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Katelyn Chedraoui

@katelynched.bsky.social
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Tech reporter at @cnet.com covering AI. Life's too short to not do the bit. Signal: katelynched.37

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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"There’s no implementation or monitoring mechanism to make sure these organizations actually adhere to the standards they say they’re going to follow.” www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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Trump's 'AI Accord' Does Little to Actually Keep AI Safe, Experts Say - CNET
The president got Big Tech leaders to sign a voluntary agreement for overseeing AI safety. But it leaves big questions unanswered.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Don't worry guys, Meta is absolutely going to charge you for the new hearing enhancement feature in its smart glasses — "either $149, with a 30-day free trial to test how it works first, or included with a Meta One sub" from @scottstein.bsky.social at Meta Connect www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
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So Many New Meta Glasses: Muse AI Everywhere, and Ray-Bans Without a Camera - CNET
At Meta Connect, I tried out the AI agent, hearing enhancement and other features on all the new glasses. I was also disappointed at how little's been done on the privacy front.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gonna start a fight... that Taylor Swift picture is definitely AI-edited, right?? If not, it looks like it is, which, ew.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Not joking I would buy three $700 KitchenAid Luminaires before an iPhone Duo LOOK AT HOW PRETTY THIS IS www.cnet.com/home/kitchen...
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KitchenAid’s New Design Series Mixer Has a Glass Bowl That Illuminates - CNET
The Luminaire comes in a new blue peppercorn color and features an entirely redesigned glass bowl.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
they should invent a capitalism that is ethical to consume
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
absolute cinema
three frames:

1) elizabeth holmes says: 256GB iPhone Duo for $1,999. 2TB iPhone Duo for $3,199.

2) nathan fielder: OK. You're being real right now?

