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Microsoft May Owe $28.9 Billion in Back Taxes to the IRS::The IRS said it would be cracking down on wealthy individuals for tax evasion early last month, using new AI tools.

How Ashton Kutcher’s ‘non-profit start-up’ makes millions from the EU’s fight against child abuse on the net::The ‘non-profit start-up’ Thorn, founded by actor Ashton Kutcher, is a driving force behind the EU’s campaign to scan the net for child abuse material. Newly public documents and financial information...

Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm | Vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless.::Vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless.

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The countries where YouTube Premium is getting more expensive include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, Poland, and Turkey.

Alibaba closes social science institute that Jack Ma once hoped would exist for 300 years::undefined

DOJ finally posted that “embarrassing” court doc Google wanted to hide::Google exec said users get hooked on search engine like “cigarettes or drugs.”

A viral TikTok account is doxing ordinary and otherwise anonymous people on the internet using off-the-shelf facial recognition technology, creating content and growing a following by taking advantage of a fundamental new truth: privacy is now essentially dead in public spaces....

CenturyLink left 86-year-old woman with no Internet service for a month | After three canceled appointments, service restored one day after Ars emailed ISP.::After three canceled appointments, service restored one day after Ars emailed ISP.

Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on::Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change.

New videos of Tesla Cybertruck off-roading appear to show it struggling to climb up a steep dirt hill::One video showed a 1946 Jeep CJ-2A successfully navigating the same hill that the Cybertruck struggled to summit.

US government issues first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network::Dish to pay $150,000 for failing to properly dispose of satellite and violating the FCC’s anti-space debris rule

It’s my birthday, and I want the upscaling, the single platform, the flexibility (sailing the high seas), but it’s soooo old. $200? IDK

The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative::The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons “slaughterbots.”

Kevin Mitnick, the world’s ‘most wanted’ hacker before becoming a cybersecurity consultant, dies at 59::Once the world’s “most wanted” hacker, he became a prominent security consultant.