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The U.S. Senate is facing backlash from the cryptocurrency industry over a portion of the Infrastructure bill that would require crypto brokers to report customer information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), CNBC reported. The bill broadens the definition of a “broker” to include anyone who is “responsible for regularly providing any service effectuating transfers of digital assets on behalf
Facebook has disabled the personal accounts of a group of New York University researchers who were studying political ads on Facebook’s platform, Bloomberg reported. Facebook has claimed that the researchers were scraping data in violation of Facebook’s terms of service. The company also cut off the researchers’ access to Facebook’s APIs, technology that is used to share data from Facebook
Zoom has agreed to settle a lawsuit over “Zoombombing”, The New York Times reported. More specifically, Zoom Video Communications has agreed to pay $85 million and improve its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated the privacy of its users. As you may recall, Zoom became exceeding popular when businesses turned to “work from home” and schools shifted
Earlier this week, Carl Pei's new tech startup, Nothing, launched its first product, the ear(1) wireless active noise cancelling earbuds for a very competitively priced US$99 / GB£99. Long time GNC readers will likely recognise Carl Pei's name as one of the two founders of OnePlus, leaving the smartphone brand last year to start this new project with the financial
16 sites to learn code and give yourself another opportunity to learn a new skill that may come in handy at your day job and or start a new career. You do not have to have a college degree anymore to be a world-class coder it helps but you can get started with only a computer and free training and
It appears that Amazon may have access to millions of homes, apartment buildings, and businesses by giving property owners as little as $100 in gift cards and free gear to allow Amazon drivers direct access to the common areas of your apartment and businesses. Of course, millions have also been given access through smart devices that control access to your
The Senate is introducing what it is touting as the Health Mis-Information Exemption on Section 230 that will hold companies responsible for only putting out or allowing what the government deems to be the truth according to government health officials and failure to do so will result in prosecution and liability. Is this insanity at its finest? Become an Insider