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Carmakers chose to cheat to sell cars rather than comply with emissions law, ‘dieselgate’ trial told | Automotive industry

Carmakers chose to cheat to sell cars rather than comply with emissions law, ‘dieselgate’ trial told | Automotive industry

Car manufacturers decided they would rather cheat to prioritise “customer convenience” and sell cars than comply with the law on deadly pollutants, the first day of the largest group action trial in English legal history has been told. More than a decade after the original “dieselgate” scandal broke, lawyers representing 1.6 million diesel car owners in the UK argue that …

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Brothers Accused in $25M Crypto Heist to Blame the ‘Victims’ at Trial

Brothers Accused in M Crypto Heist to Blame the ‘Victims’ at Trial

Federal prosecutors allege two MIT-educated brothers pulled off a cryptocurrency heist in a matter of seconds, stealing $25 million in a “first-of-its-kind” fraud scheme. The brothers’ defense? There was no fraud at all. All they did was outsmart some “predatory” automated trading bots. In the dog-eat-dog Wild West of crypto trading, it was fair game, not fraud. That’s what defense …

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Five carmakers go on trial over emissions cheat claims

Five carmakers go on trial over emissions cheat claims

Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images A major lawsuit against five leading carmakers accused of cheating on emissions tests is set to begin at the High Court on Monday. The trial is the latest chapter of what has become known as the “dieselgate” scandal, with the companies facing allegations they used software to allow their cars to reduce emissions of harmful …

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 free trial is live now

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 free trial is live now

If you’ve wanted to check out Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, but you haven’t been willing to buy it or subscribe to the most expensive tiers of Xbox Game Pass, there’s great news. A limited-time free trial is live now, meaning you can jump in and play at no cost. This free trial kicked off on Thursday, and …

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Call of Duty vs Battlefield War Ramps Up as Activision Readies Black Ops 6 Free Trial — Which Includes Full Access to the Campaign for the First Time Ever — for BF6 Launch Week

Call of Duty vs Battlefield War Ramps Up as Activision Readies Black Ops 6 Free Trial — Which Includes Full Access to the Campaign for the First Time Ever — for BF6 Launch Week

Activision has announced an eye-catching free trial of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 that just so happens to clash with the launch week of rival first-person shooter Battlefield 6. The week-long free trial of Black Ops 6, which includes full access to the campaign for the first time ever, as well as all of Multiplayer (excluding Ranked Play) and …

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No New Trial For Sean “Diddy” Combs, Judge Rules As Sentencing Looms

No New Trial For Sean “Diddy” Combs, Judge Rules As Sentencing Looms

Unless Donald Trump is finally coming through with that much considered pardon for his old pal, there will be no near eleventh-hour reprieve for Sean Combs ahead of this week’s sentencing in the much-accused “Mo Money, Mo Problems” performer’s sex-trafficking case. Read the judge’s ruling here. The government at trial presented overwhelming evidence of Combs’s guilt under the Mann Act …

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Prosecutors seek over 11 years in prison ahead of Friday sentencing

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Prosecutors seek over 11 years in prison ahead of Friday sentencing

Facebook Tweet Email Link New York AP  —  Prosecutors urged a New York federal judge Tuesday to send Sean “Diddy” Combs to prison for over 11 years following his conviction on prostitution-related charges, citing one of his accusers who said she lives in fear of the music mogul’s release from detention. “His crimes of conviction are serious and have warranted …

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Metro Boomin begins trial in federal sexual assault lawsuit

Metro Boomin begins trial in federal sexual assault lawsuit

Hip-hop music producer Metro Boomin leaves the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Los Angeles after the first day of his civil sexual assault trial. (Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff, licensing available through Backgrid) A woman suing hip-hop music producer Metro Boomin testified Tuesday in Los Angeles that he raped her in a hotel room in …

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HSBC Says It’s Beaten Wall Street Rivals With New Quantum Trial – Bloomberg.com

HSBC Says It’s Beaten Wall Street Rivals With New Quantum Trial  Bloomberg.com HSBC demonstrates world’s first-known quantum-enabled algorithmic trading with IBM  HSBC HSBC sets up Singapore centre to explore quantum tech in finance  Singapore Business Review Quantum Computers Enhance Fill Probability Estimates in Algorithmic Bond Trading, Improving Model Accuracy with Transformed Data  Quantum Zeitgeist HSBC says quantum computing trial helps bond trading  MSN Source link

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Xcel settles Marshall Fire lawsuit just before trial begins in Boulder

Xcel settles Marshall Fire lawsuit just before trial begins in Boulder

Updated at 2:43 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Xcel Energy and two telecom companies have agreed to a $640 million settlement with plaintiffs on the eve of the Marshall Fire trial.   The “agreement in principle” was announced by the utility company on Wednesday. It is not yet final and must still be approved by the individual plaintiffs in the …

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