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Face Recognition Is Out. So How Will the IRS Verify Identity?
Such problems led the IRS and many others to switch to alternatives, such as sending a code to a phone…
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The IRS Drops Facial Recognition Verification After Uproar
The Internal Revenue Service is dropping a controversial facial recognition system that requires people to upload video selfies when creating…
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Why Joe Biden’s Free Covid Test Website Wasn’t a Dumpster Fire
They decided that the project should be sited and built at the United States Postal Service, which not only had…
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It’s Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies
That document recommends encouraging people to use long, memorable passwords rather than forcing them to frequently change them or specifying…
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Life Style
How to Get 3 Free N95 Masks Courtesy of the Federal Government
Nurse Yvette Laugere adjusts her N95 mask while working at a newly opened free COVID-19 testing site operated by United…
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Earn 7% Risk-Free on Your Savings With Government I Bonds
Forget high-yield savings accounts and CDs. If you want a nearly risk-free way to grow your cash, Uncle Sam has…
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This Group Pushed More AI in US Security—and Boosted Big Tech
Beyond Schmidt and Jassy, members included Andrew Moore, Google’s head of cloud AI; Safra Catz, co-CEO of Oracle; Eric Horvitz,…
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The ‘Broadband Gap’ Is Now a Housing Problem
A national moratorium on evictions expired in late August, after the US Supreme Court blocked a Biden administration bid to…
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The Government Wants to Bolster Its Tech—Starting With Workers
The General Services Administration is among the lesser-known arms of US government, but it has surprising reach. It owns or…
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The World Is Suffering from Champlain Towers South Syndrome
Plus: Round one with Mark Zuckerberg, the appointment of Lina Khan, and a new type of weather nightmare. Source link
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