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Intuit To Pay $141M Settlement Over “Free” Turbo Tax Ads

The New York Attorney General, Letitia James, announced a record multistate agreement with the owner of TurboTax, Intuit Inc. (Intuit), for deceiving millions of low-income Americans into paying for tax services that should have been free. The press release continues: As a result of Attorney General James’ agreement, Intuit will pay $141 million in restitution to millions of consumers across

RIAA Threatens Lawsuit Against HitPiece

There was an uproar on Twitter as several music artists discovered something horrible. An account called “joinhitpiece” appeared to be making - and trying to sell - NFTs of artist’s songs, and their album art, without the artist’s permission. This led to the RIAA threatening a lawsuit against HitPiece over what the RIAA called “flagrant” IP violations. Billboard reported that

WhatsApp Supermarket Phishing Scam

There's a WhatsApp phishing scam doing the rounds here in the UK based on free gift vouchers from big supermarket retailers. It's doing well because (a) people are receiving the links from friends and (b) they're disguising the false links with foreign letters. Here's two that I received in the last few days.   Check the subtle dot over the

Multi Trendo is a Huge Waste of Time

A few months back, I came across an ad in the Gigs section of my local Craigslist. The ad indicated that you could get paid for "reading articles." As a freelance audio producer, my first thought was that this ad was looking for voiceover talent. I was intrigued by that idea so I figured I'd investigate further. The link in

GNC #670 Chrome OS Arrives

I am sure you have noticed the new strategy with the show content and I hope you like the tighter format. The goal is more insight on the important stuff while at the same time getting you a nice sampling of what you may have missed. This may mean longer rants on some sections of the show and barely a

GNC-2011-02-28 #651 Fellows Don’t Do What I Did!

Fellows you want an immediate trip to the dog house? Listen to hear what I did by mistake on Sunday that has landed me in the dog house in a big way. Your going to get a good laugh on my behalf but I guarantee you will not make the same mistake I made. The show is action packed full

Is Trust a big deal for you on Twitter?

Here in Hawaii over the past couple of days a social media war been ongoing. According to a local blog post local Twitter celebrity, Arleen Anderson @alohaarleen with 80,000 followers has had some serious accusations made against her. A war is being waged against her from a lot of well known locals on multiple fronts, and she is fighting back