low-cost e-bike that charges by USB-C

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ENGWE is best known for chunky folding fat tire e-bikes and budget-friendly commuter models, but the company is now taking a decidedly more refined turn with the launch of its new ENGWE Zip compact folding e-bike. It’s got a lot of interesting angles, but the most eyebrow-raising might just be the USB-C charging battery that powers the bike, allowing riders to charge it with a standard laptop charger. The new ENGWE Zip is designed around portability first and foremost, with the company emphasizing its compact folded size, lightweight build, and rapid 3-second folding mechanism. At just 16.9 kg (37 lb) without the battery or closer to 19 kg (42 lb) with the battery installed, the Zip is dramatically lighter than many of the heavy folding e-bikes that have flooded the market in recent years. That lightweight design appears to be the main selling point here. ENGWE says the bike folds down to roughly “20-inch luggage size” dimensions, making it easier to carry into apartments, onto elevators, onto trains, or stash under a desk at work. …

DOJ charges Google employee over Polymarket trades : NPR

DOJ charges Google employee over Polymarket trades : NPR

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An aerial view shows Google’s “Googleplex” corporate office in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2026. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images A Google software engineer has been charged with using confidential company information to make $1.2 million on Polymarket, in the second known federal criminal case connected to lucrative trades on a prediction market site. Michele Spagnuolo, 36, an Italian citizen who lives in Switzerland, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with commodities fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and other counts for allegedly placing bets on search trends based on internal Google data that tracked user searches. “Unlike the counterparties to his trades, Spagnuolo knew the outcome of these wagers before the trading public did because he had accessed Google’s confidential, commercially valuable internal data,” according to the federal indictment, which authorities unsealed on Wednesday. Prosecutors say Spagnuolo, operating under the username AlphaRaccoon, placed a number of wagers on Google’s most-searched person of 2025. He bet nearly $1 million that Kanye West’s wife, Bianca Censori, would …

Federal Judge Drops Charges Against Ex-Fox Executive in Soccer Corruption Case

Federal Judge Drops Charges Against Ex-Fox Executive in Soccer Corruption Case

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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge dismissed charges against a convicted former Fox television executive Wednesday after a prosecutor said charges brought in a U.S.-led effort to battle corruption in international soccer “doesn’t fit within” the priorities of the Trump administration. Judge Pamela K. Chen accepted the explanation provided by U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. about why the government wanted to dismiss the indictment against Hernan Lopez. A smiling Lopez, the former CEO of Fox International Channels, later left the Brooklyn federal courthouse, telling reporters he was relieved that “a case that never should have started is finally over.” Nocella told Chen that the administration preferred to focus on domestic and foreign terrorist organizations, national security, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking and violent gangs. The judge said Nocella’s stated reason, along with an explanation in a written document submitted to the court, “does provide sufficient justification” to accept the request to dismiss the indictment. Lopez and Full Play Group SA, a South American sports media company, were convicted in 2023 of paying tens of millions …

Packers’ Josh Jacobs arrested on domestic abuse charges | American Football News

Packers’ Josh Jacobs arrested on domestic abuse charges | American Football News

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NFL star has been taken into custody on five charges, including felony strangulation, according to Wisconsin police. Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026 Green Bay Packers star ‌running back Josh Jacobs was arrested on Tuesday ⁠on five charges, including ⁠three forms of domestic abuse, and booked into Brown County Jail in Green Bay, according to the ⁠Hobart/Lawrence (Wisconsin) Police Department. Jacobs, 28, faces domestic abuse charges of battery, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, as well as ⁠intimidation of a victim and felony strangulation and suffocation. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list At 8:37am on Saturday, the Hobart-Lawrence PD was dispatched to a disturbance complaint involving Jacobs. “This remains an active and ongoing investigation. No ‌further information will be released at this time,” Hobart-Lawrence police chief Michael Renkas said in a statement. Jacobs denied the allegations through his lawyers. “Josh vehemently denies the allegations, and this matter is in the early stages of investigation with important evidence that has not yet been made public,” lawyers David ⁠Chesnoff, Richard Schonfeld and Clarence …