3) elizabeth holmes: Why would I deceive you?
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
common sense incoming, from @mcauliffewithaz.bsky.social www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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I'm Begging You to Talk to People Instead of Using Apple's Audio Intelligence - CNET
Just pay attention to your conversations. It's better than staring at yet another screen.
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Ty Pendlebury @typendlebury.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Let us know when you're done reheating our leftovers" -- Samsung
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iPhone Duo Memes: The Duolingo Owl Is Hooting Mad That Apple Stole His Name - CNET
The new phone will set you back some $2,000, but enjoying the memes is totally free.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Argue with the wall www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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The New Folding iPhone Duo's Biggest AI Feature Is Its Price - CNET
Commentary: More than $2,000 for a folding iPhone? In this economy?
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/09/2026
"no one wants a folding phone" no, they didnt want a folding android phone "no one needs a folding phone" yes, but they will buy an apple folding phone accept these as facts now or you will inevitably make yourself insane when they sell lots of these
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Spent a month vibe coding with the Codex Micro keypad. Hated it. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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Coding With OpenAI’s Codex Micro Keypad: The Vibes Are Bad - CNET
The $230 Codex Micro sold out in 12 hours. But this can’t possibly be the future of AI hardware.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"We as students and community members are showing up because we do not think that tech billionaires should feel comfortable and have a place on our campus," a protestor organizer told me. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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At G20, Big Tech and Global Leaders Can’t Escape AI’s Data Center Problem - CNET
Growing nationwide opposition to AI and data centers came right up to the summit's doorstep.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Can someone tell Dyson that we don't want AI in our toothbrushes
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I know I’m getting older because I got not one, not two, not three but FOUR different GIFs texted me to today by close friends and family. And I loved them all!
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Just a reminder that Meta made ~$201 billion in annual revenue in 2025 www.cnet.com/news/social-...
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Meta to Pay Up to $18 Billion to Settle With US States on Teen Social Media Addiction - CNET
CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Meta will avoid what likely would've been a disastrous, high-stakes trial.
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly doesn't die. She spread her love everywhere, in such magnificent quantities, that there's no leaving.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“I think that the sentiment right now is a correct one,” Forrester’s Pollard said, “that I don’t think any of us know what the hell to do.” from @jondreed.bsky.social www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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AI Agents Are a Cybersecurity Nightmare That's Only Just Begun - CNET
Those AI agents going rogue? It’s not Skynet, but security experts are a little freaked out for far more mundane reasons.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/08/2026
Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI theonion.com/guy-who-sucks-at-being…
Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
why are we even arguing about this www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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AI Labels Are Big Tech's Most Basic Responsibility, Even Those Claude Watermarks - CNET
Commentary: Anthropic’s upcoming Claude watermarks are forcing us to ask hard questions about how AI fits into our daily lives.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The pause makes sense — if you can’t control the tech you already have, don’t keep making more. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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OpenAI Pauses Training of New AI Models, Citing Cybersecurity Worries - CNET
The ChatGPT maker is also beefing up its security systems.
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Jeff Carlson @jeffcarlson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Joe Biden took an hours-long secret train ride into war-torn Ukraine, and Trump got hustled away in a catering truck to get out of a friendly nation. OK.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Sometimes I think my job is hard and then I go to a coffee shop where the guy next to me is highlighting and comparing a printed spreadsheet to one on his laptop and I realize how good I have it
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
There are a lot of cautionary tales in this story, but I think the biggest is not to do panels and breakout sessions during your wedding festivities. www.wsj.com/finance/leop...
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His Wedding Guests Were Arriving—Just as His $45 Billion Fund Was Falling Apart
Leopold Aschenbrenner was hailed as the ‘Nostradamus of AI.’ But his Situational Awareness hedge fund took on too much leverage, leading to a crash he never saw coming.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Biedscheid’s ruling called Meta's platforms a “public nuisance” and compared Meta to a factory, with advertising and other content as its product and “the psychological harm and sexual exploitation of children to be the pollution that must be abated.” www.cnet.com/news/social-...
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Meta Ordered to Pay $567M in New Mexico Child Exploitation Lawsuit - CNET
The ruling is in addition to the $375 million Meta was ordered to pay in the same lawsuit in March.
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Futurism @futurism.com · 06/08/2026
"How is this not just another type of 'death market' — like markets for war or assassination — that even Kalshi says it won’t abide?"
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Kalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Lives of Cancer Patients
Users on Kalshi will even allow users to bet on whether drug trials for potentially lifesaving drug trials will succeed.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
And we still can't eat lettuce
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I love reading about men who make ungodly high salaries and still can't figure out their email www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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OpenAI Hits Back at Apple, Calls Lawsuit 'Careless, Aggressive and Oddly Personal' - CNET
Newly released texts and emails give us insight into how lawyers for two billion-dollar tech companies can’t figure out how to use their email.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
One thing I respect about DuckDuckGo, they put their money where their mouth is www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
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DuckDuckGo's Anti-AI Sunglasses Won't Spy On Anyone - CNET
They're just sunglasses. Normal F****** Sunglasses.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Do you know how *badly* Lombardi had to have behaved and screwed up in order for UNC Athletics and university leadership to be acting like this?? (gift link) www.newsobserver.com/sports/colle...
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UNC chancellor Roberts calls Michael Lombardi football investigation ‘distressing’
UNC football is on the administration’s radar for the wrong reasons as practice begins for Bill Belichick’s second season with the Tar Heels.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If you’re tired of reading obviously AI-generated LinkedIn posts about the magic of B2B sales, there may be hope yet. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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LinkedIn Added a New Way to Report AI Slop - CNET
The "Seems like AI slop" button will help LinkedIn train its AI-detection tools.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I need someone who works daily with Microsoft Teams to confirm if this is really really REALLY true and if it's because Teams sucks www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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Microsoft Says Workers Are Now Using Copilot AI as Much as Teams and Outlook - CNET
Microsoft bet big on agentic AI, and it seems to be attracting users.
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
OpenAI has its own hardware plans, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be efforts to integrate APIs into other wearables. I asked Greg Brockman about it in New York. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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OpenAI Is 'Very Interested' in Building Out ChatGPT Integrations for Wearables - CNET
OpenAI President Greg Brockman talks a bit about where the company's increasingly Jarvis-like AI agents could be heading next… and in what form.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
That's my mayor (I live in North Carolina) www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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NYC Mayor Takes Aim at AI Slop 'Housefishing' in Real Estate Listings - CNET
Deceptive AI imagery in housing listings can take a heavy financial and emotional toll on renters and buyers.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Absolutely nothing could have prepared me for Louis Tomlinson to live post his reactions to listening to the entire 1D discography on the band's 16th anniversary ❤️‍🩹
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
If you love this headline, thank you! If you hate it, that’s okay, but hear me out www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
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Samsung Is Influencer-Maxxing With the New Galaxy Phones - CNET
Commentary: Samsung is asking us to embrace our main character energy and entice content creators with several new and improved camera capabilities.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
And remember friends, every time Meta tries to convince you it's invested in child and teen safety, this is the company we're talking about nypost.com/2026/07/20/u...
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Exclusive | Meta worker who developed ‘digital experiences for kids’ admits to trying to sext child in undercover NYC sting
He admitted he had been grooming and sexting someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl during a sting by vigilante group Predator Poachers Long Island.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Some thoughts on our rocky relationship with AI devices and whether OpenAI has the clout to convince us it's worthwhile to buy whatever it's building www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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OpenAI's Hardware Plans Have a Bigger Problem Than Apple's Lawsuit
Commentary: Beyond proving the ChatGPT maker didn't steal Apple's trade secrets, OpenAI needs to prove to everyone else that AI devices are a good idea.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
bullying works !!! www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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Meta Pulls Instagram AI Update After Everyone Said They Didn't Want to Be Deepfaked
"We've heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark," Meta wrote in a blog post.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Apple called these instances "the tip of the iceberg" in the complaint, noting that it "lacks visibility into what's been happening behind closed doors at OpenAI, where such misconduct is normalized and exemplified by leadership." www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
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Former Apple Employees Stole Trade Secrets for OpenAI, Lawsuit Alleges
In a complaint filed Friday, Apple accuses OpenAI of illegally accessing information about unannounced products.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
You could be experiencing the biggest power outage of your life and Duke Energy is still going to ask you to create a passkey and enable Face ID before you can report it.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Meta's new AI image tool on Instagram is a deepfake disaster waiting to happen. If you have a public Instagram account, you need to change your settings NOW. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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Meta Has a New AI Image Tool, and I Already Used It to Deepfake My Friend's Instagram
Instagram users might want to opt out of this AI setting right now.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I would rather stick small plastic circles into my eyes every day for the rest of my life than wear AI glasses. Which, incidentally, I already do. But do tech companies really think adding AI is going to change my mind on glasses?
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CNET @cnet.com · 26/06/2026
A legal battle over a data center's environmental impact opens a window into the US military's rapid adoption of AI for warfighting.
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AI-Powered War Is Coming. This Fight Over a Data Center Just Made That Case
A legal battle over a data center's environmental impact opens a window into the US military's rapid adoption of AI for warfighting.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
”Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation” by Kaitlyn Greenidge for Harper’s Bazaar. An oral history, as told by members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panther Party. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
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Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation
Power to the People, Y’all, a documentary about the Black Panther Party in North Carolina, explores what that means in practice
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Like it or not, the SpaceX IPO is your circus and your monkeys -- AKA your financial future. We're covering what all this financial news actually means for you over on @cnet.com www.cnet.com/news-live/sp...
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Is Going Public: Live Updates About What This Means for You
The first big tech IPO of the summer could set the stage for expected public offerings by Anthropic and OpenAI.
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
just let out a major whoop because my health insurance's AI bot approved the necessary stuff for Important Health Things. thought about it two seconds longer and oh my god we are living in a dystopia
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I’m so grateful I don’t have to pretend I know who Spencer Pratt is anymore
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Katelyn Chedraoui @katelynched.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A New Jersey cop stole thousands of dollars worth of gear from an amazing photojournalist (and fellow UNC J-school alum) while she was covering Delaney Hall apnews.com/article/dela...
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New Jersey police sergeant charged with stealing journalist's camera bag at immigration protest
A New Jersey police sergeant has been charged with stealing $10,000 worth of camera equipment from a photojournalist.
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